[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":28},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page-content:en:guides\u002Fwhy-is-my-ping-so-high":3},{"home":4,"toolExplainer":4,"guide":5,"guideTitles":27,"legal":4},null,{"title":6,"description":7,"h1":8,"answer":9,"sections":10,"faqs":20},"Why Is My Ping So High? — SpeedTestLab","High ping comes from distance, Wi‑Fi, bufferbloat, VPN, or a far test node. Measure more than once.","Why Is My Ping So High?","High ping means the round trip took a long time. Common causes are a distant node, wireless delay, a congested uplink, or a VPN exit in another region.",[11,14,17],{"h":12,"p":13},"Distance","Intercontinental paths often sit above 100 ms even on fiber.",{"h":15,"p":16},"Bufferbloat","A saturated upload can delay small packets. Pause backups and retest.",{"h":18,"p":19},"This test vs a game","Our ping is HTTP to the SpeedTestLab node. A game uses its own servers and protocol.",[21,24],{"q":22,"a":23},"Is 100 ms unusable?","Web browsing is fine. Fast competitive games feel it more.",{"q":25,"a":26},"Does restarting the router always help?","It can clear a bad Wi‑Fi state. It cannot move you closer to a far server.",[],1793775154421]