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#317490 21-Oct-2024 17:31

Hi!

I am planning my move back to NZ (Auckland) and was hoping to get some recommendations for ISPs. I primarily play Valorant and was wondering if there are any specific ISPs that have better routing/use of cables to Sydney that would provide me with low ping? Alternatively if anyone is in Auckland that plays Valorant can let me know their ISP and average ping that would also help!

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#3299543 21-Oct-2024 17:35

Hey! Send me a server endpoint if you know one, I can let you know what the ping times are on Quic Broadband? They run their own network and have pretty good peering in Australia.

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#3299710 21-Oct-2024 21:51

Routes are not static and can change on any ISP

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#3299715 21-Oct-2024 22:03

That's true. Most ISP's would have near on the same pings to Sydney from Auckland also.

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#3299718 21-Oct-2024 22:09

what's the ping from AKL to SYD ?

trying to figure out how disadvantaged for those living in the deep south

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#3299719 21-Oct-2024 22:11

Batman:

what's the ping from AKL to SYD ?

trying to figure out how disadvantaged for those living in the deep south

preach... :(

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#3299794 22-Oct-2024 09:32

Full results here: https://atlas.ripe.net/measurements/80610709/results

But you can really see how neck to neck all providers are to Sydney. First place is actually a Quic/Vetta probe in Auckland.

Ping times really depend on many factors but it just goes to show how good we've actually got it in New Zealand.

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#3299795 22-Oct-2024 09:41

Ahh.. good on ya Murf. I didn't even think to use Atlas 😁

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#3299817 22-Oct-2024 11:19

michaelmurfy:

Ping times really depend on many factors but it just goes to show how good we've actually got it in New Zealand.

Indeed, remembering the days when 250ms was a good ping on dial-up, and then 80ms was a good ping on ADSL, and these were all to servers hosted onshore in NZ!

25-30ms to Australia is pretty snappy.

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#3299838 22-Oct-2024 12:11

One of the biggest factors is which cable is in use. SX and TGA go direct across to Sydney, Hawaiki goes up towards New Caledonia from Auckland before heading to Sydney, which bumps the latency up.

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