Your Internet Connection Makes and Breaks the Gaming Experience
Gaming today is all about playing online - long gone are the days when you'd enjoy only single player missions. And it can even be done through the browser. There are two major issues that can hinder your gaming experience:
- your hardware - if it does not meet the recommended game requirements.
- your Internet connection - if it's slow and unreliable.
It's simple when it comes to hardware - you'll know from the beginning what to expect from the game. The real issue is with Internet connectivity, because it may work fine when you start the game, but have glitches as you're close to defeating the opposing team.
This article will share a simple way on how to improve your gaming experience and get better connectivity.
Quick answer
Should you have a backup 4G, 5G, Starlink, or cable internet connection?
Yes — every internet connection goes down, including Starlink, which drops for ~34 minutes a day on average. A backup connection from a different provider means one outage never takes you fully offline. The most common options are a 4G/5G cellular hotspot, a cable or DSL line, or a second satellite dish.
4G/5G cellular
Works anywhere. Just a SIM or hotspot — no installation needed.
Learn more →Cable / DSL
Best for fixed locations. Different network, so outages rarely overlap.
Learn more →Second Starlink
Adds redundancy and throughput for remote sites or heavy usage.
Learn more →Speedify bonds any two connections into one — automatic failover, more speed, no dropped calls.
Try free →Speedify
Speedify gives you faster, steadier internet by combining Wi-Fi, cellular, and Starlink
Speedify bonds Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, and Starlink into one connection at the same time, giving you more speed, automatic failover when one drops, and AES-256 encryption on every link.
Download Speedify ›More speed
Upload and download speeds combine across every active connection on your device.
Automatic failover
If a connection drops, Speedify moves your traffic to another in milliseconds. Calls stay connected.
Always encrypted
Every link runs through an encrypted tunnel, including public Wi-Fi, cellular, and Starlink.
Speedify Feature · Pair & Share
Speedify Pair & Share: share cellular between your devices, both ways
Most hotspots give. Speedify's Pair & Share gives and takes. Two devices running Speedify pair up and each uses the other's cellular connection simultaneously, so you both get faster uploads, faster downloads, and a steadier connection. No extra hardware, no new data plans, no setup beyond a tap.
Learn how Speedify's Pair & Share works ›More speed
Every device you pair with adds its cellular to yours, and yours to theirs.
Stays connected
If a paired device drops out, Speedify keeps you online on the remaining links.
Always private
Every shared connection runs through AES-256 encryption. Your traffic is yours.
No new gear
Runs on devices already running Speedify, over your local network. Pair once, reconnects automatically.
How to Improve Your Gaming Experience: Use 2 or More Connections at Once
Do not mistake this with switching between connections! As all operating systems work - when the default connection drops or is disconnected, the system switches (after a while) to another active connection, if there's one. We're talking here about channel bonding / link aggregation.
Combining multiple Internet connections is where a bonding VPN service like Speedify shines! Is your WiFi too slow and generates high latency? Do you have another Internet source that you can use? Then you can use Speedify to combine those at once.
Check out these guides for Mac and Windows on how you can add more connections to improve your gaming experience. And don't worry if you have a cap on cellular data or other metered connections. With Speedify you can control how to use those.
Try the UDP Transport Mode instead of default TCP
Are you experiencing slow speeds or high latency when gaming, even while running Speedify? Try setting your transport mode to UDP.
Also, setting your bonding mode to Speed Mode or Redundant Mode will improve your gaming latency. For any other speed-related issues while using Speedify, check out this article. You will definitely get to the bottom of how to improve your gaming experience.
Getting a Better Gaming Experience with Speedify - Test Results
First person shooters (FPS) are the most ping-sensitive games out there. That's why we decided to briefly test two such popular games, with and without Speedify:
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on a Windows PC
- PUBG on an Android smartphone
The test setup involved using a low speed Wi-Fi connection with high response time (ping) when going without Speedify. Then, we combined that with a high-speed cellular 4G Internet connection using Speedify's fastest server option with default settings. And here are the results:
75 ms ping on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare without Speedify's channel bonding
42 ms latency on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare using Speedify channel bonding - that's a 44% improvement!
840 ms ping on PUBG without Speedify's channel bonding
48 ms ping on PUBG with Speedify's channel bonding - 94% better!
How to improve your gaming experience? Start with your Internet connectivity - get a solid one using Speedify!
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