Online gaming Vs Lebanon's internet

crazy · 2008-04-26T00:34:37+00:00

Hello, The title says almost everything, but I will make myself clearer about the subject: What does a person have to do, in order to acquire a (I will say...

belal

hi guys, my idm adsl latency jumped from 200ms to 456 ms last week!...

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.254.252] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=456ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=458ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=454ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=458ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 212.58.254.252:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 454ms, Maximum = 458ms, Average = 456ms

any idea how to solve this issue?should i ask them to put me on flagtel???...

Aly

belal wrotehi guys, my idm adsl latency jumped from 200ms to 456 ms last week!...

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.254.252] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=456ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=458ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=454ms TTL=233
Reply from 212.58.254.252: bytes=32 time=458ms TTL=233

Ping statistics for 212.58.254.252:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 454ms, Maximum = 458ms, Average = 456ms

any idea how to solve this issue?should i ask them to put me on flagtel???...

Exactly the same happened with me :o

I have IDM ADSL 256k plan and I had a latency of 190-220 ms ping average, I was playing COD4 and SAMP with this ping and it is very nice , and it has been like that for a long time until, the FRIDAY before the SUNDAY of the Lebanese Elections, the ping increased to 450-500 suddenly well I thought it is because it is the elections weekend and everybody is at home using the internet or maybe it is a temporary procedure but I was wrong and until now it is still the same, I was thinking about calling IDM but I didnt do it yet.
And by the way here is a little story: when I first subscribed with IDM I had a high latency in online gaming it was like 650 ms stable day and night, I called them and they asked me to email them with the results of some tracerouts, I did it and they called me in a couple of days and told me "thanks we received your email we checked your line, bla bla bla there is nothing we can do about it your only option is to have a business class connection which will cost you 199$ per month" Yes a freaking 199$ per month for a low latency connection. and what is funny it after some months the ping is lowered to 190-220 ms all days and nights for like a month or so until the freaking FRIDAY before the election it came back to 450 ms and above like belal said.

off-topic : I like your forum the name isn't that good but the layout is awesome I was reading several topics and I was interested so I subscribed. I didn't think that there is such forums with such subjects with Lebanese people well guess what Google makes miracles :), sorry my first post isn't in the introduce yourself section.

belal

I have IDM ADSL 256k plan and I had a latency of 190-220 ms ping average, I was playing COD4 and SAMP with this ping and it is very nice , and it has been like that for a long time until, the FRIDAY before the SUNDAY of the Lebanese Elections, the ping increased to 450-500 suddenly well I thought it is because it is the elections weekend and everybody is at home using the internet or maybe it is a temporary procedure but I was wrong and until now it is still the same, I was thinking about calling IDM but I didnt do it yet.

hahahaha EXACTLY!!!!!

And by the way here is a little story: when I first subscribed with IDM I had a high latency in online gaming it was like 650 ms stable day and night. and what is funny it after some months the ping is lowered to 190-220 ms all days and nights

lol same here!

I called them and they asked me to email them with the results of some tracerouts, I did it and they called me in a couple of days and told me "thanks we received your email we checked your line

i've done that yesterday! they called me this morning and we start arguing...so far i had to teach him what latency means, so i cut it out !

Aly

belal wrotei've done that yesterday! they called me this morning and we start arguing...so far i had to teach him what latency means, so i cut it out !

They know exactly what you want but they try to beat around the bush (ye2leba 7omsyeh), once I called IDM and told them about the ping (when it was 650 ms in the past) and a skilled guy called Adonis answered and asked me to do some tests and tracerts and send them by email. then another day I called some other guy answered me and ironically he doesn't even know what the word "Latency" means so I think that same guy answered you :lol:
I dont think that we IDM users will get this fixed and I am sure IDM will tell you and me that they can do nothing about it :P but I hope one day I turn on my PC and look at the ping and see it 190 ms again.
after all 450 ms is still way better than teh old 650-700 ;)

brigadier90

Hey guys, i have a huge problem i need to ask your advice on and anything anyone can say to help me would be greatly appreciated. I moved here a week ago fromm cyprus and in cyprus i had a 2 mbs intenet connection via adsl and my ping was always below 70 or something all day and it was perfect. Now im using a wise wireless dsl device which gives 512 speed but my ping is always 450 and over. The thing is i play cod4 on ps3 and am planning to purchase cod mw2 but first i need to secure myself a decent connection which will allow me to play. I've been looking at some services such as mobi and ogero but i dunno what ping they will have. And another problem is i am living in a hotel therefore i have an extension line only so i dnt think a can connect normal phone line adsl im stuck with wireless which has higher ping right? i really dunno THAT much about this stuff cause internet was easier for me in cyprus. Any advice on what i can purchase to make my life a little easier? P.S i have friends in cyprus who will always host games so basically all i need is internet good enough to connect to cyprus with a good ping. Any ideas?

