Increasing latency

[joe]

As well as my d'ld speed dropping (see earlier post) I note today looking at Thinkbroadbands Quality Monitor that since December there is increasing latency on my connection. What are the causes of this phenomenon?


31 Dec 2010:-

<a title="Broadband Ping" href="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/123b7773a59df6d6dffb9ad19b15f837-31-12-2010.html"><img alt="My Broadband Ping - bj" src="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-large/123b7773a59df6d6dffb9ad19b15f837-31-12-2010.png" /></a>

15 Jan 2011:-

<a title="Broadband Ping" href="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/646dc46b911401b49a3ea3ccbf282c86-15-01-2011.html"><img alt="My Broadband Ping - bj" src="http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share-large/646dc46b911401b49a3ea3ccbf282c86-15-01-2011.png" /></a>

[Rik]

Possibly exchange congestion. What's a straight ping to www.idnet.net reveal?

[sof2er]

Your ping is exactly the same, the yellow bars go up and down depending on when you download/upload.

[.Griff.]

Your ping is exactly the same, the yellow bars go up and down depending on when you download/upload.

I was about to say the same. Your minimum latency hasn't changed at all.

[joe]

sof2er,

I'm not u/l or d/l at 1a.m and 3a.m (15th Jan - I'm asleep!) when there is a bid increase in latency. What's caused that?

Rik,

ping: screen dump attached

[.Griff.]

The same high pings are recorded on my Thinkbroadband monitor at the same time yesterday so it's probably a router somewhere having a hard time during the early hours of the morning. Nothing at all to worry about.

[Rik]

What Griff says, Joe. Your figures look fine.

[joe]

Tx all