How to help Modern Warfare 3 help You. (High Speed Latency Issues)

After months if not years of having latency on Modern Warfare & 2 & 3, I finally took the step, I didn't want to pay for and got a 2nd Internet Service Provider via TalkTalk.

Now the last thing anyone would want to do is downgrade any download speed they have adjusted to such as my 100 - 120mb, so I simply couldn't do that, therefore I asked a lot of friends what speeds they ran on and took the average speed from that, which worked out at approx 6mb. I did this, as they were saying that the game was playing fine for them. These are the persons I quizzed regarding their speeds.

Now just for one individual that may not understand this on N4G.com who has reported this blog twice, let me just pause to explain the situation. I have suffered from high speed latency issues on the Call Of Duty Series for a long time now. Being in a premier city in England, means that things come fast, such as faster broadband speeds. When 20mb came out, I was still in a heated battle on COD 4. Considering a lot of internet connections are still not running at that speed (to date) whether, because of choice, or ISP limitations, it was a really fast speed at that point in time and the fastest available in the UK. Since the release of MW3, I have upgraded twice more, to 50mb then to 100mb which was recently increased due to a package shuffle to 120mb. With me so far?

What I found however, once I went on 100mb, was that a slightly noticeable issue with latency, actually became a thorn in my side and created a game that was unplayable for me. At this point I had to find a resolution, starting with posts on the official game forum and then resulting in the post below.

Let's continue:

After several weeks playing online, my scores, kills, the lot have started to rise. More importantly, I can remain calm and quiet during a game. Anyone that's played with me online in their party or on their team, thought I just liked a good old rant. Untrue, it was a real issue for me.

Since having the new 2nd slower connection, I can confirm that not once has the dummy left the pram, no flying controllers breaking the sound barrier whilst objectively hurled across a room (missing any windows obviously), no my friends not a peep from me. It has worked out, that using a 6.2mb connection is actually great. I use it solely for my Xbox 360.

Therefore, if you suffer issues such as being shot from round a corner before a guy is even seen, take the hint and invest in a calming slower connection if your 1st ISP is just too fast - It's not like Activision have not been told, yet refuse to correct the issue. Yes, there is a monthly charge for a 2nd one, but you can shop around and it's worth it.

Don't bother trying to get a 2nd connection via your 1st provider, Virginmedia told me point blank it's not possible, so I had a BT line installed specifically for the Xbox connection.

Finally I can enjoy Modern Warfare 3 again. Shame I'm playing Prototype 2 at the moment but hey, them's the breaks kid. When Clan Op's comes round on the Elite site, it sure has made a big difference.

Try it.