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[egbert]

Okay, so I bought PrivateInternetAccess to test it, and their French VPN server drops my ping from 180 to 140 in Florida. And there's no fluctuation. So it can help.

Thank you for the response"s I might try that one.

[rekc]

Okay, so I bought PrivateInternetAccess to test it, and their French VPN server drops my ping from 180 to 140 in Florida. And there's no fluctuation. So it can help.

Did you also try that addon that Chillout linked?

[Central]

Okay, so I bought PrivateInternetAccess to test it, and their French VPN server drops my ping from 180 to 140 in Florida. And there's no fluctuation. So it can help.

Did you also try that addon that Chillout linked?

That latency fix won't solve anything in modern operating systems. you are better off using something like this:

http://www.speedguide.net/articles/wind ... weaks-5077

[Norjak]

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

This is not the right kind of VPN for reducing ping time to game servers. This is mostly a waste of money if that's your primary goal with a VPN.

[jersak]

I'm the owner of a simillar service (which i'll not say here since my intention is explaining how such services work and not to advertise). Proxy / VPN services can help you, yes, IF you have a latency PROBLEM.
So now, lets define what a latency problem is, since this is where people tend to misunderstand or misjudges their situations.
Packets going to point A (eg. your computer) to point B (eg. the game server) are much likely a car going from one city to another: they must follow a route (which is simillar to roads) to get to their final destination. Also, the longest the trip is, the longer the time it takes to reach the destination. Having "good internet" can lower your ping as much as it is physically possible considering the current technologies available, and once you hit this limit it is impossible to further lower your ping using anything available.
To make an example, a player in south america has around 200ms ping on Nost. It sure is laggy, but it can't be considered a latency problem because it is physically impossible for a data packet to make this trip faster with the technology available and the routes available. Simply put, the road from A to B is too long and in this case no third party services can help you.

Now, if you live in East Coast US and you have like 250~300 ping, then something is wrong. Considering it is not your family downloading stuff and using all your bandwidth, such services could potentially help you because in this case you DO HAVE a latency problem because we know that it is possible for the packets to make this trip faster. In this case, a VPN can provide either a better route (shorter road from A to B) or other techniques for lag reduction like dodging traffic shaping and other nasty things ISPs like to do.

Sorry about the wall of text and hope to have clarified the situation a bit.

[rekc]

So If I live in Texas and my ping is around 120-200 MS, averaging at about ~140 a VPN is unlikely to improve my latency at all?

[Central]

So If I live in Texas and my ping is around 120-200 MS, averaging at about ~140 a VPN is unlikely to improve my latency at all?

It will improve, but most likely not by a noticeable amount.

Like my previous post mentioned, it lowers my ping by 20-30ms and I live in Kansas City. My typical path goes through Chicago then to their DDoS prevention service.

[Norjak]

So If I live in Texas and my ping is around 120-200 MS, averaging at about ~140 a VPN is unlikely to improve my latency at all?

In that situation, your latency just improved by an average of 20ms, assuming an average of 160 before adding a VPN. This is unlikely to improve your experience here.

[rugglee]

im from quebec(canada) and i have right now 250m-265ms all the time(its was worst this afternoon but usually 250-275) what do you think could help me? ty!!!!

[saintfire]

will i get flagged for account selling if my ip change from asia to france? im actually interested in dropping my ping from 300+