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[Cable] Latency from Level3.

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I was trying to check up what is up with the game I am playing experiencing massive lag.

The traceroute it for the GuildWars 2 server and it looks like Level3 is being horrid at the moment 175ms+ latency. Everything I do in game is delayed for 2 seconds and everyone is popping everywhere.

What can I do?

jmck
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i'm not sure if that traceroute is accurate in showing where the issues are. doing an mtr myself i see the Level3 routers have high latency too but the hops after go back down like on yours (54ms) which indicates it's just the Level3 routers de-prioritizing ICMP.

you can see by simply pinging 4.59.197.34 directly. ~50ms to Dallas isn't bad, if there's an issue it's likely after that and directly with GW2 servers.

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I'm using VPN to test something going around from MidWest server.

The connection from Toronto to Chicago is having some congestion while from Above.net to Chicago has none.
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Testing again without VPN.
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That is just horrid... connecting from North York server.

jmck
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what happens if you simply ping 4.59.197.34?

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Pinging here.

jmck
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so it seems to indicate there's simply some ICMP de-prioritization then and not actual performance issues going through Level3.

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Apparently, it is not only me. Other players in US is also experiencing this problem at the moment.