Really high ping while downloading after upgrading internet speed

[DeagLeStudio]

Hey guys, this I upgraded my internet speed yesterday from 1 MB to 2 MB, I'm having issues while downloading, I was downloading steam games just fine in th 1mb connection but ping goes from 70-80 to 140+ it's still fine, but since I upgraded it goes to 500-1000+ while downloading gta v can you please tell me why this is happening ? thanks

 

[SinxarKnights]

This is normal behavior. If it wasn't happening on the 1mb connection then there was some form of throttling or QoS.

As to why this happens well it is simple to explain by using the water pipe metaphor. I don't like that one as it is not technically correct.

What happens is the data comes to you in blocks from your ISP the larger the block the longer the wait to receive more data as only one block can pass at a time.

Lets use S's as steam data and O's as game data.

when downloading you get something like this: SSSSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSSOSSSSSSSSSO

what that crude diagram shows is when downloading at a high speed the space between the blocks of data are few and far between resulting in a higher ping because the game data has to wait so long to be sent and received.

 

[DeagLeStudio]

Oh, okey thanks and yes it wasn't doing that in the 1 mb connection, I'll try to join game an pause the download just to test the ping

 

[DeagLeStudio]

Woah, I just tested it and I got 98-100+ fps which is still good but with download paused, I think that I'll have to wait 3 more days until gta v ends xD