Not particularly related to the topic, but your connection really has very little to do with ping times. As long as you don't have packet loss issues or latency problems (like with cellular broadband), and your connection has enough bandwidth to send the required packets without a backlog, then the primary factor in ping time is geographic location. Interestingly, a fairly large number of gaming servers are based in Texas, so this is why you experience good ping times—not really because of the FiOS. That said, yeah, FiOS is fairly impressive, but their coverage still sucks, and cable is keeping up in a lot of areas (in my hometown, you can get 15/2 cable for about the same price as a similar FiOS package). Anywaaay </threadjack>