LLUs with ISPs

[Dark Comet]

Sorry if thread is in the wrong place I could not see a section for it.

Anyway at peak times my internet connections ping is too high. Only happens between 7 - 12 afternoon. My current ISP has LLU in the exchange. After a few calls to them I was told this is fine as long as my connection works in the morning . When I replied that I would use another ISP I was told that the issue would remain the same, is this the case?

 

[gtvr]

Ask them to explain why you have that problem during those hours. If they can't give you a good answer, I'd switch just for lack of customer service. I have no idea if it's actually the case for you or not.

 

[thehelo]

If you switch to one of the ISPs using the same infastruction via LLU, then you will most likely run into the same issue.

 

[Dark Comet]

Is it the type of equipment that causes this? I'd assume that cheap equipment would cause high pings and good equipment wouldn't. Is there a way to know if other ISPs use a different infrastructure?

 

[thehelo]

Is it the type of equipment that causes this? I'd assume that cheap equipment would cause high pings and good equipment wouldn't. Is there a way to know if other ISPs use a different infrastructure?

I think the problem here is that the other available ISPs use Local Loop unbundling to provide IP services over the same last mile infastructure.

 

[Dark Comet]

Ah right, I don't know much about this as I've never looked into it until its starting to affect me. Before I used to get slower speeds at peak times and nice pings but my ISP put their own equipment in my exchange this year and now I get good speeds but bad ping at peak times.