Why does my steams spike so much?

[Skooongie]

I have cable 10mbs, and this wasn't an issue that long ago.

Rooms that I normally play in would have around a 30-40 ping and now it bounces all around over 200.

I don't know what the deal is.

Anyone??


Thanks

 

[Nenu]

What does "Why does my steams spike so much? " mean?

Anyway, it sounds like your network is now being used for something else as well as your gaming.
Stop doing other things and your ping should return.

 

[Skooongie]

Haha, damn I didn't even notice I wrote "steams"

I mean when I play CS:S it's a lot more laggy than it usually was. I don't have anything open that uses bandwidth, nor is anyone home using the network.

 

[Nenu]

Check your pings to each other and to web sites to locate where the problem can be seen.

 

[Zero82z]

If you have a wireless router, make sure there are no unauthorized clients piggybacking on your internet connection.

 

[archevilangel]

Haha, damn I didn't even notice I wrote "steams"

I mean when I play CS:S it's a lot more laggy than it usually was. I don't have anything open that uses bandwidth, nor is anyone home using the network.

The individual game servers don't use steams bandwidth. Either somethings screwy with your internet or its that individual server.

Try:
start menu -> run -> "cmd" -> ping <server ip>
also try other sites