Need Help with BT Line.

[Apone]

I have been enjoying the net using my pace v90 and cablephone. I have been getting connections of 54667bps from my free isp (ic24) which was cool.

But since I have started getting phone bills of £80 a month =( I have quit cablephone, gone back to BT and signed up with BtInternet for the free weekend offer.

Since then I have not enjoyed the net. I barely get a good connection and when i do i can only connect at 49333bps. I know its the free isp, so i tried connecting via the 0845 number. Then I can only connect at 50667bps. But when i tried to connect via my cablephone I connected at 54667bps!

I know this is probably due to the quality of the BT line but I can seriously not play games online with my current connection.

So Im shouting out for help. Is there ANYTHING I can do to improve my connection bar going back to cablephone and its nice fibreoptic connections?



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[KUzaG]

M8

The actual difference in speed between the two lines won't bother your ping that much. I can get a ping of 98ms at 52k and 105 at 45k - hardly any difference. The biggest problem is the BTi Freecall number you're using - it's absolute pants for gaming. There is so much packet loss and lag it's just about unplayable.

[Slime]

Apone,

What kind of ping do you get m8 (and on what game ?).

You should be able to get perfectly playable games with any connection of 44000+, as long as your modem is setup correctly.

Cheers
Slime

[Apone]

I only play Counterstrike and with my old cable connection i got ping sof 160-200 now iwth bt i get 180-800!

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[snake100]

Slime says u should be able to play a decent game at 44,000 soz slime but i have tried everything with my modem tweaks and all i get 49,333 from bt free and get a ping of 380 + and with wireplay direct i get 330+ sometimes nips under 330 but not often and thats at between 50.666 and 56.000 and if i had your ping apone m8 i would be living a dream lol
but then again i am working with a v90 56k flex hsp pci modem on a p 2 400 with a voodoo banshee i hate my ping but i still dont do so bad but i could do a lot more if it was just a 100 or so down to give me a fighting chance against lpbs.

=sNaKe=

[Slime]

Snake,

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What i said was that you should be able to play a decent game at 440000 as long as your modem is setup correctly. What i should have added to that was "and you have a decent modem in the first place".

Now, please don't take this the wrong way, but you don't have a decent modem for gaming.
I've already gone into detail about why HSP modems are not good, on my web page http://home.clara.net/sflatt/modemtypes.htm

If you swopped your HSP for a "proper" modem, you would get much much better performance, even at much lesser speeds than you connect now.

Cheers
Slime

[snake100]

Soz slime i wasnt having a go m8 just that my ping really gets me down at times and i have tried so many diffrent ideas and tweaks that i am now in a position thinking wether i should just buy a new modem and vid card or just go with isdn either way im going to have to fork out for a comp that is not 12 months old dam technology it moves to fast lol........out with the old and in with the new if u could suggest a decent modem i would br grateful i just want a decent ping really not one that makes me untouchble in games around about 150 + would do me fine any other ideas as well let me know.

thanks
=sNaKe=

PS i have now been to your link slime and have a decent idea of what i need i will read again and thanks hopefully within a few weeks i will get a new modem and my ping will improve.

[This message has been edited by snake100 (edited 31-08-1999).]

[Slime]

Snake,

No problem mate. And my list of recommendations are on the same page you've already looked at.

Cheers
Slime

P.S If you look at the modem settings page - be aware that i'll be updating them in the next few days.