Lack of dedicated game servers in India, How and what it affects? and What can be done about it?

Even with low ping though, the net (land fiber) is so flaky and inconsistent that it takes next level skills to accommodate for the random lag spikes. On the flip side, it's like learning to drive in India.. going nearly anywhere in the west means you have unmatched skills :D Have tried Jio fiber, Airtel fiber, two local smaller re-sellers.. all the same lack of reliability and random lag spikes or bandwidth drops. Some better than others but none at any acceptable level at all comparable to anywhere visited in west. If anyone has any experience with leased lines ...might go that route if its actually better. Tired of every service here always claiming to be DE BAST but always turning out to be a mediocre disappointment.
 
akaash said:
Even with low ping though, the net (land fiber) is so flaky and inconsistent that it takes next level skills to accommodate for the random lag spikes. On the flip side, it's like learning to drive in India.. going nearly anywhere in the west means you have unmatched skills :D Have tried Jio fiber, Airtel fiber, two local smaller re-sellers.. all the same lack of reliability and random lag spikes or bandwidth drops. Some better than others but none at any acceptable level at all comparable to anywhere visited in west. If anyone has any experience with leased lines ...might go that route if its actually better. Tired of every service here always claiming to be DE BAST but always turning out to be a mediocre disappointment.
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I'd suggest to look for local ISPs with Tata and Airtel peering. Alliance worked very well here, and has options for lease line too.

Also, for most spike lags, your router and a thing called bufferbloat is to blame. The easiest way to solve it is to limit your network speed to around 80% of the average internet speed you get...
 
KAKAN said:
I'd suggest to look for local ISPs with Tata and Airtel peering. Alliance worked very well here, and has options for lease line too.

Also, for most spike lags, your router and a thing called bufferbloat is to blame. The easiest way to solve it is to limit your network speed to around 80% of the average internet speed you get...
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Thanks! That's helpful. I'll look into the ISPs again. Had basically given up after so much hassle, but good to have some direction. And def thanks for tip regarding router/bufferbloat. Not much of a networking type but know enough to realize I've overlooked a huge potential source of issue -- the router. Feeling dumb, but still happy for having learned and having a chance at fixing this :)
 
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