Yes, I agree 100%. Latency is the killer to most apps. I happen to be lucky to have a T1 at home. Running VOIP and gaming, I still have smooth speady web browsing (even though its ONLY 1.5MB up and 1.5MB down).
I also thing of the great, must read article, It's the latency stupid: http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/rants/Latenc y.html
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Yes, I agree 100%. Latency is the killer to most apps. I happen to be lucky to have a T1 at home. Running VOIP and gaming, I still have smooth speady web browsing (even though its ONLY 1.5MB up and 1.5MB down). I also thing of the great, must read article, It's the latency stupid: http://rescomp.stanford.edu/~cheshire/rants/Latenc y.html