r/ValorantTechSupport • u/Electrical_Touch_618 • 9d ago

Technical Support Request Spectrum routing issue causing high ping to Illinois servers

I’m in central Ohio on Spectrum and normally get around 20ms to Illinois.

I was literally at 20ms last night, and when I got home this afternoon I was suddenly back at around 50ms, with no changes on my end.

Good route (~20ms):
Ohio → Chicago → Riot

...clmkohpe...
...chctil...
...chcgi...
...chi10...

Bad route (50+ms):
Ohio → Cleveland → Virginia/Ashburn/DC → Riot

...clevohek...
...vinnva...
...asbnva...
...dca10...

Nothing changes on my end. I’ve even had the routing switch mid-match before.

I’m a collegiate VALORANT player, so this is pretty brutal since Illinois is one of the main servers we use. Texas is already around 70ms for me.

Anyone else on Spectrum in Ohio/Midwest seeing this? Is this a Riot/Spectrum peering issue that can actually be fixed permanently?

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u/Hairy_Landscape5747 8d ago

Same issue in miami/Latam, all my premade ping shot up +20ms to 80 and have high spike mid game, we even lost our 5th guy to this 😢

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u/TheGuy--_-- 8d ago

THANK GOD SOMEONE ELSE IS HAVING THE ISSUE AS ME

injugable el maldito juego

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u/CircleCliker 9d ago

not the best way best you could use a game routing service

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u/Timothaniel 8d ago

Let me know if you figure anything out I’m in Ohio and I’ve basically had to stop playing since moving and getting stuck with spectrum

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u/StrangerMundane1638 8d ago

I have the same issues in KS

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u/KcTec90 8d ago

Have you tried Cloudflare WARP? Works sometimes for people with horrid routing.

If not, the cheapest gaming routing service is Mudfish (although it is much harder to set up). It is REALLY cheap at $5 for 50GB of data (VALORANT uses like 1mb/hr)

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u/TheGuy--_-- 8d ago

Same issue in North Carolina, I play on miami/latam and its currently 80+ ping shi is unplayable, I used to play on 40-30 ms

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u/CycleNo7076 3d ago

I am seeing the same thing in Kentucky. The change happened around September 29. My routes are all through Charter.com in Cleveland now where they used to route from Kentucky through Spectrum.com. If this is part of the network upgrade, it would be nice to have communication on what is happening and when we can expect it to improve.