Shaped vs Unshapped

[ZuBS_]

Hi, I would like to know if an unshapped account would make a huge difference playing on international servers over hamachi, I currently obtain around 700-900 ping using an IS account? Also which is the best unshapped account for gaming?

 

[fivelza]

What games are you playing?

 

[ZuBS_]

Company of Heroes, Battle for Middle Earth II and Fifa 2007

 

[wmaker]

Using Telkom unshaped from WebAfrica, I get lowest 250+ ping in intl. game servers - down from lowest 350+ using shaped. You can play some FPS if you can adapt to this high ping and if servers/punkbuster do not kick you.

 

[ZuBS_]

So it only makes a difference of around 100 ping, wondering if its worth it for the extra cash that I have to fork out

 

[useless]

not really worth the extra cash... i am just wondering how come you are getting such low pings though... i usually play CoH via Relics online service and PLAY NOW games are with little or no lag. I am on the SAIX backbone by the way.

 

[fivelza]

I am using an Axxess unshaped account specifically for Company of Heroes and Far Cry.

That being said I went on to the axxess unshaped account due to CoH connection probs which turned out to be related to Mcafee Privacy software.

I can play CoH fine on my normal mweb adsl connection with minimum (if any) lag even with international players.

Far Cry is still a bit laggy on the unshaped line anyway. Why not try the 1gb unshaped option from axxess and see how it works. For R99 for 1gb it wont break the bank.

 

[ZuBS_]

I agreed, im going to give it a try, think ill go with Webafrica due to the roll over, how about a local game of COH??

 

[fivelza]

Very keen ZuBS, let's try and set something up..

 

[Dr@g0nic]

But how much is will it be for the ASDL line?

 

[fivelza]

But how much is will it be for the ASDL line?

Huh?

 

[Dr@g0nic]

I don't know much about internet connections, but there has to be a catch somewhere coz 56k is R59 a month, but so is 1Gb ADSL.
I heard you pay for a ADSL line aswell, seperate from your phone.

 

[fivelza]

The R99 is for the ISP (in this case Axxess), you are quite correct that you still need to pay for your adsl connection supplied by Telkom. If you read the original post to the thread, I believe that Zubs is already connected and was inquiring about an unshaped account.

 

[Dr@g0nic]

Oh but can you tell me how much you pay for the ADSL line?

 

[fivelza]

Let me point you in the right direction http://www.telkom.co.za/athome/products/dsl/index.html

 

[alexkellaris]

Company of Heroes

How would we arrange a local game of CoH? I thought you could only play online through relic?

Also I played WoW on an unshaped and a shaped account and only on some days was there a visible difference, probably only when there was a lot of traffic on the line. but usually there wasn't a noticable diff.

On CoH I get a lot of lag though, unless the person is from Aus, or Europe then there seems to be less lag.

 

[fivelza]

Alex, from what I understand you can use hamachii and then select the LAN option instead on online play. I haven't got it to work yet, but will probably test this over the weekend.

 

[ZuBS_]

Lets create a Hamachi Company of Heroes Server, then we can test it!

Server Details

Network: Za-COH
Password: 1979

 

[diaspora]

unshapped vs shapped

I am in the process of moving all my ADSL lines x7 from Telkoms Shapped account to unshapped

I am hoping for a improvement in Torrent file downloads, Skype connections, Gaming (Local SaixGaming), and very importantly, Video streaming?

Due to Shapped accounts strangling specific ports, can anyone comment that are utilizing a unshapped account if it helps in any of the above area's?

thanks

 

[EasyUp Web Hosting]

Why do you have 7 ADSL lines and are they all 4mbps?