gOOters November 3, 2004 Share gOOters Member November 3, 2004 Guys, my new house is going to be done this week. We should be moving in by the 13th. But the house is on the outskirts of town and there is no cable service there yet! Any tips on how to get a connection good enough for gaming?? One of the neighbors said he has a microwave connection. Anyone know about that? Cost? Performance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman November 3, 2004 Share Batman Member November 3, 2004 No DSL throught the phone either?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters November 3, 2004 Author Share gOOters Member November 3, 2004 no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa November 3, 2004 Share Playaa Member November 3, 2004 you're screwed I haven't once heard of a GOOD wireless ISP for gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zerodamage November 3, 2004 Share Guest zerodamage Guests November 3, 2004 Microwave = not much better than Satellite for latencies. I would say borrow it for updating steam, etc. Use dial-up for gaming. get a good high performance HARDWARE modem. OR check and see if broadband over powerlines is available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters November 3, 2004 Author Share gOOters Member November 3, 2004 OH NO! Thats what I was afraid of!!! I hate life Ironic thing is, we pulled out of a house about 8 miles away that would soon be getting Verizon's fiberoptic connection Honestly, we will probably be fiberoptic within a year or two though. Until then, I hate life :( :( :( :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman November 3, 2004 Share Batman Member November 3, 2004 Yeah satelite internet is downloading only, you still have to dial up to upload.. I believe it works in tandum.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGSHaW November 3, 2004 Share BIGSHaW Member November 3, 2004 aw...feel for u goot...its like getting hit in the jewels man! gee :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond November 3, 2004 Share Gond Member November 3, 2004 ISDN is always an option...I'll make ya a great deal on a dual channel switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX November 3, 2004 Share NOFX Member November 3, 2004 fiberoptic connection I really hope you didnt plan on paying for an OC3 connection running to your house. If you was only getting T1 bandwidth on that fiber line, then you might as well keep the DSL......well, I guess the pings could be better now that I think about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox November 4, 2004 Share appalachian_fox Member November 4, 2004 Nah, fiber doesn't have any of the inherent problems of loss like copper does. I'd take fiber over DSL anyday if the pricing was in the same neighborhood, though come to think of it, I do have a short run to the telco and a very recent line, so my pairs are really good. But yeah, if your'e going to be on microwave the further away from the ISP you are the higher the latency. Sorry, bud, you're probably out of luck, depends on where the ISP is. Though, I woudln't write it off if the ISP is nearby... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX November 4, 2004 Share NOFX Member November 4, 2004 you could always call up your CO and see if they will run a dedicated line to your house, costs will be high, but if you had a cool basement and a few machines, you could setup your own ISP and lease your bandwidth out to other people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice_Berge_00 November 4, 2004 Share Ice_Berge_00 GC Alumni November 4, 2004 what about Cable modems? I've had wireless DSL and that was good, but the cablemodem I have now is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters November 4, 2004 Author Share gOOters Member November 4, 2004 thx Shaw Gond, can you explain ISDN a little? Fox, I will look into that, thanks! I think the ISP for my neighbor's microwave is really close by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond November 4, 2004 Share Gond Member November 4, 2004 I was forced to use ISDN for a while when I first moved. Basically it's phone lines. They contain a dialup 64kb line. You can get 2 and have 128kb connection. They are good and bad. For gaming I had no issues...I had a very good ISP that I connected to and actually pinged better with ISDN than I did with cable...for download it stunk like a 56k modem. The cost was the same as 2 phone lines which I had anyway because I wanted a seperate data line. Then I also had to pay an ISP. Nice thing about the dual is that it will drop one channel and let your phone ring when there is a call. Then when you get off the phone it picks back up...so you go from 128 to 64 back to 128. Call the local phone company & see about availability and pricing (as well as some ISP's). Back in the day you had to pay based on connect time. I had a flat monthly rate...same as a phone line. Oh, another drawback is that, unlike a standard phone line, ISDN will not function at all if your power goes out. You also can't use a regular phone connected to the ISDN jack...you have to hook the phone into the ISDN modem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gOOters November 5, 2004 Author Share gOOters Member November 5, 2004 I wonder if I can UL with ISDN and DL with Satellite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gond November 5, 2004 Share Gond Member November 5, 2004 You can probably do that but it would be costly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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