cs:s problem Created 18 years ago2006-08-09 16:11:15 UTC by VOX

Ok so I have ISDN, some of you in europe know what that is, but for those who don't it's a special high-speed phone line. I get 64k per line and I have 2. SO here's the deal, a few days ago I am playing cs and my ping goes up to 600, holds for a second, and then goes back down to 70-80. It does this the entire time I'm playing up and down and up and down. I don't know if it's because I am only using 64k and not the entire 128k but I'm pretty sure I didn't use 128k before. Even so, if I had a too slow connection (64k) wouldn't the ping stay at 600? Is this just because my internet is too slow, a steam problem where it's doing some other fucking thing while I'm playing, or is my ISP being flakey?

Uh, it might be that your speed actually is too slow, and CS:S faultily displays it as 60-70/800 ping when it should be, maybe, a steady 400. I've got no idea, though.

Cable broadband ftw.

It can't be a faulty display, because when it dips back down to 70-80 I can play for like a minute before it goes up again. It lags until I get that thing where your weapons are "picked up" again or something, like I reconnnected and then my ping is normal, but in a few seconds it goes back up again.