Very bad Lag when playing SC 2, TF 2, and alien swarm?

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Hello, I am having some internet problems. Like if I play SC 2 online I will randomly DC, and if I play TF 2 I got tons of lag, and AS is just a bunch of lag.
 

Kewlx25

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that's a local speed test. Blizzard is hosted on AT&T networks. The real question is, what kind of connection does your ISP have to AT&T.

edit: With TF2, you can see the server's IP address. Try to do ping <ip> and see what. If you see a low ping there, but you get a high ping in game, something more sinister is at work. Either something on your network is slowing down TF2 or your ISP is doing that.


tracert <ip> could also give you valuable data as it shows what your ping is to every hop between you and the server.

The route taken is very important
eg
http://www.pingtest.net/result/21479770.png
http://www.pingtest.net/result/21479786.png

You'll notice that German Town is 1/2 the distance that Chicago is, yet it gets a worse ping.