General Absence Thread

[TeaLeaf]

Current eta 20:15 UK time.

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[JonnyAppleSeed]

Looks like im out of action till this lag is sorted ... Virgin recon they can fix for the 27th (known problem)

Since the latest World of Warcraft update we have seen that the type of  packets used by Blizzard to deliver the on-line gaming has changed  significantly.  This means that Virgin Media's National (ADSL) traffic  management system is unable to recognise the packets as gaming traffic  and assumes that they are peer to peer traffic.  Due to this the traffic  management system does not place the packets within the gaming queue  which has the highest priority and lowest latency within the VM network,  instead they fall into the peer to peer class which gets a low level of  priority within our network and by default a higher level of latency.  
 
We  are working to try and rectify this as soon as we can with our traffic  management supplier however it will take us a few weeks to upgrade the  traffic manage solution so that is can recognise the new traffic class  and correctly classify it as gaming.  Unfortunately due to the nature of  most traffic management solutions we can not manually move these  packets into the gaming queue as the solution can not work out which  ones to move.
 
We appreciate that some customers will have  noticed a similar issue with the previous World of Warcraft update.  The  reason behind this is because gaming companies are not prepared to  share the updates with Virgin Media or traffic management suppliers  prior to its release and so the first time we see the new packets is  when people start to use the new updates.  We are trying to change this  view point of the gaming companies however at present they are  un-willing to work with us.
 
We apologise for the affect that  this has on your gaming experience and we will update you when we have a  confirmed fix date for this.

Im sure some clever bod can make sence of it

[Twyst]

Looks like im out of action till this lag is sorted ... Virgin recon they can fix for the 27th (known problem)



Im sure some clever bod can make sence of it

I manage my homebrew router and use native IPv6, so I know a fair bit
In a nutshell they throttle the flow of "packets" when the composition matches some of their rules.
Watch a movie via flash player and it's fast.
Download the same movie via bittorrent and it's slow(er).

The reason behind this is because gaming companies are not prepared to share the updates

Now, if ISPs didn't throttle certain types of traffic then there would be no need for them to share any pre info.
And besides, Virgin can always play around with PTR builds.

The ISP I use is http://www.goscomb.net/connectivity/broadband/why-us
I linked the why us pages as they don't throttle or firewall anything. A pure connection if you will.
Very little downtime, service reps very friendly. Only real issue is that it's more expensive than other ISPs.

In summary, change to a proper ISP

[Grimnar]

Any news about the lag problems?

[Slush]

I dont know yet, but I might be late tonight. Not like OMG22.30 late, but ... more 20.30 late. I dont think so, but maybe.

[Twyst]

I'm going to be absent until my cast comes off in about 2 weeks. I can't run the new heroics, so zero change of progression and I'm a liability even on farm raid bosses.

[Whitey]

I'm going to miss my first raid since Cata hit next Thursday as I will be at my sons school awards night.

[Sinap]

I'm going to miss my first raid since Cata hit next Thursday as I will be at my sons school awards night.

End of an era!

[pälsboll]

I not gonna be able to get online in time tonight for raid 2nd may.. Illl be there but not sure when..

[TeaLeaf]

I'm going to miss my first raid since Cata hit next Thursday as I will be at my sons school awards night.

Grim, we might need you to step in and be a reserve tank on the night please as Twisted is out of action.  Can you see what you can rustle up to make sure you have gear to tank plz?

Thanks.

[Grimnar]

Grim, we might need you to step in and be a reserve tank on the night please as Twisted is out of action. Can you see what you can rustle up to make sure you have gear to tank plz?

Thanks.

yeah, am working on it, it won't be super gear that i can have in this short time but i hope we can kill stuff

[Arcticfire]

Due to Memorial Day for the losses during WWII, I will be afk from 19:45 till max 20:15.

[Slush]

Ill be away from tonight's raid, but thats nothing new. Just a few days after RGW got sorted in march, I bought a house with the missus.
And it's just so much work to do.. With both of them. :-) In addition to that, my work only allows me to raid tuesday, wednesday, thursday. We will have to see if I can keep 50% attendance up on Slushid. Ill do my best :-)

[hermioneg]

Evening m8s..
Tonight ive a little problem,i can connect at the right time but I have to log off at 21:00 for about an hour.:sad:

[Arcticfire]

Hey hermi, we have a absent thread thats used for this stuff. thx for letting us know tho.