56k vs. Wireless

[]V[]essenjah · Post by **[]V[]essenjah** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:03 pm

I recently found a service that is around $30 per month and a friend of the family claims it's pretty good. I can't get DSL or Cable where I live so I was wondering if anyone would know if Wireless would be any better than 56k for Descent 3?

I'm currently running on a 56k that has been optimised to run as a 28k modem. So I was wondering if a 500k connect would make a difference? I could also get a 1M connect but it is pretty expensive. Any thoughts?

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 12:10 pm

Wireless is hit and miss, sometimes its great sometimes its not, your best bet is to try it out and see.

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Mon Feb 23, 2004 1:08 pm

What kind of wireless? Microwave towers are supposed to have decent latency, whereas satellites have quite terrible latency. If you receive close to the bandwidth advertised, you will of course receive better download rates (despite latency). Another thing though-- often wireless service requires a phone line for upload, which means you'll still have to use a phone line. So, basically, look into it some more.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:56 pm

Find a customer and ask them nicely if you could do some ping plots from their PC. DSLreports..... play a game for a bit.....

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:18 am

Yeah, avoid satelite like the plague. You'll be having upwards around 10 second ping times if you're lucky....and that's on a clear day. If its storming outside....good luck getting online.

What really sucks is that you pay out the ass for like 400kbit down and barely 128kbit up. If I were you, I'd atleast check out if IDSL is available. Its 128/128, but the ping times are a heck of alot better than with wireless.