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ya sure

neXus9

Originally posted by l3rian
a sales person said it... you might as well of been listening to my dog barking

Yeah, true. How did they keep the line rental to themselves, though? Isn't that monopoly.

huge

Originally posted by snoopdog
hey i just want to know are the games i play online with a 56k connection now be even better with isdn 64k
just want to the ping and how much lag
games i play are

call of duty ,mods included ,revolt

battlefield 1942

unreal tournament 2004

medal of honor allied assult

far cry

halo

can anyone tell me how low would the ping be in these games please:D

ive isdn from eircom and i play loads of online games you may think theres no difference from 56k and 64k but believe me its preety damn good unless you can get bb i highly recommend it i have it untill i am able 2 get bb (if i ever can)

mickeyboymel

I thoroughly endorse ISDN apart from the cost but I can live with that.

There are a lot of people in Rural Ireland who will not see BB at any point in the forseeable future and ISDN is the only realistic option for a reliable internet service.

Its all to easy to dispel it once you have experienced BB but a lot of us are not in that position,nor have we cable services etc etc.

I am delighted with 7.5K on downloads or 15K with dual channel,compared to past experiences with dialup.

I have had ISDN for a month now and only experienced one dropped connection,compared to at least 5 a day on 56k,and well less than 4k on downloads,sometimes having to reconnect three or four times to download a small 3 or 4MB file,(could not live without my Fresh Downloader)

Yes its a pity we are tied to Eircoms Anytime package for Dual Channel use.

I wish some of you would just take a step back before dispelling ISDN completely,and realise that the ordinary phone lines in rural areas are in many cases extremely unreliable for normal dialup access and lots do not have the luxury of looking forward to their local exchanges being BB enabled at any time soon.

Yes,by all means make sure and check if there are plans for BB in the future to avoid unnesscary charges for downgrading to an analog line in preperation.

I would love to have BB and would be happy to dump ISDN in the morning in favour of it, but I know its not going to happen. ISDN is a Godsend and has improved my online experience no end.

Sorry for going off the point regarding gaming,but,I cannot believe the amount of negativity on these boards in general on the subject of ISDN.

Gonzo

isdn is great if theres no other option, the only negative reaction here really is just the bloody price of it, the actuall quality of isdn for gaming is very good if you have a good setup and correct configs for your games.

RicardoSmith

If anyone has it handy, What sort of monthly cost is the Eircoms Anytime package with ISDN? Single or Dual?

Illkillya

Originally posted by RicardoSmith
If anyone has it handy, What sort of monthly cost is the Eircoms Anytime package with ISDN? Single or Dual?

Its the same as on 56k... €30 per month isnt it? Just on 128k you reach it twice as fast, since 1 hour on dual isdn = 2 hours on single. But eircom anytime on 64k is the same as eircom anytime on 56k afaik.

RicardoSmith

And you can only use single channel on UTVIP? Thats a pity because you 30 more hours with UTVIP.

mickeyboymel

Originally posted by Illkillya
Its the same as on 56k... €30 per month isnt it? Just on 128k you reach it twice as fast, since 1 hour on dual isdn = 2 hours on single. But eircom anytime on 64k is the same as eircom anytime on 56k afaik.

Yep,spot on Illkillya

You have to ring up and register the second phoneline,and create an ISDN Account with Eircomnet before you can use Anytime once you transfer from Dialup.

In my case it took 5 or 6 days for the accounts departement in Eircom to update my details and transfer them across to Eircomnet, which was a bit of a pain,as I still had to use my old Modem until they sorted it.

Of course you can use the normal dial up ISP's for single or dual access at any time.

Headshot

right what isp are the cheapest for isdn and how can i pay 37 for rental and then a flat rate with eircom i dont have that money

can anyone help me

Gonzo

if you are not planning on using a flat rate package, be carefull coz its scary how much the charges mount up when you are paying per minute to access the internet, avoid peak time at all costs. Cheapest could be oceanfree. It would be worth your while getting a weekend job to pay for your flat rate isp bill if you cant afford it at the moment.

Headshot

you see i got the radeon x800 my mother got it for me and im paying her back bit by bit ,im starting work with a electrian soon ill be working with him for a month so pay back my mam then isdn here i come

Headshot

yo whats broadband like over tv cable with ntl .if i cant get broadband in my area could i get that

TacT

ISDN will be a godsend to you compared to 56K but you have to make sure you get a decent modem and ISP to go with it or it will be similar to your 56K experience sadly - especially if you use the modem provided. I play ut2k4 and get 50-120pings to most of the servers in the eu, same for cs/ns hl mods and most games. Battlefield seems to need two lines to be playable but that 56K option might help - cheers for the tip Jim.

Gonzo

snoopdog, - cable is availabe to a very select few, only crumlin, walkinstown, templeogue, tallaght and parts of lucan can avail of ntl cable..... the other oasis is dungarvan in waterford where they got 9mbs cable.... outside of the above the rest of us struggle on 56k dialup/isdn and limited dsl availability.

neXus9

Originally posted by Gonzo
Cheapest could be oceanfree.

Aren't utvip the cheapest at the moment?

Ripwave

Originally posted by Gonzo
snoopdog, - cable is availabe to a very select few, only crumlin, walkinstown, templeogue, tallaght and parts of lucan can avail of ntl cable..... the other oasis is dungarvan in waterford where they got 9mbs cable.... outside of the above the rest of us struggle on 56k dialup/isdn and limited dsl availability.

You forgot Longford.

Gonzo

yer forgot about longford..... as for utvip that doesnt come into the equation.... it wud defeat the purpose of someone splashing out on isdn to get a good ping for gaming - utv = gamers hell. I tried utv when i had isdn and it was nothing short of awfull.

Headshot

i email esat about them taking up the isdn rental line they got back to me today saying that they will be in a position to offer line rental to their customers staring the 1st of september

great news

tuxy

that is great it was only ment to be in about 2 years ago