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LTE latency is fine for gaming. 20-30ms, very similar to DOCSIS cable broadband. The problem isn't LTE, it's that the LTE tower you are/were connected to is co
by martinald 3y ago
LTE latency is fine for gaming. 20-30ms, very similar to DOCSIS cable broadband.
The problem isn't LTE, it's that the LTE tower you are/were connected to is congested, so latency starts rising.
The exact same thing happens on 5G, though there is more capacity & fewer users on it right now. Congestion is starting to build everywhere on 5G in the UK. I imagine in a year or twos time performance will be pretty average on 5G in most places.
- themoonisachees 3y agoLte latency is ok for gaming, it's sometimes faster than aDSL. As you said, the problem occurs when congested, which in my experience is either always or when you are free to game (drawing parallels to traffic). But to be absolutely fair, aDSL latency isn't good. On the same hardware, i went from 70-80 ms on aDSL to 10-15ms (in various games, not raw icmp) when i switched to fiber. Sure, for most games that isn't that much but try to do any kind of competitive gaming and you very quickly end up in situations where ping becomes an issue.