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Originally Posted by zx10guy
This is a misconception. You're just buying into marketing hype. Just because you're running fiber doesn't mean you have reduced latency. There are a myriad of factors which go into latency of a network path point to point. The use of fiber however allows the provider greater flexibility to support future faster speeds and to do things like multiplexing multiple network connections over a single fiber (CWDM and DWDM). Fiber also allows providers to run longer distances between points compared to copper cabling.
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Basing my claim on pings to the same server before and after.
Comcast before and att fiber after. 40-50ms vs 10ms soild and more stable.
Does the average user notice this? No... But to a FPS gamer its a big difference.
My game got better big time, and I noticed the big difference again when I moved and could no longer get fiber.