Anyone else having high ping times today (150ms)?

[greenfingers]

I'm on Sky BB - probably their problem - just thought I'd ask!

[mak]

I have it since yesterday..
In the morning everything was fine but now it is high again...
I tried a previous version of BA and it was even worst.

[MarkRussell]

It won't be a Betting Assistant issue.
Using an older version won't make any difference.
I would say that getting worse response times on different versions is just co-incidental.
It's either going to be your ISP or the Betfair server that are causing poor response times.

[mak]

Yes Mark
I am sure about it.
Just tried everything I could...

The strange thing is that I get awfull times the last 2 days in 2 different vps
which are fast usually

I have the refresh rate at 0.2 and i the brackets it goes 100-150

My main problem is that I can't prove them that something is wrong..
Not so good at technicals things

[greenfingers]

It's some kind of internet routing issue perhaps. When I tried pingtest.net I got excellent speeds but still 150ms to betfair. Now when I route my connection through a VPN to betfair I get usual ping speeds of 50-55ms.

[mak]

greenfigers
can you give me some ste by step instractions how you check it with a vpn please?

* whenever you've got the time

thanks

[greenfingers]

I think it's possible to set up a VPN if you have a VPS - probably for security rather than speed reasons - but I looked into it and it seemed fiendishly complicated! So I just plumped for an off-the-shelf service - they're loads advertised if you google VPN - some are free, some offer better speeds & servers around the world (people abroad like to do this to get around the BBC iPlayer restrictions). I got mine so I can use public Wifi hotspots securely. I guess they'll all have their own variations on how to set-up but it's pretty much just installing a piece of software.

[mak]

thanks!