I never play games that require fast ping times so for me Spectrum has been pretty great for the years I've had it. My biggest gripe is the upload speed. I get ~525/25mbps now paying for the premium tier so I could upgrade from 10mbps to 25mbps.

But sometimes I check buffer bloat and run other tests on the connection and I feel like if I was playing Unreal Tournament like I did years ago on DSL, it would suck.

So, yeah, Spectrum sucks if you want to play games lag free.

It's possible you might be able to improve your experience. I haven't tried digging into this much, but:

https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat#question-2

It's possible your router could be adjusted and or replaced. Also possibly you can do something with Spectrum's modem. I would call Spectrum support and get a tech to your house to troubleshoot bufferbloat.

Plug your computer directly into Spectrum's modem and bypass your router and see if games play better. That will help you figure out where the issue lies (your stuff/Spectrum's stuff).

Do you use a modem from spectrum and your own router? Or do you use a Spectrum modem+wifi/router device?