Best ISP for wow?

[bin3]

Ideal and / or best performance for WoW ...

1. Unshaped account; get yourself a 1GB Top-Up unshaped account from a good ISP, I use Nexus, though WA and some others are just as good, if not better.
2. Ensure that you are on the SAIX backbone.

Play to your hearts content ...

 

[FFF]

I doubt its your ISP dropping your connection.

Its probly your line, your exchange, your pc or your router.

For the past 2 weeks I've also had line drops. I realized (with the help of a friend) they where fuggin around @ the exchange propping for ADSL2/2+ etc.
I also realized they don't know wtf they doing so I forced my router to still connect with G.DMT and not ADSL2/2+
I also called them and asked to test and reset my ports @ the exchange.

Things seem better. Not sure if they finished or if my settings helped.

Also make sure that your LA is below 40 and your SNR min (up) us 12 or above.

GL

this problem has been going on for over 2 months...
the SNR on my downstream is 10.3db and 12.1 on up ,is this good or bad?

 

[Blackhand]

10.3db downstream can be enough, but it doesn't leave much room for fluctuation. Its hard to tell as its something you would have to monitor over a period of time. If it does fluctuate, then yes, your router will desync or you will get disconnected.

 

[mcryan]

Unshaped would obviously be the winner, but I am using WebAfrica's shaped accounts and get very good latency. Better latency that my previous unshaped mweb account.

 

[SnowWar]

10.3 is to low tbh

Typically your downstream SNR is +- 2 x your upstream.

Ie this line stands @ this:

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 16.0 db 8.0 db
Noise Margin 28.5 db 13.0 db

and my home line stands @ +- this

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 4096 kbps 512 kbps
Line Attenuation 36.0 db 18.0 db
Noise Margin 22.5 db 13.0 db

Still thou allot of things can have an effect.

One thing you need to understand and something I've picked up over time is these numbers effect wow allot more than other games. Or well for me it does.
If my line goes above 40 LA I have problems on Wow
If my SNR goes below 12 I have problems on Wow
but my other online games seems fine.

I hope you don't have allot of extensions, fax machines and phones without filters there.

GL thou

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More info:

Line Attenuation
Line attenuation is an indicator of line health. ADSL, Line Attenuation is the energy loss of signal transmission through the phone line.

Several things can cause higher line attenuation, including…

Distance from the exchange
Type of cable & gauge of wire
Phone line joins, such as wire connectors
Additional phone points
Star wiring
Corrosion on your phone line
The lower the line attenuation, the better.

20bB. and below = Outstanding
20dB-30dB. = Excellent
30dB-40dB. = Very Good
40dB-50dB. = Good
50dB-60dB. = Poor and may experience connectivity issues
60dB and above = Bad and will experience connectivity issues

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SNR Margins (Signal to Noise Ratio Margins)
Signal to Noise Ratio simply refers to how loud the signal is over background noise. The higher the SNR margin, the more stable the connection because of fewer errors.

A strong signal will allow the line to cope with faster speeds.

In general, a higher signal to noise ratio will result in less errors.

6bB. or below = Bad and will experience no line synchronisation or intermittent synchronisation problems.
7dB-10dB. = Fair but does not leave much room for variances in conditions.
11dB-20dB. = Good with little or no synchronisation problems
20dB-28dB. = Excellent
29dB. or above = Outstanding

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Calculating your distance from the exchange
A handy equation that we use is to divide the downstream attenuation by 13.81. This will give you a fairly accurate distance from the exchange measured in kilometres.

For example; if you had a downstream attenuation of 30dB…

30dB divided by 13.81 = 2.172 KM

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Poor quality wiring
Line health will be dependent on the existing phone cabling.

Energy is required for ADSL signals to travel along phone cables and turn corners. Therefore, more phone cables / extensions (Star wiring) or phone points connected to the line will result in a poorer quality ADSL phone line or higher line attenuation.

The same goes for corrosion on the line. The more corrosion, the higher the resistance resulting in a poorer quality signal.

The best way to ensure the best quality signal is to have one phone point wired to standard or install a good quality Central / Remote Splitter .

A Central / Remote Splitter will allow many phone line extensions without interference of the ADSL signal to the modem.