Bit error rate.

[JustZoning]

Hi my starhub box in my room shows me that the bit error rate is about 3.5E-7 while the one in the living room shows about 8.5E-7.

May I know if the larger the number means better connection or worse?

[phuque99]

I think mai gan cheong lah, E-7 means multiply 10 to the power of negative 7. That should give you the perspective how insignificant the difference are is :P

[JustZoning]

Hmm, which means higher the value the better or lower?

[phuque99]

I don't think it matters, value too small.

[JustZoning]

I see. Because I'm having frequent ping fluctuation while gaming. So I was thinking maybe it's the bit error rate.

Usually what's the cause of ping fluctuation?

[phuque99]

bad connection from u to game server.

[JustZoning]

No no. It is the same server I used to connect using singnet and it's a starhub server.

Will low signal strength cause the problem?