| From: | Neil Bothwick |
| Date: | 20 Sep 2001 at 10:22:07 |
| Subject: | Re: [amigactive] Broadband (Cable and ADSL) |
Alan Buxey said,
> pros of BT? Well, I cant really think of any.
Choice of ISPs. you don't have to use BT Openwoe to use BT's ADSL
network.
> cons? installation charges..non refundable if they have issues with your
> line etc
You pay no charges if your line fails the installation tests.
> anyway, okay, ADSL is pretty much at its limit, there is the faster SDSL
> (better uplinking, buts thats really for server-class (ie business) folks)
SDSL is *slower* than ADSL. The current speed for SDSL is 1MB/s, ADSL is
available at up to 2MB/s, with the potential for four times that speed.
There are also far more stringent distance restrictions on SDSL.
> basic 2MBits/s is being snubbed for their 'attractive/competitive' rate of
> 512K/s, damn them!! If only there were a higher number of literate folks
> to push this technology (over stateside its mainly the gamers who demand
> all this access speed...
Gamers don't need high access speeds, they need fast ping times.
Bandwidth is relatively unimportant for gaming, latency is all.
Cheers
Neil
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