Ben Dunscombe, Netspace regulatory affairs manager said no ISP can guarantee specific ping times due to a "multitude of factors."

"Netspace is committed to providing the best possible levels of service to all of our customers regardless of their location," Dunscombe said.

"Netspace has been in correspondence with a couple of Tasmanian customers who have been experiencing slow ping times to certain game servers.

"After investigation we have found no ongoing or systematic issues with our Tasmanian network."

Last night (October 23) download speeds ranged between 21kbs to a maximum of 56kbs.