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  From: John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
  To  : Evan Bourlotos <evan@cs.adelaide.edu.au>
  Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 18:59:15 +0930

Re: CABLE net access in SA

>>  >> We do a bit of gaming and seem to get pings as low as 30ms in some
>>  >> servers such as the wireplay ones, and no noticable packet loss even
while
>>  >> someone was streaming video.
>
>circa 20-22 ms to my home ADSL link from the office - but what's an
>extra 8 milliseconds between friends, eh? (answer: almost a third
>faster :) )

FYI, the Home Highway ISDN service can get ping times as good as 19ms when
dialling up to a provider with good enough access server equipment (ie: Adam
Internet :). And it doesn't come with the big monthly pricetag of ADSL if
you use DOV..

celeron ~500 + linux + netjet card     >= 19ms
p133 + linux + netjet card                   >= 32ms
Cisco 1603   >= 23ms
PIII-667 + win98 + netjet card   >= 90ms

Even at 56K DOV, ISDN can have a good enough ping time to make the Telstra
ADSL users scream at you for cheating :)

John Edwards


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