Does internet connection affect online gaming?

[chris m]

Your speed might be fine, but it seems that you are dropping packets (information doesn't make it to the destination, or to you). This might have something to do with your open ports, or more likely the quality of your internet connection. Speed isn't everything. If you're in the middle of nowhere, then your packets are traveling very far, which requires many repeaters, thus it would cause massive packet loss. That seems to be the problem... I'd recommend getting a better quality internet service, like FiOS (it's all light as opposed to electricity sending data, hence it can go farther with less packet loss).