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« on: February 06, 2007, 07:07:33 AM »
Any of you gamers out there using wireless internet. Im not talking wireless controls, I mean actual wireless internet fed from a tower. A new ISP is coming to my area next week, they claim they do have some latency but are not sure about gaming, he's going to try to find out for me  Exclamation. I currently have dial up for gaming which bytes but I am leary of wireless without knowing if I can game with it or not.  I play games like United Offensive and Call of Duty 1/2 on PC. 

  Im going to be about 4-5 miles away from the internet tower. I asked the provider if the tower is satellite fed or not, his reply was...100 Mbps burstable of pure fibre backbone.  I asked avgerage download and upload speeds and his reply to that was 1.5 down, 1 up burstable to 10 duplex. Not sure what the duplex means, this wireless is new to me.  I know it's going to cost about $500 for the module and $100 for instalation so it's alot of money, i'd like to hear  some opinions first. (Can't lease equipment either icon_pale)

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« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2007, 07:13:14 AM »
Hey.  I have xplornet wireless and online gaming works great...ill play xbox live not computer games though...i needed a static ip before everything would work...Im about 6 miles from the tower and rarely experience lag.
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« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2007, 09:20:58 AM »
The distance is neglectable in terms of ping, it's really a matter of how clean the signal is and through how much overhead packets must go to reach you. Anything's better than dial-up, unless it's an ISP like DirecWay used to be.
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« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2007, 05:58:52 PM »
Quote from: RTB on February 06, 2007, 09:20:58 AM
The distance is neglectable in terms of ping, it's really a matter of how clean the signal is and through how much overhead packets must go to reach you. Anything's better than dial-up, unless it's an ISP like DirecWay used to be.
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As he said, if it is your only option it will do for gaming, better than dial up anyway. I had one a long while back and played Socom on line alot. It wasnt too bad. Still definitely playable and enjoyable.
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2007, 10:26:03 PM »
Thx for the replies.    Cool-2  Curious, what did the  static IP do to make it better for you?
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2007, 06:30:09 AM »
I needed a static ip because of the way the xplornet nat routers work...without the static ip I couldn't even play..or join friends' rooms.
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2007, 08:42:37 AM »
i was just talking to a friend about this yesterday, he works for a bandwidth reseller company, and he said that from the client to tower it is usually <20 ms for about 5 miles or so.

so in games i would images <120ms which isnt bad at all ;]

and for the 10mbit duplex, i believe that means its burtstable to up to 10mbit download/upload speed, which is kinda nice.
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2007, 09:49:36 AM »
yea, that wouldn't be  bad..too bad they are charging so much fro the hook up and module, I think that will screw them for getting alot of customers to sign up.  I'm gonna hold off a bit and hopefully it will come down in price.
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2007, 02:12:02 PM »
You could always try and get it for a slightly lower price... if it's that outragous I'm sure there's room for bargaining. knuppel2
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2007, 10:31:59 PM »
Thats what im hoping for   sad
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« Reply #10 on: February 08, 2007, 03:11:33 AM »
Quote from: RTB on February 07, 2007, 02:12:02 PM
You could always try and get it for a slightly lower price... if it's that outragous I'm sure there's room for bargaining. knuppel2
Quote from: simi-dimpskin on February 07, 2007, 10:31:59 PM
Thats what im hoping for   sad
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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2007, 07:48:58 PM »
I'm currently not satisfied with my wireless provider,  I play UT2004 and I can only play at obscure times due to the connection speed. If I'm connected at about 355Kbps game play is acceptable.  Attached  tickedoff below are typical results.  Some people are very happy but I guess be cautious of the speed claims and try to get verification... my isp is frontier communications and they promote the service as 2M download.

Thu Feb 08 2007 @ 6:29:51 pm  DN 579 kB 118 Kbps (14 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  2EXWFBT5M IMG
Thu Feb 08 2007 @ 2:04:46 pm  DN 579 kB 130 Kbps (16 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  XPQTJHMV9 IMG
Thu Feb 08 2007 @ 2:03:36 pm  UP 386 kB 110 Kbps (13 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  F3IY5SGC7 IMG
Thu Feb 08 2007 @ 2:02:27 pm  DN 97 kB 101 Kbps (12 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  GH4AQX9N7 IMG
Wed Feb 07 2007 @ 3:03:12 pm  DN 579 kB 164 Kbps (20 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  NLTFKBQJE IMG
Wed Feb 07 2007 @ 3:02:00 pm  UP 386 kB 121 Kbps (15 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  TX1Q09UGJ IMG
Wed Feb 07 2007 @ 3:00:04 pm  DN 386 kB 171 Kbps (21 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  83NMDIGUY IMG
Wed Feb 07 2007 @ 2:55:03 pm  DN 386 kB 150 Kbps (18 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  DY1XW03T9 IMG
Wed Feb 07 2007 @ 2:52:39 pm  DN 579 kB 160 Kbps (20 kB/s) k2000day 157879307625 theplanet.com  BDCTE9HJV
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2007, 01:17:56 AM »
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« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2007, 04:55:09 AM »
excellent advice.  I have ensured I do not have any bugs or unknown traffic.  I guess buyer beware.. I know as many satisfied as unsatisfied with wireless isp... there are a lot of factors.
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