Need advice for online gaming

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Broadband or Narrowband ?

Hi all,

I was playing online with isdn64 with a ping of 350-400.
I upgraded to isdn128 and guess what? Ping 450
Finally I thought:let's bring out the big guns. Time for ADSL!
I warned all my online buddies in Europe and USA to watch because broadband here I come ! I thought that a 150 ping was on the cards.
GUESS WHAT ! Ping 350-600. Damn. :eek:

Now what?


SwysLord :mad:
 
Swyslord,i think we are in the same boat, i mean for the past two days i would join a LOCAL server and my ping would stay at 988. Its insane!

Anyway,just so you guys know, my network adapter is onboard, i was also thinking maybe to buy one and put it in the PCI slot,do you think that it will make a difference coz i heard that onboard ethernet is cool for Lans but not really for an internet connection. I have antivirus software(NORTON), i run Xp SP2,so my firewall is on.
 
Yeah, it's damn frustrating what we have to go through
to try and get a lower ping or quicker connection.
Especially when you talk to guys overseas and they're running T1 and T3
which makes dsl look like 28k.








Broadband or Narrowband ?
 
I think it's the luck of draw. Somedays you get ping times of ~450 and others it sux. The network is very inconsistent. Has anyone here played on an unshapped adsl package?
 
Could it be the length of his network cable that is limiting him? How far is he from the switch?

If the cable is longer than about a 100m or so, then there could be trouble.

Cheers
Antowan
 
probably a virus. and if you're not running a firewall @ a lan, expect spyware and stuff to jump on your pc, so I even doubt that that was your problem before.

btw, I won't brag about how much illegal software I received from a lan, for each of those products you mentioned, they can fine you up to R5000 (or more) or 6 months of jail per copyrighted item.
 
Im getting a new flat mate if everything goes well and i found out that i can get a personal 512K adsl line uncapped for 630 rands a month,i think that might be the best option, we can share the costs and the line, the admin is nowhere to be found and the connection is now permanetnly at a speed of 500 to 700 bytes per second. Something has gotta be wrong, i mean i pay rent for this flat. Im so sick and tired of struggling to get this thing sorted out, now suddenly everybody says its a lease line, which i say is crap, lease lines perform better than adsl.????????????
 
Leased lines ... much better than ADSL I'd say... also MUCH MUCH moe expensive.

Just check your pricing for the 512k Uncapped line. According me it works out a lot more.


Remember,

You pay Telkom rent for ADSL line + normal line rent, and then you pay the ISP for the unsapped account.

on ADSL192 this works out to something like R1100 if I'm not mistaken
:)

Your case:
Home ADSL 512K = R 599/month (discounted price only till August)
Normal line rental = R 80 (odd)
4GB unshaped TelkomISP = R 880

Total = R 1560 (Whoossaaaaa)
 
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