Hey,
This is my first post here, but I have browsed this forum many times in the past, and it has been extremely helpful.
For a few months now I have been fed up with my internet. I play games competitively (Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and now Overwatch), and it sucks when these games are made unplayable by the internet gods!
I currently have a standard VDSL connection with Vodafone, using their standard provided router (Huawei, the one everyone, and their dog seems to have) and going over wifi.
My connection speeds aren't much of a problem when just playing games because games don't use up much bandwidth. However, I get extreme ping and ping jitter, random disconnects, choke and atrocious packet loss maybe once or twice a month, and this is my problem.
The reason for this post is to bounce some of my ideas off you guys to see what I should do.
I am thinking of:
- Switching ISPs when I get fibre (I was looking at MyRepublic as they seemed to be good but after a brief look on these forums it seems I should do my best to stay away from them)
- Getting a better wireless setup (better modem/router and extenders)
- Wiring my house for ethernet.
- Shooting my family if they want to use the internet at the same time as me
or a combination of the above.
For me the biggest (limiting) factors are:
Cost, time and expertise.
My house is quite big, two stories with the router on the bottom floor and four humans living in the house with up to 8 devices demanding the internet at once at some points during the week (I have no idea how we have survived so long with our current internet setup)
Any suggestions/experiences would be awesome! As I said this is some research so I can be armed and ready come August (when my fibre is supposed to be connected)
Thanks heaps!
P.S.
I know I have not included a lot of information, mainly because I don't want my post to be overly long, if you have a question or need information about my situation to provide better advice please, please ask it. I will be more than happy to oblige :)