IS Gaming has said that it has been in contact with new suppliers and recently invested in new servers, meaning that the overall gaming experience on the IS network will be markedly improved.

IS Gaming also said that it’s seeking to engage more with the gaming community.

Business Development Manager at IS, Sameer Parker said: “IS has upped its engagement with the gaming community, and has committed to addressing gaming concerns that relate to the network – specifically latency and reliability.”

Discussing the prospects for IS Gaming to enter the professional gaming league scene, Parker said: “Whilst the development of a league is not on our short-term roadmap, IS Gaming is aware that locally, gamers could be reaching much higher levels on international circuits if we addressed the issues that hold gamers back. By establishing a formal relationship with the gaming community, IS hopes to enable a better experience for local gamers.

“Possibly in the long term, this relationship could evolve into a league,” said Parker.

“Undoubtedly, gamers are the most latency sensitive user group. The improved performance of gamers is in many ways a testament to the improved quality of a network. IS will ensure that our network will enable gamers to compete in the global gaming arena,” said Parker.

Davin “Kradenko” Hansen, gaming services manager at Internet Solutions, said that Internet Solutions started measuring gaming-specific traffic in January. Hansen provided the following breakdown for January 2013:

• Gaming servers – 2TB per month.
• Content server – 8TB per month.

Hansen points out that although data has only been measured recently, they have observed “seasonal” spikes in gaming traffic. Noteworthy periods are during school holidays and big online gaming sales/game releases.

Internet Solutions hosts all its gaming servers in Johannesburg, Hansen explained. “The IS connectivity between major metropolitan areas is extremely robust, and latency is not a problem. At this point, it has not been necessary to host POPs in CT,” said Hansen.

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