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jonifen · 23-08-2004, 14:12

I noticed an increase from 600k to 1mb when I upgraded all that time ago... but some people will not notice it the same.

I found a slight speed increase over using a SACM from a STB, and when we had to revert back to STB (as NTL b0rked up our bill with the modem being installed so we got it took out to get things as they were) it went back to normal (i.e. 5 extra ping to jolt servers).

Cant wait for the samsung box to be installed on 2/9 - a colleague in work says his internet is quicker through that than through his old pace box (he is now on 1mb - he's gonna fone ntl to find out why he hasnt got the 1.5mb yet although he had it on the sacm last week before reverting back to the stb as ntl b0rked his bill too!)

However, what is good for one is not good for another... I once said our ntl was perfect (as it was!) and the next day, we had 4 hours of downtime and an increase of 15ms in ping for weeks afterwards. We even had the stb replaced as it kept crashing and channels kept cutting out (pressing channel up and then down brought it back - annoying never the less).

One final thing... ping through the dos command is not the same as ingame ping (unfortunately!!)
I ping a q3 server (jolt ctfs 4 for example) and get 22 ping... I load q3 and play the game yet the scoreboard says between 35 - 45 so they're not entirely accurate - must be related to the size of data packets or something...

But, I would say the 750k would be a good improvement over the 300k - just try it anyway... you gotta keep it for 30 days and if its not worth the extra for following months, just revert back to the 300k (thats what I'd do anyway!)

23-08-2004, 14:12	#32
jonifen Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 446	Re: 300K to 750K stupid question but will I see a difference? I noticed an increase from 600k to 1mb when I upgraded all that time ago... but some people will not notice it the same. I found a slight speed increase over using a SACM from a STB, and when we had to revert back to STB (as NTL b0rked up our bill with the modem being installed so we got it took out to get things as they were) it went back to normal (i.e. 5 extra ping to jolt servers). Cant wait for the samsung box to be installed on 2/9 - a colleague in work says his internet is quicker through that than through his old pace box (he is now on 1mb - he's gonna fone ntl to find out why he hasnt got the 1.5mb yet although he had it on the sacm last week before reverting back to the stb as ntl b0rked his bill too!) However, what is good for one is not good for another... I once said our ntl was perfect (as it was!) and the next day, we had 4 hours of downtime and an increase of 15ms in ping for weeks afterwards. We even had the stb replaced as it kept crashing and channels kept cutting out (pressing channel up and then down brought it back - annoying never the less). One final thing... ping through the dos command is not the same as ingame ping (unfortunately!!) I ping a q3 server (jolt ctfs 4 for example) and get 22 ping... I load q3 and play the game yet the scoreboard says between 35 - 45 so they're not entirely accurate - must be related to the size of data packets or something... But, I would say the 750k would be a good improvement over the 300k - just try it anyway... you gotta keep it for 30 days and if its not worth the extra for following months, just revert back to the 300k (thats what I'd do anyway!)