I'm not sure why this happens but when I go on multiplayer all of the servers show up as having 1 bar connection and I have lots of client side lag while playing my friend who has the same laptop computer has a similar problem, but it is not as bad. I believe this is a problem with windows 8's compatibility with either java, or Minecraft itself. I would like this fixed before 1.6
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Meet the same environments listed
2. Open Minecraft
3. Select multiplayer
4. View the connection values
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Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases.
I run windows 8 and on servers with no issue. the problem may be ISP related, not Java or you'd have java connection errors... if thats the case manually uninstall your java and reinstall 32bit (and 64 bit) java in that order. If you still have an issue, I can say its not java issue its ISP (either at or between you and the servers).