Inconsistent service, delayed/late packets or packet loss (BQM, Waveform, Router Logs provided)
Hi. I have been struggling with an issue for months now, and it progressively keeps getting worse. Broadband speeds are fine, I have the 500m package. I do get consistent 500/50mpbs, however playing online games is unbearable, constant rubber-banding and network inaccuracies, constant ping spikes and packet loss to the servers in and outside of the UK, but of course it gets worse outside of the UK. My current setup consists of this: VM Hub3 in modem mode (almost an 8 year old router) TP-Link Archer C80 Cat 6a ethernet wiring (I do not use WiFi for my PC) Things I have tried already with no fix in sight: Restarting and factory resetting VM Hub3 Restarting and factory resetting Archer C80 Testing over WiFi Isolating connection to my PC only and testing Different ethernet cabling My BQM and Waveform Bufferbloat Test: BQM Waveform Bufferbloat Status Item Status Comments Acquired Downstream Channel (Hz) 330750000 Locked Ranged Upstream Channel (Hz) 36599971 Locked Provisioning State Online Downstream bonded channels Channel Frequency (Hz) Power (dBmV) SNR (dB) Modulation Channel ID 1 330750000 12.8 40 256 qam 25 2 138750000 11 40 256 qam 1 3 202750000 10.8 40 256 qam 9 4 226750000 11.3 40 256 qam 12 5 234750000 11.1 40 256 qam 13 6 258750000 11.8 40 256 qam 16 7 266750000 11.9 40 256 qam 17 8 290750000 12 40 256 qam 20 9 298750000 12.5 40 256 qam 21 10 322750000 12.5 40 256 qam 24 11 338750000 12.8 40 256 qam 26 12 346750000 12.8 40 256 qam 27 13 354750000 13 40 256 qam 28 14 362750000 12.8 40 256 qam 29 15 370750000 13 40 256 qam 30 16 378750000 12.4 40 256 qam 31 17 386750000 12.6 40 256 qam 32 18 394750000 12.6 40 256 qam 33 19 402750000 12.9 40 256 qam 34 20 410750000 13 40 256 qam 35 21 514750000 13 40 256 qam 36 22 522750000 13.5 40 256 qam 37 23 530750000 13 40 256 qam 38 24 538750000 13.4 40 256 qam 39 Downstream bonded channels Channel Locked Status RxMER (dB) Pre RS Errors Post RS Errors 1 Locked 40.3 9 0 2 Locked 40.3 18 0 3 Locked 40.3 8 0 4 Locked 40.9 9 0 5 Locked 40.3 8 0 6 Locked 40.3 7 0 7 Locked 40.3 13 0 8 Locked 40.3 7 0 9 Locked 40.3 0 0 10 Locked 40.9 10 0 11 Locked 40.3 10 0 12 Locked 40.3 6 0 13 Locked 40.9 3 0 14 Locked 40.9 7 0 15 Locked 40.9 6 0 16 Locked 40.3 14 0 17 Locked 40.9 6 0 18 Locked 40.9 7 0 19 Locked 40.3 12 0 20 Locked 40.3 7 0 21 Locked 40.3 13 0 22 Locked 40.9 20 0 23 Locked 40.9 36 0 24 Locked 40.9 47 0