Comcast issues when trying to play Demigod.

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I'm a fellow comcast user and when I try to log into Demigod everything works out fine. When it's 3v3 and up I still join games fast, I connect to everyone and it's smooth sailing BUT as soon as the game start it goes to hell. I randomly start lagging, My ping sometimes spikes one game and next game it's playable and then couple game later it comes back. I've been reading up on many people having similiar issues so I don't know if it's my connection or just the Stardocks p2p. It just seems that the p2p system is owning my connection when I'm trying to play and you can tell sometimes through ventrillo when it spikes up and when I close Demigod it calms down again.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

Wierd. I have Comcast and I play Demigod fine while streaming music on Pandora. Normally I only encounter lag if there is a high-ping player in the game. I hosted with listchecker on Warcraft III on this connection without too much problem either. I live in the southwest VA area. If you live somewhere else I'd say it's your local cable node being saturated with users. Try to avoid playing during peak Internet usage hours (5-9pm I'd say). Conversely, I have noticed that if you play late at night when Internet usage is low, you will experience better performance. I always stay up late to play and after 12am pings are noticeably better.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I have no issues with comcast.  Maybe it's your computer and other programs?   try a clean install of windows.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

Depend what area you are in with comcast, you would be in hell or not.

In areas where comcast don't have competition, they can give rat ass about you as you have no choice anyway.

In area where verizon had invaded with FiOz, comcast is still trying to put a good service so they dont bleed customers. Or, rather... they are allocation all their resources and time in area verizon had invaded.

Just basing on my observation after my local area's cable company got bought by comcast and I am now forced to use comcast.

Of course, I could be wrong. But the shitty performance is what I have to suffer with every day, which didn't exist before comcast force its way in.

Another way to put this...

If your area only have comcast, that means EVERYONE is on comcast, which comcast can't handle well at all. That means very limited bandwidth during day time, when people are awake.

Some information.

http://gigaom.com/2007/05/11/5-truths-about-comcasts-super-modem/