I have comcast. (I am in northern utah) and also seem to draw host more than I would like. Sometimes it does not affect me...other times it affects me to much. With that said, I think is has more to do with who is connecting to you while you host. If even one person in the lobby has an inferior connection for whatever reason, it is going to drag you down with him. Not to mention you are communicating with 11 other gamers, (17 if in ground war) while they are only talking to one.

youcantgetme62 wrote:

 

Ok, I am always the host, so that means my connection is better than the other people in the lobby?  Also that means I am likely to be a victim to Lag compensation?  I have an Ipod, Iphone 4, Desktop, Laptop, cablebox and TV running off my router/Internet.  I am with TKS internet company in Germany and they use Arris routers, my max internet speed is 6Mbps, when I test through internet speed I always get 5.5 ish.  My internet speed suppose to increase this friday to 16Mbps so damn, I am lost on my own post,,,,,,,. So basically I guess my question is lag comp is normally my enemy because of a good connection at the time. I always have 4 bars and I dont know much about all this internet mess.  I thought you are suppose to just pop the game in and play. I am in the army and I swear playing this game and making sure you have the things necessary to succeed compares to that going out on missions at night in Afghanistan lol.  Got your nods, check, got your 10 mags, check, got your first aid, check, got radio frequencies, check lol

well your chosen correct answer isnt even correct..

first off host is decided by upload bandwidth (its not speed) along with how everyone else in the lobby pings to you, when you enter a lobby everyone whose upload bandwidth is over a soecific amount is considered as a host, the game also checks which player the has the most players able to ping to them the lowest,,, and thats basically how a host is selcted. (theres a few more conditions but these arent needed for this post)

if you are host the problem is basically IW screwed hosts by applying too much of a disadvantage (using a term everyone else understands)  nothing to do with having the best internet or connection.