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I can definitely tell that pings are around 10ms higher on Vodafone/CF FTTP (16-23ms to a server in my hometown) vs. my old BT/OR FTTP (7-11ms to a server in my hometown) connection... That's clearly because they are routing me via a Scottish Gateway... Power cycling didn't help here...
Do I feel a difference? Speeds are the same (uploads are better), and in gaming you do get bad connection warnings more often (e.g., in F1 23), and pings are generally higher (as my connection has to go up north, before it goes back down via London to continental Europe where more gaming servers are located)... That can often make a difference between decent pings (around 20-30) and not so decent pings (around 30-40).
I even thought my Openreach pings were pretty high for an FTTP connection... but I guess that's just something you need to live with if you're outside of London... Used to have better cable broadband pings back in 2008 in Germany...
Ignoring the warnings in the game that make you think you need to change broadband.

What trouble have you experienced with this ping you’re concerned about?
 
Ignoring the warnings in the game that make you think you need to change broadband.

What trouble have you experienced with this ping you’re concerned about?
I noticed joining servers takes longer and sometimes I join empty servers for no apparent reason (never happened with BT)
But it's not only the ping... Other services also get confused because my IP address isn't based in my hometown...
Google Maps thinks I'm in Dumfries and I accidentally ordered something to an Argos in Dumfries because of it...
This is really lazy from Vodafone and just annoying... Currently waiting for a reply from the 2nd line customer service to fix the issue...
 
I noticed joining servers takes longer and sometimes I join empty servers for no apparent reason (never happened with BT)
But it's not only the ping... Other services also get confused because my IP address isn't based in my hometown...
Google Maps thinks I'm in Dumfries and I accidentally ordered something to an Argos in Dumfries because of it...
This is really lazy from Vodafone and just annoying... Currently waiting for a reply from the 2nd line customer service to fix the issue...
The problem with Voda is it's difficult to get in touch with anybody in authority, even as a colleague working there managers didn't have the time of day or simply wanted to palm off issues, I despise them as a company, I thought their product was good though until seeing all this recently. (Minus the awful customer service)
 
I just moved from EE(BT) broadband (vDSL) to Vodafone. I live in Chelmsford and would get between 7-9ms ping to Google's DNS. With Vodafone get a solid 9-10ms ping. It's not that much of a difference in fairness.

I also game (Valorant) and have seen my ping change from 8-10ms to around 9-12ms which is actually really good still. Fairly sure my traffic isn't being routed via Scotland like others have said they experienced.
 
I just moved from EE(BT) broadband (vDSL) to Vodafone. I live in Chelmsford and would get between 7-9ms ping to Google's DNS. With Vodafone get a solid 9-10ms ping. It's not that much of a difference in fairness.

I also game (Valorant) and have seen my ping change from 8-10ms to around 9-12ms which is actually really good still. Fairly sure my traffic isn't being routed via Scotland like others have said they experienced.
Lucky you. Let's hope you'll keep getting a BNG in your area. I wasn't as lucky and got routed via Scotland all the time - which added around 10ms to my pings.
 
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