Changing from 48:1 to 24:1 - any noticable difference?

dub45

Just wondering if anyone who has made the change has noticed any difference in performance?

tuxy

nope contension was never a problem so no differnce

Richard Dower

Originally posted by dub45
Just wondering if anyone who has made the change has noticed any difference in performance?

Yeah...it's slower.

bk

Originally posted by Richard Dower
Yeah...it's slower.

No, it's not, I had the 48:1 product from NS and now I have the 24:1 product from NS (had no choice in the matter, they autmatically upgrade you and it costs e50 to downgrade) and I have seen no difference in speed.

There aren't enough people on bb in Ireland to make a difference.

kin9pin

On UTV speeds have been good since they fixed the Easter problems. Maybe pings are a bit steadier now at peak times, but there's no way to check is there.
Anyone on 48:1 utv out there? Has you found pings rising/downloads speeds falling at peak times?

Stephen

Pings tend to get a bit higher between 6-10PM on 48:1 UTV, but not so high that you can't play games on them Download speeds have been good since they fixed the easter problems too.

rymus

Yeah, 48:1 UTV here too.. Downloads have been in the high 40's or low 50's (very rarely touches 50) since the easter fix. Pings arent much concern to me but iirc I'm getting about 60/70 to boards

dub45

Originally posted by rymus
Yeah, 48:1 UTV here too.. Downloads have been in the high 40's or low 50's (very rarely touches 50) since the easter fix. Pings arent much concern to me but iirc I'm getting about 60/70 to boards

Yes UTV has improved remarkably since their 'troubles' speeds are very consistent now. (Anytime I have ever written similar in the past things have gone belly up almost immediately so I apologise in advance to all Clicksilver users for the troubles to follow:)

kin9pin

Originally posted by rymus
Yeah, 48:1 UTV here too.. Downloads have been in the high 40's or low 50's (very rarely touches 50) since the easter fix. Pings arent much concern to me but iirc I'm getting about 60/70 to boards

ahaa, I've found I get constant 52-54K download speeds even at peak times and I was pinging 45ish to UK counter strike servers last night. Maybe there is a noticable difference.

rymus

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El_MUERkO

I never noticed any diffrence after the initial problems with netsource everything smoothed out and I've been happy as pie since November last year.

If the lower contention has made any difference it might be a tiny reduction in ping but I could just be imagining that

TheGreatOne

On UTV 48:1 here too. I find that i ping better to UK servers than Irish servers. I get around 40/55 on the Battlefield Vietnam EAUK servers, which i think is pretty respectable. Although some non irish servers get a bit laggy sometimes.

LoBo

The only difference I'm noticing on 48:1 is the €180.12 I'm saving per year

dwayneburke

Hi, im about to switch from 24:1 to 48:1 on the netsource service (512), can anyone advise me?

i dont do much gaming/downloads, its primarily for web and the odd streaming video etc

Should i stay or should i take the leap and save some wads?

kin9pin

save your money. From what people are saying there's not much difference, if any, between them.....only the higher cap.

bk

Originally posted by dwayneburke
Hi, im about to switch from 24:1 to 48:1 on the netsource service (512), can anyone advise me?

i dont do much gaming/downloads, its primarily for web and the odd streaming video etc

Should i stay or should i take the leap and save some wads?

I assume you are bout to switch down to the cheaper products.

You will see no difference between 24:1 and 48:1 other then CAP.

But save your money, NS charge something like e50 to change (complete rip off, Eircom only charge NS e15 Excl VAT for the change). You might as well change off NS altogether and go with IOL, who are cheaper then NS. It is what I'm going to do.