Fastping for DSL - any good?

by **sushi25** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 2:24 am

I am thinking about getting DSL at home. Checking the brochures, online-ad's, TV-commercials, sales agents.... I am deeply impressed with the variety of offers. Some providers also offer "fastping" for happy gaming at additional costs. Anybody with some experience on that or at least with an opinion:help:

*EDIT: I just checked the service is also called "fastpath"

by **Major SONAR** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:05 am

Sushi,

I have Bellsouth DSL connection. Originally they only had one level, but I think they have divided it into three separate levels, with different costs and speeds.

I have the fastest connection (1.5 down, 256k up) Bell South offers. Looking at the other DSL providers, it appears to be a GOOD connection speed. Of course I pay almost $50/month.

As I understand it, your DSL speed will vary with your distance from the Central Office (CO) of your local telephone provider. (i.e. the greater the distance from the phone company, the slower your DSL speed).

You may want to check out your local Cable company. Many people find cable to be faster. As you know, the more people in your area that use cable for online activities, the slower your connection will be.

From what I have read, Cable will soon (1 - 2 years) be able to double the current speed without installing new lines. I have yet to hear anything about DSL being doubled.

The way I see it... It comes down to 3 things...

SPEED, AVAILABILITY AND PRICE.

I would check out all my options before I started shelling out $50/month. Cable MAY be a beter option.

Good luck.

by **hightimber** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:41 am

I've got Qwest DSL. It's very reliable but my pings are lackluster. I typically ping between 150 and 190 to ECGN.

My friends on cable always get sub-100 pings.

by **S.S.{Elite}RADR** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:53 am

159-190? what are your fps? at those pings i get 15-25 fps on E.T. i imagine on bf42 it would be lower. on ecgn beach i ping 20-50 with about 80+ fps in wolf , on a unnamed st. louis E.T. server i frequent alot:) i ping about 60-80 with 50-60 fps

by **S.S.{Elite}RADR** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 9:58 am

oh i have verizon dsl

by **hightimber** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:12 am

Frames are never an issue. I'm typically above 100 with my Radeon 9700 Pro. I just always feel like the enemy always gets off the first shot and that can be, and typically is, a bad thing.

by **Gusbenz3000** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:54 am

I pay $29 a month and get a ping of 30-45 in RTCW

by **jnkcrp** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:07 am

I have cox cable...with and nomrally get a ping beween 11-20. Though I'm a little closer to the ecgn servers. I blow a wapping $150 a month...with HD TV and a dedicated IP address.

by **Major SONAR** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:31 am

by Conan the Librarian

I have cox cable...with and nomrally get a ping beween 11-20. Though I'm a little closer to the ecgn servers. I blow a wapping $150 a month...with HD TV and a dedicated IP address.

With a ping like 11-20.. NO WONDER you kick my butt! :violin:

With my Bell South DSL , I ping the ECGN games at around 60. Anything less than 100 ping is acceptable to me.

BTW. If anyone does not use All Seeing Eye (ASE), I HIGHLY recommend it.

by **supersTring** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 12:28 pm

a friend just got a DSL connex and he's getting some crazy d/l speeds
for gaming tho- we're in the same city, I have cable, and my ping to ECGN Beach Server is a little better than his. i usually ping around 30-40 (think the server's in VA tho)

w/ DSL he can d/l 5-6 files at a time with each transfering at about 300-400 kbps (me- i don't see my rate go over 200-230 very often).
there's good advice already here from DSL users, but i'm pretty happy w/ my Comcast cable @ $34/month

by **Evan** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:05 pm

I have Optimum Online cable from Cablevision. It's only available in NY, NJ, and CT.

My BF 1942 pings are around 15-30 at ECGN.

My CS pings are about 30-50 at ECGN

Each Optimum Online user has a 10mbit download, and a 1mbit upload cap on their cable modems.

All for about $45-$50.

by **(>Tool<)** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:08 pm

I pay 30 a month for my cable and I ping 50-70, usually always right at 50, but I never get any lower then that =(

by **[U.S.C] Amaryl** » Tue Aug 12, 2003 6:43 pm

damn with my dsl I get 200-250 ping on ecgn but as rad asked before about the fps I get 50 80 fps

by **sushi25** » Mon Aug 18, 2003 1:45 am

Thanks for your comments, I ordered the whole treat this weekend, it should be working within the next 10 Days, I'll let you know how my speed improves.

Fastping for DSL - any good?

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