Flickering internet.

Hey guys I have this problem.My internet is flickering when I play online games.It never happened before it started just recently.
The internet like 1-5 secs and comes back,while the internet is gone for these 5 secs it laggs like crazy and its starting to piss me off.
It happens not just in maplestory but in all online games I play.

Are you playing through a router? Are you playing wirelessly?

Do you have cable or dsl?

Are there a lot of downloads on the computer you're on?

o.O
cable
there arent a lot of downloads on my computer

when do you play? Having cable internet = many people share the line. If you play at 'peak times', then everyone's using the net. Try using the net at odd hours when noone would be using the cable line.

Behold ye now the evils of Cable Broadband Internet and all it's vile wickedness!

Cable is possibly the worst kind of internet connection you can have in a highly populated section of any town or city. Because it's a shared connection, as Ray said, as people access the internet, the bandwidth is split up and the connection speed slowly declines. This is compounded as most people have Modems that feature an always-on connection which keeps the connection alive constantly. In short, put a bunch of people in a region with Cable Internet on the same line, and you'll actually think Dial-up 56k is faster.

Every internet savvy gamer out there will tell you DSL is the best type of connection for gaming and other household general usage. Because DSL is a dedicated line, unless you share the connection with anyone in the household yourself, you will always get the full speed. And also the connection will be shared when a PC is actually on and connected. So unless you like having people runa PC 24/7/365, you will probably get full speed 75% of the day.