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Vodafone 900 - via Cityfibre ping lag improvement

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Just noticed that the ping time has dropped significantly on Vodafone/Cityfibre (Coventry)

Originally pinging 1.1.1.1 (Cloudfare DNS) would be around 27ms, same with Google DNS 8.8.8.8

Now it has dropped to 6 to 8ms.

PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=59 time=8.27 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=59 time=7.12 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=59 time=8.19 ms
64 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=59 time=8.27 ms

--- 1.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss, time 3004ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 7.120/7.961/8.266/0.486 ms
 
It changes at random. Vodafone have dynamic routing. Ideally you'll go via a local server but if they are trying to balance load you may have your data traffic sent to the opposide end of the country.

Vodafone are the only CityFibre ISP I am aware of who do this. So if it happens again and bothers you, you should have a better experience no matter where you go from here.
 
Ah - ok. I'm not a online gamer, so not really bothered, I just noticed it when testing some things locally.

Just wondering whether Voda had performed some network improvements recently.
 
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