High Ping, Internet Disruptions Make Online Gaming Hard in Iran

Iran has made visible progress in enhancing the quality of modern communication services. However, Internet disruptions and high ping rates are still taking a toll on online games.
The Digital Games Research Center (DIREC) conducted an online survey of 790 Iranian gamers and asked about common issues they face while playing online.
According to the results published on the research center’s website (direc.ir), the main issue Iranian gamers face is high ping, which also is referred to as high latency.
Ping is a computer network administration software utility used to test the reachability of a host on an Internet Protocol network. It measures the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer that are echoed back to the source. Ping is calculated in milliseconds.
High ping and low ping are commonly used terms in online gaming, where high ping refers to a ping that causes a severe amount of lag. While any level of ping may cause lag, severe lag is usually caused by a ping of over 100 ms.