| From: | Chris Millar |
| Date: | 20 Sep 2001 at 15:03:38 |
| Subject: | Re: [amigactive] Broadband (Cable and ADSL) |
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Bothwick" <neil@wirenet.co.uk>
To: "Alan Buxey" <amigactive@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:22 AM
Subject: Re: [amigactive] Broadband (Cable and ADSL)
> 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.
Damn right! :)
I was getting pings of 250-300 on dial-up.
On ADSL, I`m getting pings of 50-ish. My kill-ratio in Counter Strike
improved dramatically.
But with the release of Counter Strike v1.3 yesterday, the addition of
real-time voice communication, has affected the latency. :(
Slainte Mhath,
Chris
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