Being in a skype call fixes wireless lag?

[quote=Khazem]For the past week or so I've been connecting to an internet hotspot to get online while some issues with my normal internet are being resolved. Now every time I connect to a wireless net that's not my own, I always experience these frequent 1-2 second lag spikes which I was led to believe is quite common for wireless internet connections. I don't really have a clue how internet works so this next part confuses the fuck out of me. Whenever I'm in a skype call on the same wireless shitty internet, these lag spikes magically disappear and I can play without any lag whatsoever. I've already tested it to make sure it wasn't just a coincidence by going in a custom game without skype call for 5 minutes and then going into a new custom game for 5 minutes while in a skype call. I know this isn't just skype being a magical fix to shitty internet so I'm wondering what is. someone pls educate me[/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]did u try turning it off and on again[/quote]

[quote=YayaFTW]Just a wild guess since I have no clue or whatsover on how bandwidth sharing works, but lets assume that this internet hotspot has a 100Mb/s bandwidth that is shared between the devices connected to it. Maybe the owner of the internet hotspot edited a list of programs in the bandwidth configuration as to when it identifies your device and notices that you are using a program (in this case Skype) that requires a higher bandwidth than the one that is normally shared, it gives bandwidth priority to the device, therefore the bandwidth overflows and the lagspikes disappear because you get a higher bandwidth. Just a wild guess, dunno really. If you want to be sure, try connecting to another internet hotspots and see if you don't lag when you run skype + LoL. My 0.02[/quote]

[quote=Pheyniex]i think that is a decent explanation. i was thinking about the isp using a different channel/bandwidth for certain programs so that certain channels were unstable, therefore causing lag spikes once in a while. throwing lol signals masked as skype ones seems like the way to go. =3[/quote]

[quote=tehAsian]To my knowledge, the host of a Skype call shares his/her bandwidth, so maybe the person who calls you has high Internet speed or something. That's what happens to me, anyway.[/quote]

[quote=Searz][quote=Luther3000] did u try turning it off and on again[/quote] Tech support 101. On a serious note: I think it might have to do with the pinging of the router and the connecting servers. When only using a small amount of data the network puts your connection on low priority, probably putting your packages on the backburner in favor of others, while if you're using something that constantly transmits data (like Skype) you get prioritized higher. To confirm this, try downloading something at the same time and limiting the speed to like 50kb/s down (and up if using some bittorrent).[/quote]