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[)REA[)
22-01-2001, 13:05
just wondering.
Evi$cer/\te
22-01-2001, 13:12
well, 0 only for a few seconds at a time


normally about 60 ish
TarQuiN[TJC]
22-01-2001, 15:01
Go to the |wtf| webpage and lok in the pictures bit and they got negative pings rofl =)
werewolf_bite
22-01-2001, 15:03
12 on an NTL cable modem when pinging the Europa Ultima Online server (and it was still lagged to Fell and back)
-Skeet-
22-01-2001, 15:55
I regularly get pings under 50 on UT servers. I've using BT Openworld.
rider
22-01-2001, 17:03
SUBJECT: overkill information

Quake3 servers other than WP [I hope I don't get disbanded here], about 24-36 ping. I've never seen it go beyond this, even with a loaded server [Demon in particular and Aardvark]

Quake3 WP - about 50
Quake2 on WP - 30 ping

Pinging wwww.gameplay.com gives a low of 24 to a high of 56

You know, if WP got rid of these bloody forums altogether, I'd confidently say that pings across all game servers, would inevitably improve...

I use BT Openworld with the an ADSL modem, that would only make a girl smile, and me wretch.

I also remember the BT Engineer saying that I had the best "db" level of any ADSL connection he'd seen, which was "11db". He said mostly, everyone gets about 20, but I live in a brand new house with new wiring [it had NTL to it originally]

<yawn>
-Skeet-
22-01-2001, 17:15
Whats a db level?
rider
22-01-2001, 18:15
I think it's the "noise" on the line from my socket to the adsl exchange; "db"

tbh, I'm not 100% sure. I did ask about it because I was watching the BTEng. do his stuff and I mentioned it when he was "whooshing" the line. He said it's an excellent signal and everything's fine. Adsl is yours.

:)

I could've kissed him, but I'm strictly AC/DC

for some reason "db" means something to me and I can't for the hell of it remember what it was
rider
22-01-2001, 18:18
got it
it'something to do with dolby, like on cassette decks. the more you put +db or -db, the richer the sound was

too much would distort the sound depending on what output you used and too little deadened it

oh feck. what a lame explanation

:(

right, I'm going to phone a BT Engineer about it
-Skeet-
22-01-2001, 18:21
Digital Bandwidth?
Dead Brilliant?
Definately Bustin'?
-Skeet-
22-01-2001, 18:28
dB (decibel)
A measure of voltage, current, or power gain equal to l/10 of a Bel. Given by the equations 20 log Vout/Vin, 20 log Iout/In, or 10 log Pout/Pin.

See http://www.telect.com/corporat/glossary/index.cfm
rider
22-01-2001, 18:28
decibel or decibels, a mesurement of sound waves at a certain frequency

the receptionist told me at work [she's kinda bright actually]
*cough*

hehe - I knew along though
*cough*
hahaha

*cough*bulsht

erk. BT Engineers - what do they know anyway
rider
22-01-2001, 18:29
peteski,

yeah, I knew all of that

*cough*morebulsht
-Skeet-
22-01-2001, 18:29
Ask your receptionist how many dbs in a bel? That should shut her up.
rider
22-01-2001, 19:15
or, I could ask her how may C's were in her "cup" because I couldn't keep my eyes of them

but she's dead smart with a degree in something and I didn't want to get my ears whacked and experience, instead of know, what a decibel felt like
theV0iCe
24-01-2001, 20:01
i once got 7 [no joke] on CS on isdn :)
rider
24-01-2001, 21:41
ADSL 18 lowest and 22 very much frequently, as of today
see post re: Wiiija
This is on Q3
[KK]BigAl
25-01-2001, 09:47
Best Ive had was 18, best constant 20-30, normal average 40-60
Thorne
25-01-2001, 11:33
Best ever 1, base steady 14-16, usual 25-35. Less than 20 only happens on Blueyonder's own Q3 servers :)
T0uG|-|t3|)
25-01-2001, 20:08
my m8 is on BTopenworld, on kingpin he got 15 on it. :)

i get btopenworld on 7th feb so ill post here :)