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yes but how can a fibre back-haul tower have a latency of 19ms over 5g mobile data and then the next day its straight up to 60ms over 5g. There has got to be something adding latency??
Linux:
My point still stands if you don't have a SLA contract for latency it is still best effort
Yeah I guess. Its still kinda stupid that it can increase for a whole region in one day though.
I wouldn't consider a 50ms latency variation excessive over that technology and distance. There's likely a sensible reason too, like extra load on a given cell site from addional users or someone hammering repeated speedtests. Radio bandwidth is a finite and shared resource so any change in the usage by any user or group of users can have an impact on every other user.
RunningMan:
I wouldn't consider a 50ms latency variation excessive over that technology and distance. There's likely a sensible reason too, like extra load on a given cell site from addional users or someone hammering repeated speedtests. Radio bandwidth is a finite and shared resource so any change in the usage by any user or group of users can have an impact on every other user.
Yeah, well I'm thinking of switching to spark now bc their latency is 15ms in Taranaki on 5g 🤷
Latency is not just a number. It's a measure of the time take for the signal to travel between two specific discreet points. Unless those are the same points then you can't really compare one with the other.
RunningMan:
Latency is not just a number. It's a measure of the time take for the signal to travel between two specific discreet points. Unless those are the same points then you can't really compare one with the other.
they are the same points. I am on the same tower using the same phone in the same place connecting to the same server
If gaming and latency are soooo important to you why are you not connected to a fibre connection?
stevenroach:
RunningMan:
I wouldn't consider a 50ms latency variation excessive over that technology and distance. There's likely a sensible reason too, like extra load on a given cell site from addional users or someone hammering repeated speedtests. Radio bandwidth is a finite and shared resource so any change in the usage by any user or group of users can have an impact on every other user.
Yeah, well I'm thinking of switching to spark now bc their latency is 15ms in Taranaki on 5g 🤷
Is the gaming server located in Taranaki?
Linux:
If gaming and latency are soooo important to you why are you not connected to a fibre connection?
because I dont have fibre at mine yet so I rely on 5G
Why would they "add latency to make it suck for everyone"? That's a surefire way to lose your customer base if accurate (which it isn't).
quickymart:
Why would they "add latency to make it suck for everyone"? That's a surefire way to lose your customer base if accurate (which it isn't).
Just the statement alone is pure madness! How anyone could even come up with this is beyond me!

29MS initial unloaded is pretty good considering all mobile traffic goes through Auckland and where I sit in my Christchurch home I'm getting 39MS. That download ping time under full load is pretty evident of high tower load.
RunningMan:
I wouldn't consider a 50ms latency variation excessive over that technology and distance. There's likely a sensible reason too, like extra load on a given cell site from addional users or someone hammering repeated speedtests. Radio bandwidth is a finite and shared resource so any change in the usage by any user or group of users can have an impact on every other user.
Ramblings from a mysterious lady who's into tech. Warning I may often create zingers.
MaxineN:
29MS initial unloaded is pretty good considering all mobile traffic goes through Auckland and where I sit in my Christchurch home I'm getting 39MS. That download ping time under full load is pretty evident of high tower load.

OP is testing to Auckland servers so if all mobile traffic is exchanged there anyway then there is no tromboning of traffic involved. Also it looks to me it's the uplink capacity that has dropped off so it's possible there is increase in latency on the forward path contributing to overall increase in round trip latency.
Is 60ms vs 30ms measurably noticeable? I ask as someone who grew up playing CS 1.0 through 1.6 on dialup..
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