Major intermittent connection issues
So, I have been dealing with this issue since I moved in to my apartment four and a half years ago, although it's gotten SIGNIFICANTLY worse in recent months. Every so often, my connection completely...
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I could understand congestion being the cause if this were a relatively new issue. However, this has been consistent for four and a half years.
So you’ve tried using a VPN service?
Not a third party service, no. I have used Cox's EliteGamer system, which as I understand it, is basically a VPN. I can confirm that that does not work.
Cox EliteGamer system is not a VPN service. Your network traffic is not tunneled or encrypted. Cox is reselling a third-party service outside of the Cox network. Only specific game network traffic is proxied to the third-party service. All your network traffic, including the gaming network traffic, still flows over the Cox network. This is why you can confirm that it "does not work".
