Curse

cebalrai · Mar 31, 2009, 09:39 PM // 21:39

So after a long time of suffering through a slow (but stable) ISP, I upgraded to Verizon where I'm getting about 6 Mbps donload speed. My ping is about 125-225 which is good enough.

Since switching though, I've been getting lag spikes about every 5-10 minutes that last at least 15 seconds. Sometimes they lead to Code=007s, sometimes it recovers. During these times I quickly switch to my browser or whatever to see if the connection works, and I can load web pages during the lag spikes. But I think the pages load a bit slowly during those times... Basically, it's difficult to tell if the spikes are just with GW or with the internet connection as a whole, but I'm leaning towards whole.

Does anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Is it something to call Verizon about or something I can address on my computer?

Thanks in advance! I really need help!

Kitor · Mar 31, 2009, 10:28 PM // 22:28

I had something roughly like that. I have Verizon too, and I would get pretty bad lag spikes, at least once a day, typically. Also, I was basically incapable of running GW and internet (ie for GWW or Guru) at the same time without something like a 50K ping.
However, about a month or two ago, I think, I got another gig of RAM. This helped ALOT. I now don't even lag at all with both the internet and GW on at the same time. Can even throw iTunes into the mix, along with em. And, I haven't had a ping above 600 since the RAM was installed. This might not work on your computer, it could depend on your processor. How much processing power do you have? I have 2.8 GHz, and upgraded from 512 mb RAM to 1.5 gig RAM

Elder III · Apr 01, 2009, 12:33 AM // 00:33

We need to know full system specs (the more detail the better) to be able to diagnose anything like this for you..............

cebalrai · Apr 01, 2009, 01:43 AM // 01:43

Thanks! Here goes:

Dell XPS 1730 Laptop
Core 2 Extreme Processor @ 3Ghz
4 GB RAM
GeForce 8800 GTX w/SLI (with SLI turned off for GW)
Vista 32-bit Home Premium

Thanks in advance again!

moriz · Apr 01, 2009, 02:27 AM // 02:27

RAM and hardware specs are definitely nonissues for you. what you are experiencing is simply bad routing on verizon's part. unfortunately, this is also a problem none of us can help you with. you'll have to take it up with verizon yourself.

cebalrai · Apr 01, 2009, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by moriz

RAM and hardware specs are definitely nonissues for you. what you are experiencing is simply bad routing on verizon's part. unfortunately, this is also a problem none of us can help you with. you'll have to take it up with verizon yourself.

That's what I was thinking. I'm just hoping it's not a router issue... I loathe router issues. Thanks.

Snograt · Apr 01, 2009, 09:36 PM // 21:36

That's a coincidence - we hate router issues too!