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Civickid0to60
01-27-2003, 07:46 PM
I didnt inclue T1 or T3 cause i could never get them. lol.

94_AcCoRd_EX
01-27-2003, 09:35 PM
56k.

Actually, it depends where you're located and how far away from the "station" you are for DSL.

Kyle
01-27-2003, 09:46 PM
yeah..
i'm disapointed with my DSL...it pretty much sucks ass compaired to the local cable services...I've heard good things about sattelite DSL thogh...

94_AcCoRd_EX
01-27-2003, 09:48 PM
I heard that satellite has to much delay to make it good for gaming... :confused:

ebpda9
01-27-2003, 09:55 PM
i love DSL

a96710
01-27-2003, 09:57 PM
We just upgraded from years of 56k to cable a few months ago. Man what a world of difference

DumbMoFo
01-27-2003, 10:08 PM
Optimum Online.

I have noticed situations with my satellite tv where if the weather is bad, I lose reception, so I am skeptical of the capabilities of satellite for internet.

Maxvla
01-27-2003, 11:16 PM
i only use DSL but i voted cable cause it really is the best.

however in order for me to have cable i hafta sign up for digital cable as well... which starts at 48 a month plus 40 a month for cable internet. total 88 a month.

whereas i use my $20 phone line with 39 a month dsl and get comparable speeds, pings, etc. total 59 a month.

which would you choose ;)

Racing Rice
01-28-2003, 06:50 AM
I love my cable.. Wouldnt have it any other way. Its the best 40$ a month you'll spend.

blind34_1
01-28-2003, 07:25 AM
it all sucks. big corporations charging outrageous prices in exchange for bad service, and limited capabilities. In a perfect world, I would chose cable. best hardline broadband a civilian can get.

RU_Teg
01-28-2003, 08:29 AM
I have DSL...its pretty ****in' fast as long as your computer isnt all messed up...but umm Cable is better...:crazy:

Addict
01-28-2003, 12:10 PM
Originally posted by 94_AcCoRd_EX
I heard that satellite has to much delay to make it good for gaming... :confused:

It is. It has a very high latency (ping).

Quevv
01-28-2003, 05:44 PM
I would agree that satilite internet is the suck, it has to reconnect to often. Overall i'd go with cable:bow:

ChrisCantSkate
01-28-2003, 06:08 PM
im happy with my college network... but since thats not a choice.. DSL cause thats all ive used/been happy with besides this t1 or t3 or whatever they hooked me upto

ebpda9
01-28-2003, 07:12 PM
no more dsl lovers here ? cable kind of sucks around here

Kyle
01-28-2003, 07:33 PM
it's the opposite here...my parents got a deal on our comp, that came with dsl...thats why we got it...pretty cheap...
We were gonna get road runner...but then we found the deal..and went for it...

Maxvla
01-28-2003, 07:55 PM
i love dsl. but cable offers faster speeds. which makes it the best.

however it is so far overpriced it outrageous. but we aren't discussing prices.. we are talking technically which is better.

94_AcCoRd_EX
01-29-2003, 12:08 AM
Originally posted by Maxvla

however it is so far overpriced it outrageous. but we aren't discussing prices.. we are talking technically which is better.

That's funny. Here, DSL would cost me $5 more per month than my cable, plus I'd have to get a phone line instead of just using my cell. Cable is much cheaper, and I save another $10/month when i buy digital cable with it.

Maxvla
01-29-2003, 03:16 AM
digital cable...

thats the expensive part. cheapest package here is 48 a month.

94_AcCoRd_EX
01-29-2003, 12:07 PM
Originally posted by Maxvla
digital cable...

thats the expensive part. cheapest package here is 48 a month.


Yeah, but we're not required to buy it for the internet service :)

armyguy5
01-29-2003, 06:17 PM
my ping on cable is soooo high i dont know how to fix it.....i turned off my modem for a minute and plugged it back in. my ping on games is like 140+ and i dunno blah damn AOL time warner

chris

Addict
01-30-2003, 06:34 AM
Originally posted by armyguy5
my ping on cable is soooo high i dont know how to fix it.....i turned off my modem for a minute and plugged it back in. my ping on games is like 140+ and i dunno blah damn AOL time warner

chris

Do you have AOL Broadband or seperate service (ie - TimeWarner)?

armyguy5
01-30-2003, 05:46 PM
timewarner

Addict
01-30-2003, 11:02 PM
Originally posted by armyguy5
timewarner

Check you speed
http://dfw.speakeasy.net/

That's probably the most accurate test I've come across.

Also do a tracert and see if you losing alot of packets at a certain point. Check out http://www.visualware.com/download/index.html . That should help you out.

