Connection speed was slow before, now it's much faster
Connection speed was slow before, now it's much faster
Hey so to start I live in India which I think is important for my ping issues. I dont expect much from ping as most of the servers are not near India. However Fortnite does have a SEA server in singapore by amazon web services. I used to be able to play on this server with 40-60 ping everyday with the same current ISP which I have. I have port forwarded in my router to improve the experience as well. In Overwatch I used to get 90 ping connecting to the Americas. Although some may consider this high it was the lowest I used to get. However recently for the last week my ping has almost doubled in both games. I get 150 on the same servers in fortnite while my friends in india 2 blocks down are getting the 60 ping. Same for owerwatch where I have almost doubled in ping. To test this I even tried Battlefield 5 and I went from 50-60 ping in that game to 95-115 ping. I havent changed my ISP or my plan. My internet speed are still the same with 200 upload and download. Help please I have been struggling with this for days now.
I've checked Google Cloud and other DNS services, but sometimes after a restart I notice improved ping for a few games before it stabilizes. Since you're in India and servers are in Singapore, you should expect around 60 ping, similar to what you had previously.
Unfortunately, the wind direction affects how the gateway appears, so your setup might differ from others due to ISP policies. Switching to a new gateway changes the path taken. Regarding performance, your ping should ideally be under 10ms—this is something you can verify by contacting your ISP directly. You can check your gateway's IP address via your modem or router settings. For gaming, speeds around 150ms are acceptable; however, for optimal results, aim for less than 100ms. If you're having issues, packet loss could be the cause—ask your ISP to investigate it.
From a technical view, I’d say yes—physically it makes sense for your traffic to go straight to the servers. However, it’s likely your ISP is redirecting it before it even reaches the intended server. Running Windows can help you check how many hops your packets take; you can use the tracert command in the command prompt. Even though I’m based in the US, on campus all traffic passes through our ISP’s internal network multiple times before reaching the global web. It’s probable your ISP is doing something comparable. You’ll be amazed at how many unexpected places your data ends up being routed to.