High Ping in Burnaby area

[Rei]

I'm using the 5G mobility package with 50GB per month and mainly purchase it expecting staple Ping for gaming purposes using the USB mobile hotspot. However, I notice that these 2 months in my ping always hover at 70~80+ ms, making it very laggy for MOBA and the past week it just shot up to 100~200 ms rendering it impossible to play. I wonder if there is anything I can do to fix this.

[dks · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your question. The bad news is that trying to use a cell phone or wireless connection for gaming will always be slower and have higher ping than a wired connection. The good news is there are a few things you can try to reduce your ping. 

1. Improve your cell reception. Get as close as you can to a cell tower. Don't climb it, though. 
2. Switch your local hotspot to the 5 GHz Wi-Fi frequency band.
3. Turn off battery saving mode on your phone.
4. Stay close to the hotspot.
5. Eliminate Wi-Fi obstructions and interference.
6. Make sure you're not out of data.
7. Update everything.
8. Restart everything.

Recognize that you will never, ever achieve the low ping of anyone on a wired connection. I hope that is of some help.