Sol's Eye
01-31-2003, 07:53 AM
Originally posted by ChrisCantSkate
im happy with my college network... but since thats not a choice.. DSL cause thats all ive used/been happy with besides this t1 or t3 or whatever they hooked me upto

Same here. I loooooove the Ether net!

armyguy5
01-31-2003, 02:10 PM
says i've got 918 kbps downstream and 244 upstream and 17 hops from hondastyle.com

Addict
01-31-2003, 02:22 PM
Originally posted by armyguy5
says i've got 918 kbps downstream and 244 upstream and 17 hops from hondastyle.com

Use the Visual Route program I gave you the link to. Look in the packet loss column. That's the important part.

ebpda9
01-31-2003, 03:23 PM
Originally posted by Civic_Addict
Use the Visual Route program I gave you the link to. Look in the packet loss column. That's the important part.


yeah to hs i lose a lot of packets.

armyguy5
01-31-2003, 05:50 PM
20% loss

Addict
01-31-2003, 08:02 PM
Originally posted by armyguy5
20% loss

That's too high. What IP is losing the packets?

armyguy5
01-31-2003, 09:02 PM
holy sh!t batman 80% loss ips' are
Report for www.hondastyle.com [209.213.77.182]

Analysis: 'www.hondastyle.com' was found in 17 hops (TTL=237). It is a HTTP server (running Apache/1.3.27 (Unix) PHP/4.2.3).

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Hop | %Loss | IP Address | Node Name | Location | Tzone | ms | Graph | Network |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 0 | | | Chris | ... | | | | America Online AOL-172BLK |
| 1 | 10 | 10.73.160.1 | - | ... | | 110 | x- | (private use) |
| 2 | | 24.26.192.113 | srp5-0.wacotxmhe-rtr2.hot.rr.com | - | | 134 | -x- | Road Runner ROAD-RUNNER-1 |
| 3 | 10 | 24.93.33.123 | srp3-0.austtxrdc-rtr3.texas.rr.com | - | | 117 | x- | Road Runner ROAD-RUNNER-3-A |
| 4 | | 66.185.146.109 | pop1-hou-P7-1.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 120 | x-- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 5 | 10 | 66.185.146.96 | bb1-hou-P0-0.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 125 | -x- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 6 | | 66.185.152.184 | bb1-atm-P7-0.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 157 | -x- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 7 | 10 | 66.185.152.183 | bb1-cha-P6-0.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 141 | x- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 8 | | 66.185.152.135 | bb2-cha-P1-0.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 233 | --x---- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 9 | 10 | 66.185.152.50 | bb2-ash-P13-0.atdn.net | ?Reston VA 20191 | | 197 | -x-- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 10 | | 66.185.139.211 | ?pop2-ash-P1-0.atdn.net | | | 171 | --x--- | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 11 | | 66.185.151.158 | ?NetAccess.atdn.net | | | 170 | -x | AOL Transit Data Network ATDN |
| 12 | 10 | 207.99.39.158 | ?res1-avici1-g1-5-3-502.gnaps.net | | | 157 | -x-- | Net Access Corporation NAC-NETBLK01 |
| 13 | | 199.232.42.109 | ?qcy1-avici1-cl-res1.gnaps.net | | | 188 | -x- | Cambridge Entrepreneurial Network CENT-CIDR-01 |
| 14 | 20 | 199.232.42.114 | ?qcy1-ar1-g1-0.gnaps.net | | | 165 | -x- | Cambridge Entrepreneurial Network CENT-CIDR-01 |
| 15 | 100 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | | 209.213.71.46 | ?209-213-71-46.meganet.net | | | 247 | --x-- | Meganet Communications, TCIx, Inc. MEGANET-INFRA-IFADDR1 |
| 17 | | 209.213.77.182 | www.hondastyle.com | | | 234 | -x-- | Meganet Communications MEGNBLK1 |
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Roundtrip time to www.hondastyle.com, average = 234ms, min = 173ms, max = 308ms -- 31-Jan-03 9:07:15 PM

Addict
01-31-2003, 11:01 PM
Wow. Those are HORRIBLE latencies.
Here's a link to what mine looks like.
http://www.digitaldeviation.com/vsreport/report.html

Granted I have less hops since I'm closer, but the latencies never go above 100. You need to have TW look into this.

armyguy5
01-31-2003, 11:42 PM
alright i will thanks for your help

chris

Addict
01-31-2003, 11:45 PM
Originally posted by armyguy5
alright i will thanks for your help

chris

Good luck. Hop ethey get it fixed for you.

armyguy5
01-31-2003, 11:48 PM
haha they probably wont with how TW works,.....and i have to get rid of cable in like 2 weeks anyways...no more anything for me =(

chris

Addict
02-01-2003, 12:06 AM
Originally posted by armyguy5
haha they probably wont with how TW works,.....and i have to get rid of cable in like 2 weeks anyways...no more anything for me =(

chris

I take it you're shipping out?

armyguy5
02-01-2003, 02:53 AM
yup
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/iraq/deployment.map/fort.hood.html
chris

feanor
02-03-2003, 11:13 PM
Originally posted by Civickid0to60
I didnt inclue T1 or T3 cause i could never get them. lol.

Come on! I want to vote for T-1 ;)

Bryan

Addict
02-04-2003, 06:35 AM
Originally posted by feanor
Come on! I want to vote for T-1 ;)

Bryan

Cheater!! ;)

Racing Rice
02-04-2003, 07:10 AM
Originally posted by feanor
Come on! I want to vote for T-1 ;)

Bryan

Some people are just spoiled..:pfft: