Guild Wars 2

I’ve been looking around the net for info on how i can improve my network connection for playing gw and i was hoping someone could give me an idea on why im lagging. I can pay to have my isp improve the download speeds but i dont want to just do that and not see an improvement.

I have centurylink as my isp
Our current download speed we pay for is 10 mbps
Im on a wireless router and have no way to connect to a hard line
Idk the upload speeds but speedtest.net goes around .5 to .75 for upload
During peak hours net is obviously the slowest. Causes lag spikes with battles or fights with alot of attacks like subject alpha in COE. During off hours i can wvw with no lag
My comp runs the game flawlessly so theres no hardware issues. So im wondering should i improve my internet up to 25mbps? Would someone tech savy know that would solve my problem?
Thanks

This is, unfortunately, typical of CenturyLink and other similar ISPs that oversell their service when they don’t have the hardware to support it.

Basically for example they support 100 customers on a line but put 200 on it.

You can get a hard line to your router by using Powerline Networking. These are small adapters that you plug into your wall outlets that share your network connection with the entire house at 200 Mbps. I use TP-Link devices myself.

Improving your Internet speed will not help. It is not a bandwidth problem, even 1Mbps would be enough if the ISP was worth a grain of salt, but they’re not.

The best you can do is to call them and complain, alot.

Source: My ISP is CenturyLink…

8.8.4.4 ping statistics
4355 packets transmitted, 4158 received, 4% packet loss, time 4359491ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 61.301/108.037/1269.021/73.190 ms, pipe 2

Ping to Google DNS, packet loss and max lag 1269ms (on a good day!)