I decreased my internet speed from 8Mbps to 4Mbps and pings r awesome. why?

since 1-2 weeks. iam having bad pings..finally my ISP told me that:

"Mr, u should be using 4Mbps instead 8 because your home is far to main servers(or what ever in english)"

i didnt believe them but this became more sht and i made what they told me...

and as i see my ping is very nice again..

So what should be the reason of this? slower internet but better pings..hu?

u can check details here

http://forum.guru3d.com/showpost.php?p=3426793&postcount=358

 

sorry man iam abit late..
yes ADSL 2+

 

Sounds like u need to dump the old phone line and go with cable?? or fiber??

 

yeah man they put fiber Around the city but not active and there is not word about when its going to be activated.

 

yeah turkish telekom also teaser their new TV system..so internet and TV same time over fiber? i didnt know..cool!!!but how much ? :/

 

lol..hmm..a pool system..more demands empties the pool so no more joy...i got it...but still there is time for that iam sure..

 

Higher speeds will mean higher frequency, and that means more room for error. And if there's error there's re-transmitting.

That's what ADSL1 sometimes had better pings than ADSL2, even though you're connecting faster.

 

As everyone else has already said, higher speeds on the line mean a lot of errors if you are too far from the DSL office to handle it. I work tech support for major US DSL companies and we have to lower the speed on the lines all the time to solve disconnect and packet loss issues. It's simply a limitation with the technology, can't complain if you live 4+ miles from the nearest DSLAM.