Gaming on SKY is a no go!

[IWasNotTheEnemy]

very rarely will it put to 8 as it can cuase more problems than it solves - 16 is the usual figure

as for ur line, ur far away so you might finding capping to 2MB and lowering to 16s will solve ur issues...

[AndyL]

Anyone who is a gamer on the PC or Console, and is considering a move to SKY or is currently with SKY. It is terrible for gaming, very high pings, and even if you get through to Tier 3, your pings will be lowered by 10 - 15 maximum!

AVOID!

I have no problems at all playing CSS on Sky, I ain't even bothered to telephone tier 3, If you can't play with a 60/70 ping mabey the fault is not with your connection, perhaps its more to do with hand eye coordination......

[TRIaXOR™]

C:\>ping jolt.co.uk

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 49ms, Maximum = 51ms, Average = 50ms

C:\>ping bbc.co.uk

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=119
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 212.58.224.131:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 50ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 51ms

Sent an email to sky 6 days ago and Nothing

these were at 19-22ms with bulldog

[TAZZY118]

I have only been with sky 2 months and its the worst 2 months for gaming i play well use to play everquest but now due to the terrible connection i get i have given up while i wait for my local cable company to reinstall there broadband... the main problem now is 2 bills for 12 months as sky say that i have a broadband connection and if its not good enough for my game tough play some thing different .... gret customer service but thats large companys for you !!!!!

[Sadfish]

I have only been with sky 2 months and its the worst 2 months for gaming i play well use to play everquest but now due to the terrible connection i get i have given up while i wait for my local cable company to reinstall there broadband... the main problem now is 2 bills for 12 months as sky say that i have a broadband connection and if its not good enough for my game tough play some thing different .... gret customer service but thats large companys for you !!!!!

I'm on sky mid, got them to change my max delay and the pings are fine.

Simply send in a request on the website and wait a few days for a response and they'll sort it.

my service is the same as Pipex aws from my house, a ping of 50ms on average in mohaa only £5 instead of £27.

I'm in a gaming clan each night playing matches and using TS and the pings are fine.

USER ERROR springs to mind here.

[IanMax]

I have done similar in the past but here are my pings to bbc and jolt. Bare in mind that when playing cs source or bf1942 ect.. my pings are usually around 20ms in uk.

C:\>ping Jolt.co.uk - Online Gaming - Clan Server Rental

Pinging Jolt.co.uk - Online Gaming - Clan Server Rental [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=29ms TTL=56
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% l
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 29ms, Average = 28ms

C:\>ping BBC - homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet

Pinging BBC - homepage - Home of the BBC on the Internet [212.58.226.232] with 32 byt

Reply from 212.58.226.232: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=1
Reply from 212.58.226.232: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=1
Reply from 212.58.226.232: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=1
Reply from 212.58.226.232: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=1

Ping statistics for 212.58.226.232:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% l
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 31ms, Average = 30ms

Sky cannot be good for some people and bad for others? unless there is an exchange problem or bad end user setups or dodgy wiring.

Ian