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I've had similar issues off and on for years, but recently has gotten so bad that I cannot play games.
When gaming, my latency either jumps up or I am completely disconnected from the internet for 5-10 seconds(sometimes a bit longer). When it comes back it's slow for about 20 seconds then is fine again. This happens regularly about every 4 minutes when I play at night. It happens similarly with multiple games. My main PC is connected via ethernet. When I had issues previously they suggested that I upgrade. I now get 300mbps down and 30 up. I should not have any issues gaming. When I upgraded my service, I purchased a new modem as well. I recently started using a VPN which described that it can help with inconsistent internet connections. The VPN does not seem to be helping with the issue, but I can see my latency jump up anywhere from 1,000-4,000 when the disconnection issue occurs.
If I didn't play games, I may not even notice, as streaming doesn't seem to trigger the issue. I have started noticing that when I am on video call for work, it also occurs, and I am kicked out of the call and have to reconnect after a few moments. My work laptop is on the wireless, but since the issue mirrors what is happening on my personal PC which is wired, I do not think it is a wifi issue.
I have had a technician come out, and replaced something in my wall. They said that the line looked a lot better after he did it. However, I think that my connection is great most of the time, they would only see the in the moment that it goes out or latency jumps.
I've googled everything, from sound to software issues causing these kinds of issues and have tried what seems like every approach to try to correct this.
I'm at a loss. Feels hopeless that this will be resolved.
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skohon25
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Following. My internet cuts and upload speeds drop drastically when gaming and on web calls.
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Smorgydorg
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Spent many hours with support over 2 days. They did every test possible. A tech came out and said the line signal was good. He and the online techs (one of whom had a VERY thick Swedish accent) said it's probably my modem (Motorola MB8600). It's barely over 2 years old and, believing Cox, I left some angry reviews of the modem on sites for it failing so quickly.
This morning my upload speed (the only thing that counts for gaming) was back to 35Mb/s--for a while. Now it's tanking again. I checked my modems logs and all I could find was time synchronization errors. Doesn't sound like it's a modem issue to me but maybe I'm wrong.
I'm going to ask Cox to give me one of their very questionable new "gaming" modems and test it out for a few weeks. If the speed is stable, then I will know it's my modem. But if not I'll send it back,
Cox needs to figure this out! I've paid them thousands of dollars over the years just for internet service. If Google Fioswere able to give me service in my area, I would have switched a long time ago. It gets rave reviews.
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Annanprince
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I am having the same issue and can't work because of the interruption. Technician is coming out tomorrow but I think I am going the have the same discussion you had, which will not resolve the issue,
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