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Learn more about Connection Quality and how it affects the quality of your online gameplay experience and responsiveness in EA SPORTS FC™.
Connection Quality impacts your online gaming
When you push a button during an EAS FC online match, it sends a game data packet from your home network to an EAS FC game data center. Once we receive it, the data packet travels back to trigger the corresponding in-game action. Any delays or interruptions during this process can cause lag, visual stuttering, or a full disconnection. You might notice the game becomes less responsive. Measuring that trip—and the thousands of other game data packet trips that take place during every applicable EAS FC Online Match—is how we understand and measure Connection Quality.Things that affect your Connection Quality as data travels
Game data packets travel through three key stages:- Your personal network: Game data packets travel through your personal network before they leave your home and travel over the internet. You have the most control over your personal network, like if you’re using an ethernet (wired) or Wi-Fi (wireless) connection.
- The internet: Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) influences this part of the trip. While you don’t have direct control over how an ISP works, you might have the ability to choose between ISPs in your area.
- EAS FC game data centers: Game data packets end the first leg of their trip at EAS FC game data centers, then begin the return leg back to your console or PC.