In a article I read in the Seattle Times Sunday, he reported that TCI cable
seemed slower than normal ISP, the company said that the system needed time
to cache his favorite web-sites and get used to his viewing habits. As the
reporter reported (since that's his job :) ) things did speed up
dramatically after about a week of use. This doesn't seem to bode well to
games where every packet should be different. Also performance of TCI cable
seemed to vary per area. While throughput was higher for TCI, actually
internet speed was faster for US West's ASDL. He was using midrange ASDL
around 1 MBPS I believe. 1\7 of the throughput of the cable, yet it was
faster to load...
Bottom line is to do research your area's cable services, as your mileage
may vary.
btw. that does set a personal record for information provided in a r.a.s.
post :)
>I think what was said is that cable modems download fast, but their uploads
>are not that great. Thus the discrepancy might be cause for those problems
>with lag. When I played against Don 1 on 1 via the net, we both had modems
>and it was playable - as long as NO AI cars. But when I played a guy with a
>cable modem, it went bonkers.
>As for cable, I think the REAL answer is to get ASL - it will be high speed
>both directions -and you won't have to share bandwidth with all your
>neighborhood too (as cable modems do!).
>> that's funny that you say that, since these guys have been racing 1 on 1
>online
>> for about a week now. I haven't tried it with them yet, but I've tried it
>with
>> a friend of mine, and while it had a tendency to be unstable, we were
able
>to
>> get a few good games going. I reeeeelly hope ISI puts out a patch for
this
>> soon.
>> Also, I read a post about cable modems awhile back saying that they get
>great
>> download/upload speed, but that their lag can actually be higher than a
>> standard modem due to the way the information is routed. Do you know
>anything
>> about this? I've been considering a cable modem, and this has me curious.