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as most of you know i get kicked a ton from the game because of my internet. I've done everything possible to fix my internet connection, but i still continue to get kicked a ton, anyway that it could be the servers fault rather then my internet? or something else in the system?

I would suggest doing a ping and a tracert to the server IP address.

open up a command window and type ping <server IP address - forget what it is> -t
should look like ping 64.45.109.23 -t
Open up another command and type ping www.google.com -t
When you get lagged out compare these two windows
if both are timing out, it is your ISP
if only Aranock, then open 3rd window and type tracert <server IP address>
depending on where it times out will determin where the break is.

Sometimes it is just a leg from one region to another region the gets broken.....or from 1 ISP to another ISP

Round about once a year the server does spit the dummy and we have to restart it. All players go slow all the time and that is a dead give away.

Periodically the server appears to go slow. Not necessarily all players get hit. On those occassions where I have been fast enough to run a trace it has usually been a connection between Miami and Philidelphia (I think from memory). That link must be a major route that is commonly selected and when it struggles our site also struggles. Not really much I can do about that but sometimes reseting your modem will select a new path.

Some people have lag while no one else does. This is generally a local or ISP issue. Sometimes resetting your modem helps depending on where the bottle neck it. Tracert will help you to pinpoint it as well. Generally from OZ to the US I get a ping of just over 300 msec. If you get much more than that then u will have lag. If you keep having this type of problem then a phone call to your ISP may be in order or maybe have a chat to a competitor.