I need help with speed comparison,please help?

[Spartan187]

Im currently on 56k at home,and i use it to lay online games mostly,recently ive had some problems,i only get bout 5kb worth of speed,meaning my connections is extremly slow,i need to upgrade to a better connection,im currently looking into buying a 3g card and expansion slot (pcmia or whatever) so ican plug my 3g card into my esktop pc,now my question is...

I am not in a 3g coverage zone,only gprs,will i get more than 5kb,i need bout a 10kb constant speed,i know the gprs is at about 41kb,but is that true speed?or is it like the 56k,it says 56kbps but i only get 4 or 5kb,i really need a 10kbps connection contsantly,so yeah will the gprs connect at 41 kb and stay there or will i get the same speed loss as the 56k,like i lose 50kbps,please help!!

 

[ajax]

Hello Spartan187
Welcome to the forum!

GPRS can go as high as 80 kbps, and EDGE as high as 236 kbps, but the latency can be a killer for online gaming. What kind of pings do you need?

Typical local pings on GRPS/EDGE are around 500-700 ms. 3G/HSDPA goes down to about 200 ms AFAIK.

 

[kittychunk]

Spartan187, on your dial-up connection, sure you're not getting bits and bytes confused? A 56k connection = max 56 kilobits per sec (kbps) = 7 kilobytes per sec (kBps), factor of 8 difference. Ditto for the wireless connections - they're usually quoted in kilobits, rather than bytes, per second. So if you need 10 kBps, you'll actually need a connection that can do 80 kbps sustained.

My experience of GPRS vs dial-up is that the bandwidth is pretty similar. Pings can be a lot worse on GPRS though, as ajax pointed out, so it'll depend on the games you want to play.

 

[Spartan187]

Hiya and thanks for the replies.

Its to play guild wars mostly,so the gprs actually sucks more than 56k,my isp is extremly slow on the 56k,and i get a ping above 1000ms,and thats on a good day,so i dunno what to do,im dont live in a 3g or edge coverage area,so is adsl a better way to go?
Hows the 192 adsl,is it fast enough to play guild wars without net lag,or not alot i hope?or should i rahter go for the 384 adsl?money is kind of a big factor,i was thinking if the gprs is the same as 56k then i have to go adsl,so i thought i would get 192 with 2 gig shaped,would that make my online gaming smoother than the 56k?cos at the moment its driving me up the wall with a connection speed of 5kb,and thats at its peek,i mostly get between 900bytes and 2kb,so what should i do?

 

[web]

Its mesages like this that make me want to ...... I dont know telecoms in this country is just pathetic. Hang around Spartan187 someone will give you decent advice, I dont play games online because this whole issue just pi$$es me off.