New ISP Needed

[Spitfire12]

I Am in Need of a New ISP

Got BT Phone Line my Exchange can Support :

BT Wholesale ADSL
BT Wholesale ADSL Max
BT Wholesale SDSL
Be LLU
Bulldog LLU
TalkTalk (CPW) LLU
Tiscali LLU
Orange LLU (Formerly Wanadoo)
Virgin Media (cable)

According to Sam Knows I Can Get 4MB or Greater

I Mostly Play Games So Pings Need to be Low to UK Servers...

Im Thinking of AOL or Be unlimited

I Want Some Ideas of what Good And bad Betwenn AOL and be Unlimited

Discuss Please AOL And Be Unlimited ...

[superbiatch]

If you can get VM (cable), then why not choose that? ADSL doesn't really compare IMO

[Paul K]

Until it is installed no-one can really say what you line will support, too many things can impact speed (even the equipment plugged into the line in your house) to allow anything other than best guess.

[Spitfire12]

I Have VM Atm..Ive Cancelled it Due to Poor Service

Aslo If Possible , if you Are on AOL or bethere can you previde a Trace route to 193.47.83.148 ( as Thats my Gaming Dedi Server )

Thanks For All The Help Given

[Paul K]

You would need someone local to you to run the traceroute for it to actually be anything other than an example of possible ping times. Do you know anyone near you (same exchange) that can run a few routes for you?

[Spitfire12]

Ok Paul...Ill try getting a Few Trace routes..

IF you on AOl or Bt There....What Are The Pros And The Cons ???

[Incomplete]

For low pings I'd recommend Be. They are the best option available to you in my opinion.

When you are connected recommend you ask them to change you to fast path. This may lower your download speed slightly but will give you the best pings.

With fast path LLU DSL I see pings of 5ms to the BBC.

Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Paul

Until it is installed no-one can really say what you line will support, too many things can impact speed (even the equipment plugged into the line in your house) to allow anything other than best guess.

The information supplied by BT based on telephone number search is fairly conservative usually which is why it gives details of speed that a line 'should' achieve as an 'at least' value.

In my line's case very conservative. 5.5Mbit at 1.4km of real line length. Despite being somewhat noisy my line achieves 8 on ADSL 1 easily and nearly 20 on ADSL2+.

[Spitfire12]

is Be There ADSL max Enabled ?

If i Get ADSL Max i can Get 4MB
if i get Normal ADSL i get 2MB

Want 4MB!

is be there ADSL max or is AOL ADSL MAX enabled?

[dcclanuk]

Originally Posted by Spitfire12

is Be There ADSL max Enabled ?

If i Get ADSL Max i can Get 4MB
if i get Normal ADSL i get 2MB

Want 4MB!

is be there ADSL max or is AOL ADSL MAX enabled?

Be is LLU. U can get anything up to 24mb, but since sam knows suggests 4mb+, I think U should get 8-10mb atleast on Be.

Samknows says I should get greater than 6.5 mb if i remember correctly... When I had ADSL, I got the THEORETICAL MAXIMUM on an 8mb line. So I should get around 16mb atleast, if I was to get Be!

[Spitfire12]

Ok so BE There is ADSL Max ?

[dcclanuk]

Originally Posted by Spitfire12

Ok so BE There is ADSL Max ?

no its LLU!!!

[Spitfire12]

So i Carn't get 8-10MB Like u said...

4MB is on ADSL Max

So where did u get 8-10mb from ?

[Incomplete]

'ADSL' = ADSL using BT's equipment. Up to 2Mbit.

ADSLMax = Up to 8Mbit service through BT.

LLU - Any service that doesn't use BT's exchange equipment. Can be any speed right up to 24Mbit.

[Spitfire12]

Sam Knows Says

You are approximately 2.61km from the exchange (straight line distance).

So What Speed would i get From be There (Approx) Mate at College Say between 8MB - 10MB ...

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Anyone ?

[Incomplete]

That might be pushing it. 2.61km straight line = 3.65km cable length.

8-10Mbit is unlikely. I would say on ADSL2+ you'd perhaps be looking at 4-8Mbit.