john22rob

Not that this test means anything but.....I'm ranked 39th with 191ms. What did everyone else get? Look on the leader boards for john22rob

the people who are saying that ping or latency increase or decrease by 10ms or more doesn't make much different either don't know what they are talking about or are lying. try playing an online game. ie Call of duty. ping speed of 29ms, if a player came into view i would be dead before i have even been able to press the trigger. Ping speed of 15ms, roughly a 50/50 chance i will kill them first in gaming every ms makes a difference. AlextAtkin clearly know what he's talking about. i can see a difference in the speed of web pages loading 1. ping speed of 15ms and 10meg down and 1meg up vs 2. ping 30ms, 100meg down and 50meg up. which one is the fastest at gaming and loading web pages? answer is number 1.

Hi all, I joined Origin 1st May after the long wait as most people did who signed up early this year. I instantly got exactly what it said on the tin, 24meg down and 2meg up. Ping was a constant 29ms. I use my internet for Gaming so a 29ms is not good enough, bandwidth is wasted on me really as i don't do much downloading. I have had numerous phone conversations with Origin from day 5 asking to reduce my ping somehow. They really have bent over backwards to help but no such luck. To cut a long story short, after an hour and half of tests and tweaking, Peter and Oliver have got me the following results pinging to google in command prompt Packets: Sent = 9, Received = 9, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 17ms, Average = 16ms JD's auto tester, Down 23.7mbs, up 1.97mbs and ping 16ms pingtest.net shows a mere 12ms ping lol The fastest ping speeds i have seen so far on the DR network and nearly half of what i started on. A big thumbs up to Origin and i have my first referral coming your way as soon as my friend receives his MAC. Apologies but i don't know how to add screen shots.

Good evening all, I have finally been connected to the digital region with Origin today and i wanted to see if anyone gets the same readings as me re ping speeds. you can do a ping test via speedtest.net but this will only tell you what the speed was at that second. The better way is to go into command prompt and type: ping -t google.co.uk leave this to run for a few minutes and then press Ctrl and C to stop. This will then give you a summary Ping statistics for : Packets: Sent = 1360, Received = 1349, Lost = 1 Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 29ms, Maximum = 187ms, Average = 33ms The fact that i have lost 1 isn't good. also the variance i assume isn't good either. What creates these big variances? is it the quality of my line? if it is can anything be done about it? much appreciated if you guys could upload your results

Just to let you know........ I have received a formal email confirming my installation date!!!! Yippe! Tuesday morning! I can't wait. I have recently noticed on their website that they have put all the contact lengths back up to 18months. I assume it doesn't affect me as I signed up before it was increased?

Its only origin that have had a problem. The other isp's haven't had a problem.

30ms sounds good. I have been given another "Estimated" install date of Monday. I won't hold my breath. I could have been with ask4 by now

Just out of interest, what exchange you at and whats your ping speed? Cheers

You rub it in lol

Maxfacta, I totally agree. If I hadn't have phoned up days before i was due to be connected then when would they have told me I wasn't???? The second main problem is when they say 'I will ring you back'. They have rang me back once out of ten when they have said they would. I think sometimes they have also told me what I want to hear and not what's happening. It's pretty damn poor, n thats before you get connected

Spoke to Origin, still no connection date, they don't know if i will need to obtain a third MAC yet and still don't have a connection date. They have said i 'should' receive my actual connection date by the end of this week. I have received a router through the post and the modem is to follow from Digital Region just before i get connected (if and when) so...other than having received a £20 router i am no closer to leaving my ****ty current connection and moving to origin

I have received a wireless n broadband router today from origin. Should there have been a modem as well? The diagram suggests so that's in the box. Cheers

Plenty of emails going back n forwards. Not one of them giving me a connection date. I have signed up to the lowest package, makes me wonder too if they are prioritising orders on the higher packages. There has been several different reasons given for the delays, is one incompetence? 60 days today and no closer

I haven't had any emails from origin at all stating when I will be connected. I received a call at my home address on 31st march by Oliver to tell me my install date of today 20th April. Rang them yesterday n they have promised to ring me back before 11am with an update. Today, thats 35mins time.

