hi am clive and i joined talk talk not too long ago, i game competitive on and ever since joining talktalk i have had problem intermittent by lag spikes some so bad that i will get forced off the current serve that i am on.
i ran a few ping test via cmd usingEthernet cable to show how unstable the network is...
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.198.163] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=91ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=92ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 216.58.198.163:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 71ms, Maximum = 92ms, Average = 86ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.201.3] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 216.58.201.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 121ms, Average = 44ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.201.3] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 216.58.201.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 8ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.201.3] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 216.58.201.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 8ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.201.3] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.201.3: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=54
Ping statistics for 216.58.201.3:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 21ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.198.163] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 216.58.198.163:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 46ms, Average = 29ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.198.163] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 216.58.198.163:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 61ms, Average = 29ms
C:\Users\ROBMERCE>ping google.co.uk
Pinging google.co.uk [216.58.198.163] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=55
Reply from 216.58.198.163: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 216.58.198.163:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 57ms, Average = 27ms
spikes are random lasting minutes or hours.