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Help me pls :) which ISP for playing online?

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  • 29-12-2007 1:14am
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    _alex_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    Broadband finaly is available in my area (Leap, West Cork), and i was wondering can you ping the following ips:


    COD4- 62.21.96.28:28960

    my MultiGaming :) va.net.pl 80.239.237.139:32960 or 85.236.100.228:29560

    COD4 91.198.55.210:28933

    COD4 91.198.55.210:28931

    BF2 212.76.32.54:16567

    BF2 193.33.34.11:16567

    as i do need a really good ping (latency) for playing online and for downloading as well and i dont know which company should i choose for broadband. Can you please give me a name of company and package which are you pinging from?THX.


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    #2
    _alex_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭_alex_


    anybody?


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,578 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    Smart/Magnet > Eircom == ESATBT == UTV

    stay away from wireless broadband and satellite broadband if you want good pings.


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    _alex_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭_alex_


    what do u think about irishbroadband 6mb package? because unfortunately smart is not avilable in my area :/ any irishbroadband users here?


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    Scotty #
    Registered Users Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭Scotty #


    Yes. I am in the process of caneling my Irish Broadband due to gaming being impossible on their network because of packet loss.


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    _alex_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭_alex_


    thx for answer but, i just saw ur post "A little IBB experiment..." so are u on wireless? because im talking about DSL Home Pro 6 Mb/512Kbps 24:1 package. Do you have any info about this one??


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    Grommet
    Registered Users Posts: 133 ✭✭Grommet


    Alex - since Leap exchange has just been enabled, you can be certain that the only fixed wire service available from there is delivered via the same DSL node via what is known as Bitstream service. So all providers, eircom included, will have exactly the same latency back to their core network.

    What you are looking for is which operator has the best transit and/or peering connections to the networks which are hosting the gaming servers you want to connect to. Your best bet then is probably to try to get some trace routes to those networks to count how many hops the connections are taking and via which networks they are being routed.


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    Scotty #
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    _alex_ wrote: »
    thx for answer but, i just saw ur post "A little IBB experiment..." so are u on wireless? because im talking about DSL Home Pro 6 Mb/512Kbps 24:1 package. Do you have any info about this one??

    I am on wireless but the results of my testing show the packet loss to be within the network - NOT from me to the high site. Best thing is to wait for a 6mb dsl user to respond and get some test results from them. Make sure there is a cancellation/trial period before your tied into a contract!!


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    ComputerNerd
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    over the last 3 years i was with utv for 1 year, bt for 1 year and now eircom, love eircom BB


    points to note....

    have UTV fixed the ping problem?

    have BT fixed the billing problems?


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    _alex_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭_alex_


    thx for info lads,
    happy new year :D


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