I have recently gotten the availability of cable and DSL in my area for
about the same price. Cable advertises as being faster at peak times, but
there is that "slow down" thing. I was just wondering what you all think
would be better for EQ, cable or dsl. Thanks in advance =)

-Kendan Boozehound
50th druid of e'ci

----- Original Message -----
From: Travis Parrent <tparrent@...>
To: <EQ_Necromancer@egroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [EQ_Necromancer] Cable Modem question

> FYI I use a cable modem and the "slow down" experience of multiple users
> being on is still MUCH better than any dial up connection. When my
friends
> are over on weekends I easily support 5 people zoning, etc. at the same
> time. However I use comcast cable out of the Detroit area, it may be
> different depending on the company. I believe comcast has a very large
pipe
> to the inet supporting their users. (Multiple T3's i believe)
>
> I personally will try to avoid playing eq on a dial up after playing on my
> cable modem and friends DSL. I can literally see friends on a modem keep
> backstepping while there connection catches up, etc. I have 1 friend that
> has a key to my apartment and brings his computer over to play rather than
> deal with dial up. :) These are my experiences.
>
> Don't think that you won't ever get lag though. Sometimes it is just
server
> side lag (i.e. Verant)
>
>
>
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