I am reaching out to report a persistent and serious issue with my Verizon 5G Home internet service that is severely impacting real-time applications — particularly online gaming.
Over the past few days, I have been experiencing constant lag, packet loss, and poor hit registration in games like Overwatch 2 & Delta Force. After thorough troubleshooting, I have confirmed the issue is not within my home network and is instead occurring within Verizon’s own backbone infrastructure.
🔍Troubleshooting steps I’ve already completed:
Tested with and without my Unifi UXG Pro firewall/router (connected directly to 5G CPE).
Disabled QoS, NAT acceleration, and other router features.
Verified that the issue persists even when bypassing the router entirely.
Used mtr to identify the exact location of packet loss.
📉Key Findings (mtr trace):
Severe packet loss (consistently 85–95%) is occurring at:
140.222.19.101 — part of Verizon’s Alter.net backbone
This router is dropping packets before traffic even reaches the final destination (e.g., 1.1.1.1).
Loss is visible during multiple test windows and affects all applications requiring low-latency routing.
📎Supporting Evidence:
I can provide screenshots and logs from mtr showing:
Time of tests
Consistent loss at the identified hop
Stable conditions on my local network and LAN
🎯What I Need:
Please escalate this issue to Tier 2 technical support or Verizon network engineering, as it is clearly outside the scope of residential hardware or account settings.
I am a long-time Verizon 5G Home customer, and I respectfully ask for this to be reviewed and addressed promptly.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please let me know if I can provide additional data.
