> For quite a while I've had a very poor connection, especially to minecraft servers > (the only multiplayer gaming I do, actually). > My normal ping as shown by minecraft has been 2-3 thousand ms. As much as 3 seconds. > MC updated to 1.4.2 before the recent storm, and I played on the server, experiencing > the same connection quality. > I connected to the server for the first time after the storm yesterday, and... ping > was back to normal, mostly under 200. > > Don't jump yet. > The software, MC1.4.2, that I was using before has NOT changed. > OK, thinks me... either they fixed the line, or being turned off for 4 days straight > allowed things to reset, and I'm connecting through a non-busted bit of hardware now. > > I have access to other servers. There's one that hasn't updated to 1.4.2, so I need > to break out the alternate MC folder with the right version. I hop on that one. Ping > 2900+. Carp. Back to the other one, ping 193. > > So, WTF?
Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey / Oh, since I set my eyes on you. / I tell you the truth. I can't get it right / Get it right / Since I met you...
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