High Ping, High ping on MOB servers??? Options

[NecroDoggy]

I have a question. My girlfriend (NecroKitty) and I have been using the MOB servers for several months with both of us on a cable modem and getting pings in the 40's - 50's. In the last week or two we noticed that the first of us to get on one of the MOB servers had a ping of 80 - 100 and the second of us would have a ping 80 - 100 higher. This would innevitably result in one of us getting kicked. Can you shed any light on this? Any idea why we would have suddenly started to get pings that were so high? This hasn't happend on other sites that we frequent, that's why we noticed it specifically with the MOB servers.

I would like to say that we have both really enjoyed playing on the MOB servers. Your clan is very friendly and profesional. We've had a lot of bad experiences with arrogant trash talking kiddie clans so it's a treat to play on a good server with good players who can kick ass without getting self-righteous about it. Particular kudo's go out to Cypher, Pvt. Ryan and Little Old Man...we've played against them a lot and they really do make your clan look good.

Cheers
NecroDoggy & NecroKitty

[NecroDoggy]

Thanks Druid, I do hope it's just a passing thing. The MOB servers are a particular favorite of mine and I'd prefer to get my ass shot off cause someone is a better player than to get it shot off cause I'm laging.

When NecroKitty and I would both get on, the first on would always have a lower ping (maybe 20-30%) and at 30-40 that would only be a difference of 6-12 so nothing really noticable. Do you thnk that since the problems with Worldcom and the network are causing higher pings that that would make the percentage difference between myself and Kitty more dramatic? eg. 30% of 150 = 45 gives a second ping rate of 195 which gets someone kicked. What do you think?