Internet Issues

[All that is man]

Ok to start off, yes, I play WoW(World of Warcraft).

Ok, so the problem is, every once in a while i'll get like a 3 second lag.

I.E.
<bullet>If i click on a spell then it'll take about 3 seconds my screen will kinda "lock-up" and then when it comes back i'll be lower on health and so will the monster.
<bullet>And if someone is talking in Ventrilo. They'll be talking and they'll stop but when the lag is up they'll complete the sentence.
<bullet> I.E. "Get the b-" <3 seconds later> "oss and then the mobs."

And it gets really annoying. I have all the ports open required to play and i've tried restarting my router a couple of times.

Any help will be highly appreicated thanks!

[Macro_FTW]

Try booting Windows in safe mode and initializing everything needed to play WoW manually.

If you don't get lagg, it's a process on start-up that's causing it. If not, it's your internet. :P

~Macro_FTW

[Dervish]

I recommend you to shut down all programs which take connection while you're playing and using the voice chat of WoW.

Turn off all the updates and stuff.

[Harry]

It is WoW's fault, an Internet connection can only take so much of a fail game at once.

In a more serious matter, go to Start -> Run -> msconfig -> Startup -> Uncheck everything you do not need to boot on startup. Reboot computer.

If you are using WLAN, try using Ethernet.

If that fails, then your ISP is fail.