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Flashbang
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DSL vs. Cable gaming
We're thinking of upgrading our internet service to either cable or DSL and I'm wondering, DSL seems to be cheaper. But how do people like gaming on
DSL? Is it the same as playing online with cable?
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blk magic
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I would recommend Cable. Faster downloads and great for gaming. DSL is good but not that great. The only problem with my DSL is that I only average 70
k/sec compared to cable who average, what, 200k/sec?
If your looking for a cheap buy on high speed internet then go for DSL. Its better then 56k :D
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madhatter
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It depeneds on who your getting DSL from, Telerama has it that downloads 8x faster then my cable. costs a good bit thou. Cables great, but i recomend
getin the new fiberoptic cable. it only downloads 90gb in just under what a min.?
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Flashbang
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Thanks for the replies.
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delta freak 07
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my DSL runs at 1.5 mbps ... i ran a test on it once... and it was running around 3.2 mbps...  ... but i would still sugguest getting cable.
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blk magic
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Speed Test
That URL is to test you connection speed.
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blk magic
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My results:
2003-06-17 16:57:48 EST: 654 / 137
Your download speed : 654907 bps, or 654 kbps.
A 79.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 137268 bps, or 137 kbps.
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Havoc
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My Results
Your download speed : 1244123 bps, or 1244 kbps.
A 151.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 138384 bps, or 138 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
and that's on DSL, Verizon
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blk magic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Havoc
Your download speed : 1244123 bps, or 1244 kbps.
A 151.8 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 138384 bps, or 138 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
and that's on DSL, Verizon |
I have verizon too. And yours is faster.  *sigh*
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Havoc
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Only by 1 kb lol
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blk magic
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654/137
1244/138
You beat my upload speed by 1kb. But you over power me greatly with your download speed. Same ISP and everything. Loacation matters?
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madhatter
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2003-06-17 19:00:13 EST: 1633 / 248
Your download speed : 1633763 bps, or 1633 kbps.
A 199.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 248725 bps, or 248 kbps.
please note i was using Aim,icq,ym, msn messanger and had 3 internet webpages open at that time
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Discord
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Speeds will be similar on either.. This is the main difference.
Cable users are on a node with other cable users. Meaning.. you share your bandwidth with others (however you are all usually capped) where as dsl
you are not. Usually you will get a higher upstream with DSL than cable (but this is not always the case), but cable is more widely available than
dsl. So both are for the most part comperable.
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blk magic
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Oh my. I forgot to mention one thing. I share my DSL with another computer! I totally forgot. Thats why mine isnt as fast as other verizons.
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blk magic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by blk magic
Oh my. I forgot to mention one thing. I share my DSL with another computer! I totally forgot. Thats why mine isnt as fast as other verizons.
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On second thought.
My results after disabling the router:
2003-06-17 21:32:03 EST: 655 / 137
Your download speed : 655391 bps, or 655 kbps.
A 80 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 137244 bps, or 137 kbps.
The samething with the router! ugh
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Havoc
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Your computer also has a lot to do with it. If I tried DSL on my old banged up Windows 95 (yes, it's still usable) I don't think it'll be downloading
1244kbs.
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Havoc
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lol my connection speed at work
2003-06-18 14:32:29 EST: 36 / 21
Your download speed : 36554 bps, or 36 kbps.
A 4.4 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 21369 bps, or 21 kbps.
Your connection hardly qualified as broadband, at least in that test
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i would prefer the cable modem, but DSL can be just as good, but what company will you be getting DSL from? Qwest is crap, so don't get DSL from
Qwest, If your going to get Cable, i would suggest you get that instead of DSL, it puts out 1.85mps, DSL is bad compared to that, Go with Cable, I
found this decision out the hard way, Got DSL but it sucked, kept booting me off and wouldn't let me sign back on. Pissed me off, got Cable and no
more problems.
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Havoc
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It depends on which provider you get DSL from. I have DSL from Verizon and I don't have a single problem. Everytime I turn on the computer, my modem
is already logged on. Plus with Verizon they change your IP adress to something real small, so if you wanna host it comes up in the first page.
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Flashbang
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We're looking into SBC or Yahoo DSL
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blk magic
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Havoc
It depends on which provider you get DSL from. I have DSL from Verizon and I don't have a single problem. Everytime I turn on the computer, my modem
is already logged on. Plus with Verizon they change your IP adress to something real small, so if you wanna host it comes up in the first page.
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Yup. My ip starts with the number 4....lol
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DSL.....
276kb/s
now if I only had the PC
to put it to full use....
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the_dukester
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DSL
2003-06-21 01:01:08 EST: 2096 / 174
Your download speed : 2096909 bps, or 2096 kbps.
A 255.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 174703 bps, or 174 kbps.
Seems like broadband .. above the 1mbit barrier!
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KAH Pimp
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Flashbang
We're looking into SBC or Yahoo DSL |
I have SBC and as far as my connection goes.. I never get dropped .. however I upgraded to the SBC/Yahoo integration they offered ... and it was bunk
... dang software reset all the optimum settings and dumped my lil home network ... So i re-installed the old software(which works fine) however do to
the "Upgrade" my acct info was changed and i needed to contact them to get that squared ... so there's a couple more things for yah to consider ...
lol .... if yah ask me .. it's all a big fat scam on the way we the consumers get treated and the "limitations" the providers put on us ... but that's
just one man's opinion ...  .. incidentally i average 1.2mbs down and a mere 134
kbs up
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delta freak 07
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SBC here... haven't been dropped ever =)
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