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Ping and Latency Explained for Online Gaming
What ping actually measures, why jitter is often worse than a higher steady ping, why bandwidth will not fix it, and which parts are in your control.
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What ping actually measures, why jitter is often worse than a higher steady ping, why bandwidth will not fix it, and which parts are in your control.
Latency is decided by distance and routing, not bandwidth. How to find where your players are before picking a region, and what to do when they are split.