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Can we move our traffic to another computer that's faster?

Can we move our traffic to another computer that's faster?

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Kaldeo
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10-16-2026, 11:41 PM
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So I was playing a game called Argentum Online and I noticed my internet connection is really slow, taking over 150 milliseconds to load. Normally, when my computer talks to a server in Miami, it takes around that long, but the game server is actually located here in Argentina where I live. I ran some tests on my PC using WinMTR, and it showed that my route goes all the way to Miami instead of staying local. My ISP didn't even reply, so I tried downloading a faster service called Wtfast, which dropped my ping down significantly but cost me a lot of money. Is it possible for me to change my own connection settings or routing to get better performance? Or is this just impossible right now?
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Kaldeo
10-16-2026, 11:41 PM #1

So I was playing a game called Argentum Online and I noticed my internet connection is really slow, taking over 150 milliseconds to load. Normally, when my computer talks to a server in Miami, it takes around that long, but the game server is actually located here in Argentina where I live. I ran some tests on my PC using WinMTR, and it showed that my route goes all the way to Miami instead of staying local. My ISP didn't even reply, so I tried downloading a faster service called Wtfast, which dropped my ping down significantly but cost me a lot of money. Is it possible for me to change my own connection settings or routing to get better performance? Or is this just impossible right now?

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cricrilo
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10-18-2026, 10:01 PM
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Here is what you are talking about when it comes to how internet providers connect. A few big companies like Level3, Telia, and Verizon own and run most of the long-distance undersea fiber lines. These ISPs have many connections between them in lots of different places. If you or your server data center buy services directly from one of these large ISPs, you likely get the best route for your traffic. Almost all other ISPs don't own much long-distance fiber, and they have limited access to bigger ISPs. This means your traffic might not go through the most efficient path. For example, if an ISP says in Australia there is only access to fiber going to Singapore instead of a direct line to Los Angeles, you have no control over this. You send your data out from your cable and everything after that is controlled by the agreements these ISPs make about how their networks are connected together. You need to be sure that companies like WFTS or ExitLag exist. These are special types of VPNs designed to get the best paths to common gaming server locations. They buy connections to many large ISPs, then pay those ISPs to create an efficient path through their networks. This path is not really "the internet" at all; it's more like a private connection that can have priority over regular internet traffic sharing the same cables and using different routes for other ISPs. These gaming VPN providers charge a lot of money to get this priority path, but they make back this cost with monthly fees. Technically, if you wanted to pay huge amounts to get your own "virtual fiber" between any two locations, almost all ISPs offer this type of service. Large international businesses also buy this kind of service to have better connections between their offices than a simple VPN would provide.
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cricrilo
10-18-2026, 10:01 PM #2

Here is what you are talking about when it comes to how internet providers connect. A few big companies like Level3, Telia, and Verizon own and run most of the long-distance undersea fiber lines. These ISPs have many connections between them in lots of different places. If you or your server data center buy services directly from one of these large ISPs, you likely get the best route for your traffic. Almost all other ISPs don't own much long-distance fiber, and they have limited access to bigger ISPs. This means your traffic might not go through the most efficient path. For example, if an ISP says in Australia there is only access to fiber going to Singapore instead of a direct line to Los Angeles, you have no control over this. You send your data out from your cable and everything after that is controlled by the agreements these ISPs make about how their networks are connected together. You need to be sure that companies like WFTS or ExitLag exist. These are special types of VPNs designed to get the best paths to common gaming server locations. They buy connections to many large ISPs, then pay those ISPs to create an efficient path through their networks. This path is not really "the internet" at all; it's more like a private connection that can have priority over regular internet traffic sharing the same cables and using different routes for other ISPs. These gaming VPN providers charge a lot of money to get this priority path, but they make back this cost with monthly fees. Technically, if you wanted to pay huge amounts to get your own "virtual fiber" between any two locations, almost all ISPs offer this type of service. Large international businesses also buy this kind of service to have better connections between their offices than a simple VPN would provide.