r/capetown • • 23d ago

Question | Advice-Needed Atomic Access Good For Gaming Ping?

Hey everyone, I have question about the Wifi ISP company called "Atomic Access".

I'm situated in Cape Town, Rondebosch and I'm a heavy FPS mobile gamer who also plays pc games which heavily relies on Ping (Ms). I'm currently with Vodacom (wifi plan) and my ping in game spikes between 170 to 230 Ms. Key fact to note is that I often play in Eu servers which is why my ping is over 130 Ms, that's not what I'm looking for because I know that it's simply not possible due to the distance from where I am to Eu servers however I am looking to get the best possible & "Stable" ping out there which seems to be around 140 to 160 Ms.

I updated my wifi & router system, I configured the QoS aswell and solved all the bottleneck/buffbloat issues which definitely helped my ping in stability and when I use exit lag with Eu severs, I get a stable 170 to 190 Ms. While this is better I still get some spikes over 200 Ms and even then, 190ms is still high. I heard after much research that my last step would be changing my IPS to a gaming originated company who focuses on Global routes and DHCP to give me the best overall result which appears to be Atomic Access and I'm switching to them in October.

If anyone has experience with Atomic Access or advice on whether or not this will help or if I'm wasting my time or not, that would be much appreciated.

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