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Hello, I've been using a shared connection with the speed of 8mbps but the ISP has started giving me problems in online gaming like packet loss and high pings. I've contacted them and they say that they have fixed everything but my ping is still the same. I get the speed of 800kbps when downloading on IDM and about 100kbps when I upload something.
I found another ISP in my city and they offer me 1mbps dedicated connection for the same price and have said that I would get better upload and download speed than my current 8MB connection because the line is dedicated. Would I get 1mbps downloading and uploading speed as the employee said?
Should I go for the new ISP because I'm tired of playing at high pings?
 
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Yes, a dedicated line is much better than a shared connection. Normally a shared connection will have wildly fluctuating speeds/latency (ping) while a dedicated line will be a lot more stable.

On good days the speed from your shared line will be a lot better than the dedicated line, but on bad days the dedicated line will be faster.

The dedicated line should always have a stable and low ping provided someone in your own family/house is not heavily using the connection while you game. For gaming a dedicated line is always the better choice!
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Yes, a dedicated line is much better than a shared connection. Normally a shared connection will have wildly fluctuating speeds/latency (ping) while a dedicated line will be a lot more stable.

On good days the speed from your shared line will be a lot better than the dedicated line, but on bad days the dedicated line will be faster.

The dedicated line should always have a stable and low ping provided someone in your own family/house is not heavily using the connection while you game. For gaming a dedicated line is always the better choice!
 
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If it's a Symmetrical DSL line with 1Mb/s download and upload, that means your download speed in IDM or torrent will be 128kB/s (notice the difference, 1Mb = 1 Mega bit, 1MB = 1 Mega Byte), upload and download which is rock bottom slow.. where exactly do you live that you can't get a better service? o_O
 
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This is not true. A good wireless router can have latency under 10ms. So you simply add this to your overall latency.

The 2 biggest causes of high latency is overloaded ISPs and distance/network infrastructure.
 
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I suspect you are intentionally ignore things to claim that. The most common cause of problems with wireless is interference from other sources of radio signals, primarily other peoples routers. This causes massive spikes in latency and loss is the primary reason games run poorly. It is not the actual latency number that matters a lot to games it is that it must be consistent...unless it gets really high.

Sure a good wireless router can have good latency number if you live in the middle of nowhere with no interference

It just causes confusion in forum posts when you ignore well known issues.
 
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I am not ignoring RF saturation, and I agree it is a problem which does lead to bad signal transmission.

However, most people who are complaining about latency/speed from their ISP are not located in an area blessed with good internet infrastructure and do not yet face anything close the saturation/interference levels experienced in more developed places.

I assumed that the OP is most likely not facing such problems. My mistake.

If we disregard interference caused by RF saturation (which only applies to high density areas) then wireless gaming is not a problem at all.
 
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