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[huckabees]

I have my delay times all set to 0.001-0.001 and still get buy times above 2000ms. On the odd occasion I do get buy times of ~1800ms. I also barely ever get any items from the AAA.

Also, I'm not using a proxy and I'm located in Australia.

Is there anyway to improve my buy times?

[Adam]

Move closer to California & upgrade your internet speed are 2 of the things I can think of.

[Nymh]

You could get a VPS in the States.

[huckabees]

You could get a VPS in the States.

Would this actually work?

[Waser Lave]

That's one of the problems living in Australia, you'll really struggle to get much lower than those speeds purely because of your sheer distance from the server. A VPS located in the US would probably be your best option unless you fancy moving there yourself physically.

[Nymh]

Would this actually work?

Yes it would absolutely work. You would be basically controlling a computer that is located in America from your house.

ETA: or work, or anywhere. I can log into my VPS on my cellphone.

[Syntax]

You could get a VPS in the States.

My VPN is in the states and sometimes I still get shitty timings. I'd recommend trying a few out before settling on one.

[Nymh]

My VPN is in the states and sometimes I still get shitty timings. I'd recommend trying a few out before settling on one.

From what I can tell, and I am sure I will be corrected if I am wrong, but a VPN for our purposes is more about anonymity and less about speed. Sida's post here explains this very well. If you are using a VPN to try to get faster buy times, then it looks like you are using it for the wrong reason.

[Syntax]

Thanks for the info. I never realised that.

[huckabees]

Thanks guys, I may just check out a VPS, but I don't know if it's worth paying it. Can anyone recommend a cheap but decent VPS provider?

And how do you set it up in the programs? Do you just set it up like a proxy?

Edit: Also, what minimal specs should I be looking for?

I found this one, will it suffice?

OpenVZ
5 GB’s Hard Disk Space
256 MB’s RAM
3 GHz CPU Guaranteed
1 IPv4 Address
1000Mbps Network Port
3300 GB’s Bandwidth

Location: Las Vegas, NV

$4.95/Month

Edited by huckabees, 04 June 2012 - 05:11 PM.