Factors affecting internet response time in online gaming

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Published on 2010-04-09T23:04:03Z Indexed on 2010/04/09 23:13 UTC
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I frequently play games like Urban Terror and True Combat Elite, and I was wondering what factors come into play when calculating response time? Is it simply the distance between you and the server? Or does bandwidth fit in here somehow?

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