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Originally Posted by stevo69
Hi guys,im hoping there is someone here that is slightly more tech minded bout this stuff than me,i need a little help.
Im a hardcore gamer,and im looking always for the best connection to servers that i will be playing in,im currently on 10 meg from virgin,which i must say is good,but a freind of mines has recently got adsl2+ and is getting better ping times than me on my cable connection,
If i were to switch to say for instance be.broadband services and go for the 24 meg deal,and i stay as the crow flys .5km away from the exchange,
would i then be expecting my ping times to be better than my cable,and i know that the area i stay in is only a new build like 5 years old,so i would be hoping that the cabling would be all good quality in this area.
I would be willing to take less than the stated download i will be expecting from my xl broadband from virgin next month(20)meg,as long as my connection speed was increased,ie ping times were reduced,if i will be expecting better ping times how much of a difference should i c in comparison to cable.
If you can help me clear up this conflict in my head before it's to late ,please do,thanks.
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As long as your line can have fast path enabled, then yes, ADSL2+ could possibly have better ping times.
Although in all honesty, why would you want to beat 15ms? I doubt it would make much of a difference. My ping:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\X>ping bbc.co.uk
Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=117
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=117
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=117
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=117
Ping statistics for 212.58.224.131:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 27ms, Average = 18ms