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Randy Wilson wrote:

> schwabe wrote:
> <snip>
> > The other is fluctuating pings. I only join hostos with pings under 400.
> > But every so often while in the game, alt-l reveals a ping of 1.5 or 1.0
> > or 600, then a second or two later, it's back to 278. Is this normal
> > too? Or just a "bad Net" night, where Internet traffic is a little
> > nutty?
> Cable modems are notorious for this. The average web surfer will
> probably never notice it, but cable's high packet loss can really affect
> online gaming where a steady stream of data is necessary.

This is a sweeping generalization that does not apply to me.  I'm on the
cable @Home network in Canada and have great results (other than their
slow webpage service ;-)
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