Brannor
Active Member
Last week I got ISDN2a installed at my house... forget the fact it took forever to activate the InfinitCall and get the ISP setup...
Initially, while waiting for Telkom to finish their stuff, I tried connecting with my father's Telkomsa 56k dial-up account, which worked, and even allowed me to connect at 128k. The pings to WoW-EU were between 800 and 1000 regardless of time of day (and I was on holiday and playing until around 6am).
Yesterday I decided to finally push them to get the ISDN 64k connection (which also allows me to connect at 128k), and it happened within about 3 hours. I tried it last night, and the ping only ever got bad when I downloaded a video clip in the background. After that it settled down to its (hopefully standard) ping of between 400 and 600.
So why is it that a 56k account works at a worse ping, to the same 08600 number, than a 64k? Is it simply digital vs analog? or? And, um, is Telkom actually aware that their system allows you to connect at whatever speed you like? (based on your hardware)
Initially, while waiting for Telkom to finish their stuff, I tried connecting with my father's Telkomsa 56k dial-up account, which worked, and even allowed me to connect at 128k. The pings to WoW-EU were between 800 and 1000 regardless of time of day (and I was on holiday and playing until around 6am).
Yesterday I decided to finally push them to get the ISDN 64k connection (which also allows me to connect at 128k), and it happened within about 3 hours. I tried it last night, and the ping only ever got bad when I downloaded a video clip in the background. After that it settled down to its (hopefully standard) ping of between 400 and 600.
So why is it that a 56k account works at a worse ping, to the same 08600 number, than a 64k? Is it simply digital vs analog? or? And, um, is Telkom actually aware that their system allows you to connect at whatever speed you like? (based on your hardware)
