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There are other factors to consider as well. Even cable or adsl players can encounter net congestion which will occasionally launch their latency through the roof. Also, even a dedicated server can only handle as many players as its upload bandwidth will allow. If a ded. server only has 350k bandwidth (upload, NOT download)available, it will host 8 to 10 people well, but when it hits 10 or more, regardless if everyone has cable or not, everyone's latency will suffer. A ded. server hosting within its allowable range of players will not cause other players' pings to go crazy when someone with a bad connection joins.