the internet is going to get laggy as we close on christmas....all those last minute shoppers, e-cards, not to mention Voip. It's going to cause bottle necks at hubs all over the country. Ping times are going to go up, and packet loss will start show up as well. If you haven't changed anything on your system, it is most likely the internet. Running a Dxdiag and posting the first third here will give some of the "tech" types to suggest if your computer might need a tweak or two. Another thing is to run PingPlotter to the game server for 15 minutes or so and post the results here. Again the "tech" types might be able to help.