Aly

Since you live in a hotel, ADSL is out of your reach, as far as I know and witnessed, people who are subscribed with Ogero's Blink ADSL and live within Beirut have the best latencies (in general), I don't think you will find something that will satisfy you but good luck ;)

brigadier90

So any wireless device will not have a good latency for gaming? you saying i shouldnt bother with those and wait till i move into an apartment with my own phone line and get a normal dsl? Also i heard about a wireless device called wigo and they offer 1mbps speed will that do any good? what kind of ping do you think il be able to get on that?

Aly

You can get a wireless connection from the hotel you are staying in it at the moment and t would be better to ask someone within the area and using this same connection about the latencie of the connection you are willing to get.
Wigo sucks real bad, I had a 512k Wigo and with full signal it had 700-1200 ms Ping on COD4 (in Beirut).
And keep in mind that even if you move to an apartment with a phone line, once you apply with any ADSL ISP it will take at least 1 month to have a connection.

Hamboza

Hey guys, i got a Terranet DSl 512,

i play online games all the time on PS3 and PC.

on the ps3 i cannot know the latency but it must be great because i play a lot. its fantastic almost all the time, but it gets very very very bad from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am at night. probably because millions go online at 11:00.

i even played COD MW online on the pc on a cracked server, cracked servers have issues of there own, so my ping while playing is normally 280. again at night it gets worse, and in the morning its great. but that's a cracked server on original servers iam sure its much better.

Though now iam considering leaving terranet because i can't handle the pressure at night, and iam thinking of getting an internet through satellite.

brigadier90

Through sattelite u will have worse ping i think, i was considering that till i found out that sattelite gets the worst latencies.

Hamboza

brigadier90 - u are right, i have been asking around a bit and i got the same answer, i have been told a lot that internet through satellite has the worst latency.

the internet is so frustrating in lebanon, i do not know anyone in lebanon who is happy or satisfied with his or her internet connection. Some has got local illegal cable connections but i don't think its reliable, i had one 2 years ago, it was fine as a connection but too many prblms and issues with it that makes it unreliable.

GN90

i have Sodetel 512K and im playing online like crasy. i got myslef a gold live account for it.
and the free traffic after 11 is good :p download movies, games, songs, and play online for free :P

brigadier90

ok guys so the moment has come, i HAVE to get something now, and i cant get normal adsl cause i dnt have a phone line so im stuck with broadband, what is the best choice? idm mobi? plz any advice will help im hoping to get something that works on cod mw ps3

Leonedes

why not get a phone line, isnt the subscription 10 $ a month ? just dont use the line wouldnt that be cheaper than broadband ?

Leonedes

Oh and you guys are a bunch of naggers ... Watch me Main Tank using Terranet 512 last year:

Also , losing aggro at :

ballouta

online gaming is like hell on cable internet :P i know that from garena having 500 lag :P and from wow servers reached about 12k lag :P best gaming internet is ogero(for 1 mb/s) i found pings like 120 and 85 on garena 120ms on wow servers so if you want to play online i recommend ogero but the problem in lebanon is the limited internet :(

Caspero

hey bro look ogero is providing HDSL but it will cost you 100$ per month but the ping is always like 75 or 60 and their support is good.
as for me i play WoW on idm adsl 512 k with 1mb speed at night and the ping in worst times is 450 ms. not all places have this ping in online gaming it depends in what place your livin
but contact idm support they helped me decrease ping at least from 550 till 450
one more thing check this video
they all say it works

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlc2oGhqwvA

invalid-user-43

I'm on VISP. Used to be able to play online on Garena relatively lagless, but Garena pings skyrocketed one year ago. Can't play online anymore.

For the time being I have no online gaming urges, and my PS3 singleplayer games are keeping me busy. But later I might start hunting for new solutions. Let's see what the ministry of telecoms will do in regards of Lebanon's internet.

kareemL1

Hello everyone.

I must agree that OGERO dsl is the best service for online gaming since i have tried almost all the connections.

i get latency of 170ms for codmw2 and fifa10 is excellent. i have the 512 account. my questions is that if i move to the 1mega account, would that reduce my lag?

+ i have a great way that that i reduce my ps3 latency from 230ms to 170 as mentioned .

please someone answer me

elchebib

Nope, lag has nothing to do with your connection speed.
It'll stay the same no matter what the connection speed is.

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