said by GR_Alchemist:Hello all from GameRail. We have watched the Broadband reports news comments with much amusement. We have even offered to give some official statements but I never heard back from the site.
1st off GameRail is a private company and has nothing to do with Charter or any other ISP. We peer with ISPs and Game Server host to provide the best experience for gaming. No ISP will force you to use our product. We are no different than using skype or itunes. Our product gains the best performance peered directly to your ISP. We will peer with any ISP to, we do not pick favorites in each city.
2nd GameRail is not smoke and mirrors, it is not magic. It is a real product that is not for everyone. If you live in say Chicago and play on pub servers in the area all night long then we are not for you. If you play in leagues and have to play in places like Dallas, Atlanta and New York for matches then we could offer improvement. GameRail will offer a free trail. If we do not improve your ping then do not buy our product. It is that easy.
The traceroute posted by Time is nice to see but Atlanta is not even fully peered at this time so I while I am happy to see it lower I would not take that as an example of GameRail's performance.
Check the forms and the FAQ at GameRail.com if you want real answers. No need to read about how people think it works when the answers are already there.
- Jason Baker
Thank you for dropping in. Your network design looks very promising, and looking forward to the chance to test it out.