I wouldn't go with Virgin and would defo wait for Origin. I wasn't trying to put people off but wanted to see the connection times for people over the last few months. Have people gone live that ordered after myself as i feel this is the case.

Hi, yes i have contacted them but still no connection date. I was just wondering how it has been going for everyone else.

Hi all, Just a quick one, if you have placed an order with Origin, when did you place it and if you have been connected, when? My order placed 15th February, still not installed. thanks

Thank you for this, i hope i have the same luck. just 9 days to go(till they change my installation date again lol)

A good connection you should get a 'Stable' Ping. varying around 10 at the most with rare fluctuations. Ping in my understanding is not affected by traffic shaping. Traffic shaping affects bandwidth. A poor line or service affects ping as well as distance to the exchange. i am around half mile from my exchange so its not distance. plusnet ping is between 15 and 550, sky was 60 and 550 maybe its just my line quality. i know Call of duty is poor compared to other games with lag but in my instance it is so much worse than everyone else. i loose 1 in 4 one on ones.(before i moved address i won 9 out of 10). i find i am dead before i have even seen the other player in most cases. thanks for the reply's BTW

yes, i have tried other games. its my connection. same lag different games. when playing COD its not every now and then, its constant lag. i am with Plusnet now and was with sky before. i will never touch sky again. my connection is twice as good with plusnet than it was with sky. but unfortunately its still poor

Hi all, I was wondering, does any have or have had Origin Broadband and used xbox live? I wanted to know how it works together. I am due to be connected with Origin on the 20th(thats if it doesnt get delayed again!!!!) and the main reason for changing is because my current internet is poor. All i get is laggy crap! BTW i play on COD MW3. On the other hand i did have virgin cable internet and that was no good for Xbox live in my case either. I know lots of people who have had the same problem with Virgin Cable. i'm hoping that the digital region & Origin are going to solve all of my problems! The main problem i have is an inconsistent ping. it is currently anywhere between 15 and 550. and that is what causes my lagg. Downloading is fine but i don't download! i just wanted a bit of feedback from other Origin xbox live cod users. Thanks John

I have been with sky and virgin. Never again! Plusnet have been the best by far but my ping stability and speed are not good enough. It is more consistently around 50-60ms which isn't brilliant but more importantly it jumps to over 100 and even 200 far too frequently. This is no good for Xbox live. It constantly lags. The idea was origin would fix this..... But they cant even process my Order!!! And I have to pay to get connected, that's if I get connected! For all their faults( plusnet, sky, virgin) they was able to do a few basic things right. 1) process my order and give me an actual connection date 2) give me an estimate within 1meg for my speed 3) free connection! Plusnet and sky's customer service have been outstanding These 3 basic steps cannot be performed by origin. The digital region might be in with the times but more importantly are the isp's that are onboard?

yes i have spoken to origin to be told it is because of a back log of customers due to the other isp going bust a week before i ordered with them. so if they new there was a back log.......they could have told me? when i ordered with Origin they told me i would be be connected within 2 weeks! they told me on Thursday 8th March i would have an installation date within the next 7-10 days. i doubt i will. Unfortunately i will prob end up cancelling my order as plusnet have offered for me to stay for £5/month. it may be slow but at least i'm connected! TBH the whole digital south Yorkshire has been a big let down. i came across it by mistake 2 years ago and have been folowing it since. not once have i seen it advertised anywhere! the isp's are small and never heard of them. i requested info from all the isp's just over a year ago. the first company to get back to me took....wait for it.....6 months and that was the one that has just gone under. maybe time to reconsider using the digital region?

Neil, is the above 'stretched a little' an understatement? i have been waiting since 20th Feb and still havent got a connection date yet. i assume the process cannot be as simple as phone up bt and get them to switch my line over?! i was wondering, what is your position within Origin? Cheers John