High Ping with new Fios service
alewares
Enthusiast - Level 2

Hello,

I recently got fios installed in a new apartment. The speeds seem accurate (50/25) but the latency is bad. I ping 130 to 64.7.194.1, whereas all my friends and family in the area (east coast) ping somewhere between 80 and 90. I also ping 80-90 to this server with the very same computer in several locations, anywhere from 1 to 15 miles away from my current one. I am wondering if this is bad routing on verizon's behalf, too little bandwidth on the part of certain servers, or a router issue? I absolutely need latency to be normal again...

Here is my tracert and pingtesting:

tracert 64.7.194.1
 
Tracing route to border1.te9-3.riotgames-55.lax010.pnap.net [64.7.194.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
 
  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
  2    22 ms    17 ms    16 ms  L100.BSTNMA-VFTTP-87.verizon-gni.net [98.118.119
.1]
  3    21 ms    21 ms    25 ms  G0-10-2-5.BSTNMA-LCR-21.verizon-gni.net [130.81.
104.50]
  4     7 ms    10 ms     9 ms  ae0-0.BOS-BB-RTR1.verizon-gni.net [130.81.209.86
]
  5    87 ms    82 ms    82 ms  0.xe-2-0-0.XL3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.2.66]
  6    82 ms    81 ms    82 ms  POS6-0-0.GW3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.112.105]
  7   123 ms   129 ms   131 ms  internapGIGE-gw.customer.alter.net [157.130.236.
110]
  8   126 ms   122 ms   130 ms  border1.te9-3.riotgames-55.lax010.pnap.net [64.7
.194.1]
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=136ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=132ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=138ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=130ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=125ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=122ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=128ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=122ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=319ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=113ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=111ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=117ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=119ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=123ms TTL=252
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=252
 
Now here is a tracert and pingtest from my friends' house, about 15 miles from where I live, also using FiOS service (same computer is used):
tracert 64.7.194.1
Tracing route to border1.te9-3.riotgames-55.lax010.pnap.net [64.7.194.1]

over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1     1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  CISCO15405 [192.168.0.1]

  2     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  Wireless_Broadband_Router.home [192.168.1.1]
  3     6 ms     6 ms     3 ms  L300.BSTNMA-VFTTP-86.verizon-gni.net [98.110.176.1]
  4     9 ms    11 ms     8 ms  G0-10-3-6.BSTNMA-LCR-22.verizon-gni.net [130.81.212.180]
  5     7 ms     8 ms     6 ms  ae0-0.BOS-BB-RTR2.verizon-gni.net [130.81.209.94]
  6    91 ms    91 ms    91 ms  0.xe-2-0-0.XL4.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.2.86]
  7    93 ms    93 ms    93 ms  POS7-0-0.GW3.LAX15.ALTER.NET [152.63.112.109]
  8    87 ms   113 ms    89 ms  internapGIGE-gw.customer.alter.net [157.130.236.110]
  9    90 ms    93 ms     *     border1.te9-3.riotgames-55.lax010.pnap.net [64.7.194.1]
 10    88 ms    89 ms    91 ms  border1.te9-3.riotgames-55.lax010.pnap.net [64.7.194.1]
 
 
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=81ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=79ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.7.194.1: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=242
 
I have called too many times and done everything from opening up ports, DMZ zone, firewall off, resetting router, changing from moca to ethernet, TCP optimizing programs, etc. I have concluded that it is definitely not my computer because I can simply pick my laptop up, move about 3 miles to another house, try the connection there, and find it to be perfect. I hope there is a solution, because if not I might have to move houses.
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