I am an avid gamer and am experiencing weird issues with ping spikes and connectivity on a wiresless and wired connection. About 8 months ago I moved and had to change ISPs from Comcast to Century Link. The only package I was able to get is 512k down but at first I was able to play LoL, MW2, and BF3 (if the servers were close) with around a 110-130ms ping at any given time. About three months ago I lost internet service and was not able to connect to my router/modem (they're the same thing) with any of my computers, two desktops and a laptop.
After contacting Century Link they helped me get it working again, but since then on any of my computers wether it be a wired or wireless, has been having issues with being and staying connected to my router/modem. It is seldom I am able to play games or even go on webpages anymore due to rediculess ping spikes or not having internet access from a computer connected to the router. I'll have 5 bars, it'll say I have internet access, but when I try to open a web browser I'll get an error message saying "Problem loading page" or "Server not found".
Whenever I used to ping 8.8.8.8 I'd get similar to 65ms, 65ms, 66ms, 65ms, now, most of the time It'll be similar to 67ms, 143ms, 3465ms, 3015ms. Even on a wired connection, if anyting it's worse on a wired connection. Sometimes I loose all packets that I'm pinging 8.8.8.8 with. I've tried contacting Century Link about it but they refuse to help because part of the issue I'm having is with a computer that connects through a wireless adapter.
Any insight any of you might have on my situation would be greatly appreciated.
All my computers run on Windows 7 SP1.
After contacting Century Link they helped me get it working again, but since then on any of my computers wether it be a wired or wireless, has been having issues with being and staying connected to my router/modem. It is seldom I am able to play games or even go on webpages anymore due to rediculess ping spikes or not having internet access from a computer connected to the router. I'll have 5 bars, it'll say I have internet access, but when I try to open a web browser I'll get an error message saying "Problem loading page" or "Server not found".
Whenever I used to ping 8.8.8.8 I'd get similar to 65ms, 65ms, 66ms, 65ms, now, most of the time It'll be similar to 67ms, 143ms, 3465ms, 3015ms. Even on a wired connection, if anyting it's worse on a wired connection. Sometimes I loose all packets that I'm pinging 8.8.8.8 with. I've tried contacting Century Link about it but they refuse to help because part of the issue I'm having is with a computer that connects through a wireless adapter.
Any insight any of you might have on my situation would be greatly appreciated.
All my computers run on Windows 7 SP1.