Originally Posted by Trifle
Honestly I'm pretty sure most of the lag is server lag rather than internet lag; on Cenarius I generally get around 600ms (300-400ms in dead of night, up to 800ms during peak hours sometimes), whereas if I switch to a different server I can get around 300ms normally.
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For comparing lag times you should disable all mods and have your characters in the same place. I find that I often log in and get the first two pings 200-250, but then after a minute or two it's jumped up to 300-400. (However, I think that most pings are still in the 200-250 region but there is the occasional spike, which is over-represented in the averaging method used by the client's latency meter).
Further, logging in an alt who's hanging out on Azuremyst Isle always gives a lower latency than logging the main in Ironforge. The amount of traffic on the port gives more opportunities for dropped packets, which will throw your latency meter off.