Time to Move On ISDN to ADSL?

[Aapex]

Hi

Just wondered what anyone has to say regarding the move to ADSL. I currently have HH and to change it to ADSL is going to cost WADS ;(

So before I do it does any one know?
1-The performance increase specifically to online gaming :D
2-The best way to go ref HH to ADSL route (i.e. try a second line first?)

Any advice would be nice!

PS Just before you say it, I cant have cable :(


[Edited by Aapex on 13-01-2001 at 12:18 PM]

[[KK]BigAl]

Ok, a brief summary:

Downloads in kb per second
ISDN Single channel download : 7/8k
ADSL (current bandwidth restrictions) - 60k

As for online gamingit varies. As a rule, it will be comparable to ISDN over Wireplay, around 40-50. However, Barrysworld is a lot kinder and it can ping at 20-30, a good 30ms faster than ISDN so it depends where you play.
You will need to have a standard telephine line in order to have ADSL so if you had your lines converted and don't have a regular one now, you will either have to pay for a new line or wait till your contract on HH is up, someone I know said that the engineers would remove the ISDN stuff and replace the phone line when the contract runs out if you wish, but I went from 56K to ADSL so I can't be too sure on this. You will notice a massive download perfromance increase with ADSL and significant ping improvement depending on who you connect to. Hope this helps.

[TarQuiN[TJC]]

Yeh right, look at it this way

The way youre talking is at best and on a good day,and lets face it with BT,you can't rely on that,so lets say average ping then please?

More like 80-100 average

I can say the same on my ISDN,at best my 0800 ISP gives pings 80 but at worst 130

on a paying ISP though ill get 60 ping on a 12 player CTF server...

[Semaj]

My average ADSL ping is 30-50, downloads seem to be about 40-50k

[Sh@gMCnasty]

i too am interested in going from ISDN to ADSL with the littlest amount of bother. Do i have to phone BT and ask them to take out my ISDN first, or can I do it from the web page?
How much will this cost?

thanks