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Friday, June 27th, 2025 11:56 PM

Network issues | High ping/latency/packet loss

I’ve been having issues with high ping/latency/packet loss for several weeks now affecting my ability to game online. I’ve actually been banned/restricted from playing against other players online due to an “ongoing network issue negatively affecting the gameplay experience for others”. It’s easiest to see the ping spikes during speed tests, where I can see that the ping spikes when downloading or uploading data. Otherwise the ping sits relatively low. Previously the ping was shooting up to around 800+ms, but now the highest I’ve seen it go is around 600ms.
I’ve tried everything at this point including upgrading my speeds, getting a new gateway, trying wired/wireless connections, putting the gateway in bridge mode and using a high-quality gaming router, power-cycling the modem and router, swapping out the coax and Ethernet cables, etc.

I initially reached out to support through the Xfinity Assistant; the first agent tried to upsell me to a faster plan as a solution until I requested someone with an actual understanding of technical issues. The second agent seemingly knew a bit more and stated they had detected an issues with the lines running from the street to the building and scheduled a technician to come out several days later. When the technician arrived he informed me that he had received no information about any issues with the lies and that the agent had completely made that up. The technician ran some tests on the gateway and said there were issues with it, so he swapped out the gateway. Afterwards the technician stated it was functioning properly and the speeds were coming through consistently, but he had no idea what was causing the ping/latency and it has not been fixed. I’m not sure if these issues are from some sort of signal degradation, issues with infrastructure hardware in the neighborhood, or something else. I’ll attach some images, please let me know if there’s any other info I can provide. 

https://imgur.com/a/cdt4ZsI

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1 day ago

 

 

Thank you for reaching out. I hope you are doing well besides the current network issues. I understand you've been experiencing this for some time, and you haven't seen any changes even after a tech visit. I see they also swapped the equipment at the time of the visit as well. 

I see this has been affecting gameplay in a major way. Does this happen at all hours of the day or at specific times? 

 

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Unfortunately it happens at all hours of the day.

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user_781 Thank you for helping us try to isolate the ongoing service trouble you have been dealing with. I would love to take a look at the modem and signal levels to see if that is causing the latency your have been seeing. Thank you for troubleshooting and testing different devices. Do you happen to have any splitters on the coaxial cable line, or are you using any amplifiers?

Can you please send us a direct message with your name and service address? 
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How would I go about finding the modem and signal levels? I am not using and splitters or amplifiers on the coaxial in my apartment. I sent you a direct message as well.

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13 hours ago

@user_781 @XfinityPaula 

Please circle back here and post any possible solutions for the issue here in these open public forums so that all readers here may benefit from the exchange / info. This is in keeping with the spirit for which these public help forums were originally intended. Thank you.

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