Is it possible to get low ping while living in America?

[adamsony]

Hello Everyone! So I recently moved houses and setup my internet a few weeks ago. I got a 1200mbps plan from Xfinity connected to an Amplifi Alien router. However I don’t actually get 1200mbps when I do a speed test, I only get around 750mbps. I also use a vpn located in France when I’m on EU servers to lower my ping. Without a VPN I literally get over 200ms, but with a vpn I get around 105-120ms.

At my old house and before I upgraded my wifi (I used to use 100mbps internet), I got 250ms. So I’m very happy I was able to cut that number down by half. I was wondering if there is a way I could get at least under 100ms, or if I did everything I could. I heard recently that Xfinity is soon bringing their 2Gbps Gigabit Pro Fiber service to my neighborhood, so I was wondering how much more it would lower my ping by. I mainly play on the NA servers now, but whenever it is the afternoon in the USA, it automatically switches me to EU servers to deliver better matchmaking. So I end up playing at night.

I wish Cube had more American players. You would think so since it’s the only large server that offers 1.9 pvp. But that unfortunately isn’t the case. I really hope there is more I can do to help my ping because I now know first hand that it sucks to pvp both as a lagger, and against a lagger.

P.S. Big thanks to all the pros who gave some amazing advice after matches in duels to “buy wifi”. Your advice helped me lower my ping by half and I am very very grateful and definitely not fuming.

 

[YeaUhm]

Hi! I understand your frustration, but sadly I believe, ping is only your connection to the servers. Getting a better internet speed would therefore not change a lot, the only way to reduce your ping is to relocate closer to the servers, but I understand that’s not an option. I would just play as much as possible when there are NA servers available. You could also try out a better VPN, that might be the best solution in this case. Anyway, I hope I helped you out at least a little bit. Good luck!

 

[adamsony]

Hi! I understand your frustration, but sadly I believe, ping is only your connection to the servers. Getting a better internet speed would therefore not change a lot, the only way to reduce your ping is to relocate closer to the servers, but I understand that’s not an option. I would just play as much as possible when there are NA servers available. You could also try out a better VPN, that might be the best solution in this case. Anyway, I hope I helped you out at least a little bit. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice! I currently use ExpressVPN which is supposed to be one of the fastest on the market. I guess I probably have done all I can in that case. I’ll just play at night when the NA servers are available. Hey, who needs sleep anyway?

 

[Rodeappels]

Its bannable to use a vpn to get the best ethernet, so look out for this

 

[adamsony]

Its bannable to use a vpn to get the best ethernet, so look out for this

I don’t see anything on the rule list mentioning vpns. I checked the forums and they say vpns are allowed, they just block some to stop ban evasion. I have never received a “blocked connection“ error when using vpn.

 

[HellIsHot]

Its bannable to use a vpn to get the best ethernet, so look out for this

You’re allowed to use VPN if you have iron rank or higher (Java) as long as it is not to bypass punishments.

 

[adamsony]

You’re allowed to use VPN if you have iron rank or higher (Java) as long as it is not to bypass punishments.

So that’s why I never got a vpn error. Still will probably mostly play on American servers. Skywars is way more fun when your ping is under 50ms.

 

[lol7425 is not here]

just use nordvpn-

 

[Egg🥚]

just use nordvpn-

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