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Maximum Latency for ISPs?
fluor2 asks: "My ISP is providing me 8mbit ADSL, and my speed is in fact 8mbit (downstream). However, we all know that there is no relation between transfer rate and latency, eg, a high transfer rate and high latency will kill your FPS games. A packet that travels through the sky and up to a satellite is bound to give high latency. Using pathping, I discovered that my ISP provides me with a latency of 22ms before my sent packets are sent out of my ISP's backbone (6 hops). I have a friend that also tried the same, and he got only 10ms before he was out of his ISP's network. I know 22ms is decent, but I still think that it's far too high if one uses IP-phones and similar. What kind of latency can we accept for a normal 8mbit ADSL connection, and isn't it about time that we get more focus on this subject?"
An 8mbps DSL line...
Since you're one of the first folks to try out this new tech, I think you need to tell US what to expect.
How much do you pay for that thing anyways? Just to play games?
Holy shit. I have trouble putting food on the table and you're worried about your high latency times for an 8mbps connection?
You've got an 8mbit a second ADSL connection, and you get 22ms pings? Cry me a river.
:(
Alright, yeah. I'm jealous.
RaGe
We're all just noise on the wires..
Back then, we had 33,6k modems, with 200ms pings at best, we played quake in software mode in 320x240 at 10 fps, and we were happy!
Hey, you think that's latency, consider people forced to use this protocol.
Not that I need more than 600K
I'm sure that Bill Gates appreciates your comment. =)
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I get 15ms to my ADSL modem
From your computer to your MODEM??? How many miles of cable are you going through to the modem that sits by your computer??
What do you mean? An African or European connection?
I heard some MCI execs were hoping for a latency of 5 years + good behavior.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Why does anyone NOT need eight megabits?
It makes downloading m... surfing the web much, much faster. Seriously, though, it's not the 8Mb/s download rate that's important to me so much as the 640Kb/s upload rate. If you're doing P2... I mean, running a personal FTP server (with no copyright violating content, no sirree!), you NEED that upload rate.
If it's for-profit but free, you're not the customer -- you're the product (e.g., the Slashdot Beta's "audience").
If you aren't happy with your DSL connection, I have a very nice 14.4 modem that I would be happy to trade you.