TaylorBoi wrote:Ever since the upgrade to Quantum Fios my ping has been higher than usual. With the old package (25/25) my ping was never any higher than 12ms. I was forced to upgrade unfortunately and although my speeds are wayyyy faster 75/35 package but I get 98/50) my Ping is always 32-60ms...Is there any solution to this? I've called Tech Support but they are no help when it comes to high latency.
More technically savvy members will probably weigh in on this. In the mean time...
I have no idea why it would have changed, but it seems to me you don't have anything that needs a solution. I've never seen a ping as low as 12ms. Mine are typically 23ms and up. And I rarely see a significant correlation between ping and speed test results.
Ping is simply a way to verify that you can connect to a specific server. 3 to 5 packets are sent, and hopefully, received to determine connectivity. A speed test is a longer duration test and consequently a more reliable indicator of whether or not you will have a suitable online experience. Although even that isn't truly reliable as speed tests can be good or bad at one server and the opposite at another server. Also I like speed test sites that display the results in a graph. Regardless of the speed number, a level graph is an indication of a better connection.