Increase in latency when playing on the same server

When I play a game with my brother on the same server, the connection to the server struggles. However, when my brother is on a separate server, the connection is fine. Keep in mind that on either condition, we are both playing the same game and should theoretically use the same connection limitations.
This quirk has been happening for a few years at least. It happens, as far as I can tell, 100% of the time on any game on Roblox. Network intensive games seem more prone to the effects of course.


In this image, my brother is sharing the same server and same household network as I. The network problems make the game nearly unplayable.


During this screenshot, my brother is playing on a separate server, but we are both playing Phantom Forces. The network behaves as intended.

This was taken only fifteen minutes after the first screenshot. I never left the server, and after he joined a different server my connection stayed strong.

I am not certain, but the network seems to degrade the longer we play together. We have had this issue through multiple routers and modems, including switching internet plans and the type of modem altogether.
I reset my computer recently and re-installed Roblox, the issues persist.

Additional screenshots as requested in DM:

Same server

https://i.imgur.com/oENgJ3w.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Td8tLAw.png
https://i.imgur.com/SU7KOYg.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/MlFA2Fr.jpg

Separate servers

https://i.imgur.com/eSfGRbC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/nf1oT1m.jpg

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This issue doesn’t happen to me at all. I think this is related to how you set up your internet, and not Roblox.

Do you have a primary connection + secondary or LAN?

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We are connecting through the same router, but I fail to see a bottleneck would occur.

The only variables that have not changed are that we always used Windows 10 for as long as I remember, we were always on one network, and we never changed ISPs.

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Hey @JarodOfOrbiter - sorry we missed this. If ongoing, would you mind filing another report? We’ll get to it. Apologies again.

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