Hi, so I’ve been doing a lot of research online for a possible solution to my “High Ping” and “lag spikes” in online games. I play a lot of Valorant and Fortnite and I just can’t deal with the lag. Discord also showed a change in latency. I use Mediacom Xtream with 400 down 50 up. My speeds are completely fine, ping is the issue. A few months ago when I moved into my new place I had the WiFi installed. No problems at all it ran smoothly. I’m connected via Ethernet to my modem and the co-ax cable is connected to my wall. For some reason my ping is suddenly up to around 70-100, before it was around 20-40. I used California servers for every game I play or (USWEST). For Valorant its odd, I have the same exact ping as I do for Virginia servers which are (USEAST). I have no idea what could’ve happened. I tried contacting support for the game, did tons of multiple recommended solutions but nothing worked. Then I moved onto Mediacom support. They came out twice and switched the modem and one of the cables out by the street. Issue still happening. I have them coming down for a cable drop bury replacement soon. Hopefully that fixes the issue but for now a VPN is literally the closest to what I had a few months ago. I live in a rural area with not many providers. If the problem occurs after the cable replacement should I switch to T-Mobile 5G Home Internet? That is the only other ISP I have not tried yet and it is available in my area. Thank you any answers to my problem will help a lot.
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