The problem is his bandwidth!
They test for the best host by the best speed, BUT your own personal bandwidth isnt taken into account. You said he got new internet, im betting he didnt get new phone cables though?
I know this for a fact coz we had a provider and our download was 8mb, which is pretty standard in this country, game played fine, got host a fair bit, played fine. Then changed provider, who`s speed was 20mb! So im thinking WOW, im gona r@pe! And it played shocking..... got them out to have a look, and the technician said that though we have a new build house (5 yrs old now), the builder used old phone cables, or the phone company did, and the bandwidth ids tiny, so will cause blockage on things like downloading music and gaming, when trying to use the full 20mb!
To put it in laymans terms, it like getting traffic on the motorway to use 1 lane instead of 3, it gets through, but nowhere near as quick. Basically your mates internet is too quick for his cables., so it shows the wrong stats to the cod servers.
We changed providers again, and they test what your cables can hold, and our was 13mb, so were on that now, and im fine, moderate, but fine, rarely host, and fine when I do.
Do struggle on host with crappy connections though.
