Ways to lower ftth ping
Ways to lower ftth ping
Hello everyone, I recently installed a fiber connection and wanted to know if there are ways to reduce the ping between me and the ISP. Currently I’m seeing 4ms, whereas with my DSL it was around 5ms. I was hoping for even lower latency. Could the ISP help by removing or disabling something along the fiber line? For instance, on DSL I disabled error correction to switch to a faster path, which lowered the ping to 5ms. Thanks in advance!
The gap between 1 ms and 4 ms ping is almost unnoticeable. Stay calm about it. Also, there’s no need to ping anything beyond your home at 0 ms—information moves only at light speed. To observe true 0 ms responses, test your router or 127.0.0.1.
I think your friend might be getting misleading data. With a standard FTTP connection, achieving ping under what you're seeing is nearly impossible because you're on a shared network with fixed transmission windows. Dedicated fiber offers 0-1ms latency, but shared fiber used for FTTP/H isn't reliable for consistent performance.
Thank you for your input. It seems the ISP's position might be closer to yours than expected. From a network perspective, you could inquire about options with the ISP to adjust settings that impact latency, especially considering fiber infrastructure.
No, it's not that. 4ms is actually quite fast, really. You're welcome!