All you kids who think you have it made for hosting BYOND games on Cable connections, consider this:
"Cable modems are typically faster for downloads than most if not all DSL lines, when the cable infrastructure is new or well maintained. However, cable has a few disadvantages to DSL. Since cable is a shared media, there is a possibility that performance may degrade over time as additional households plug in, connect additional devices (videos, game machines) to the TV lines.
A cable company may react slowly to decreases in performance, as they never sell access by speed, or promise consistent speed or latency.
One of the largest disadvantages of cable over DSL is the upstream (return path). Cable companies are using a very narrow band for return signaling, below all the space allocated for TV channels. This band is prone to RF interference and is very limited in capacity. Upstream transmissions may therefore compete with others in the area, get delayed (suffer high latency) due to noise fighting techniques, and cable Terms Of Service typically prohibit any kind of constant upstream use. Internet use is shifting away from central servers broadcasting to many individuals and some interesting peer-to-peer applications are appearing (games, voice and video applications, communal libraries). These applications need a strong upstream channel."
-reprinted from http://www.dsl-isp-guide.com/dslfaq.htm
My point being that if you are hosting several rather intensive RPG/DBZ/hack-n-slash games, your upload traffic is going to be dependent on the quality and speed of your line, which is shared by all the other people in your area...
In this case ISDN or DSL will still provide you better service for hosting several games at once.
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 Apr 1 2003, 1:41 am
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Apr 1 2003, 1:50 am
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Scoobert
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You forget to mention that in some areas, dsl has lots of down time. Also times were it stops or slows to a horible pace. I have a friend in my area that has dsl and it sucks for him. Really you just have to find out which is best in your area, i personaly like cable better, and sense most of byond people live in remote areas, cable tends to be the best option if avalible.
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well i do not know about you kids in the States, but over in Germany the Telecom does a fair job of keeping the DSL running as often as possible. In fact the only downtime I have experienced lately was the sudden surge in traffic produced by the new Gulf War. Internet access all over the NE was affected for a few hours... other than that I have had little to no trouble with DSL here.
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DSL in my area really sucks, you have satelite(directtv)DSL which cannot upload at all(you need a 56k modem to upload), Earthlink, which cant access most of the city yet. And Verison, which is less than half the speed of the Comcast cable.
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