Anyone else in Perth (or anywhere in Aus) get nighttime lag?

[Kyan]

nbn - super funny!

I never thought out internet was that bad in Australia, having started with dialup in my teenage years to present, but living in Korea for a short while - wow. Our internet really does suck!

[Anera]

tpg is doing NBN http://www.tpg.com.au/nbn?utm_source...aign=nbn_front but is not in my Area yet ><;

[juniglee]

tpg is doing NBN http://www.tpg.com.au/nbn?utm_source...aign=nbn_front but is not in my Area yet ><;

Mine neither...

[ShizumiNeko]

Hello I'm from Perth on the sever (Behemoth) and I don't get much lag there are some times where there is lag but most of my time playing I have not had any nightmare lag, I'm with Telstra.m :/ sorry to here about your lag problems.

[Pyreflye]

Hmm, seems like it's definitely a problem on TPG's end.
Since signing up with these guys, it's been nothing but issues.

The second my contract is up, I'm going straight to another ISP.

[blowfin]

I'm with TPG, in Perth and I'm on Tonberry(JP).

Your situation sounds far worse than mine to be perfectly honest. I started using WTFast some months back due to the lag that was introduced (by SE changing something) after 2.1. It made a big difference. However, I generally don't see the spikes that were around post 2.1 and 2.2 anymore. E.g. I don't have any problems at all for the most part.


Is there anything else running on your connection? Are your housemates bringing down torrents or anything? Do you have other devices that are connected to the Net? When did this start happening? Have you rung TPG and asked them about the problem? Tried running an "ipconfig /flushdns" and rebooting your router?


At the very least you could pick up WTFast trial version and route through SG3 and see how you go, that gives me the best results by a long way. WTFast also provides a decent ping graph so you'll be able to see the history. A nice flat line is what you want, if it's bouncing all around then the problem is typically within your network (speaking from personal exprience). What you will see on a stable connection is the occasional spike, but the overall graph will be flat.

Anyway, quite happy to answer questions and help. But, I wouldn't churn ISP's until you're well and truly convinced that it's their problem. It can take upwards of a week and might not solve your issue.