Re: GPL...cable modems...any catch?

Hi, Mine is a com21 comport 1000 cable modem. I have no idea if this is a good or a 'bad' modem. All i know is that asking my provider for a different modem will result in the general responce 'up yours'. This ISP has a monopoly and their customer service is widely know as non exsistant... Those who've watched the GP might have seen it on the new arrows car... The 'chello broadband' advertising on it....that's my provider...and really they should have taken that advertising money and put it into improving their network instead....sigh I'd like to hear people's experiences with this modem cause i'm pretty sure a lot of dutchies might be using this provider and this cable modem... Cheers, Willem On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 15:34:32 GMT, "Charlie B (Hans)" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>btw its a General Instruments Surf-Board External SB3100 cable modem. Im >told it can handle fluctuations of your connection much better than some >other cable modems. >>> I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable >>> provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from >>> races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). >>> seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be my >>>cable provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time.

Hi, i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms and no loss. However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i can do to improve things? Cheers, Willem ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

Hi, i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms and no loss. However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i can do to improve things? Cheers, Willem

Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a league. Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only 5 of 10 packets make it. But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) Btw I'm using Rogers @Home around the Kitchener area. I rarely have a problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. Good Luck. Willem wrote:

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> > Hi, > > i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... > Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. > Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms > and no loss. > However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked > me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' > I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of > 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... > SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i > can do to improve things? > > Cheers, > Willem > > ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be my cable provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time. Alan Orton wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using >my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. > There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have >never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish >there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl >as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a >league. >Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice >a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the >only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they >will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the >organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is >a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is >just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start >complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet >would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only >5 of 10 packets make it. >But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. >One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) > >Btw I'm using Rogers @Home around the Kitchener area. I rarely have a >problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. > >Good Luck. > >Willem wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... >> Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. >> Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms >> and no loss. >> However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked >> me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' >> I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of >> 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... >> SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i >> can do to improve things? >> >> Cheers, >> Willem >> >> ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

My surfboard has been perfect... I have never been deconed. Charlie B (Hans) <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2sEy4.7912$[email hidden]... > I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable > provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from > races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). > seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be mycable

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> provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time. > > > Alan Orton wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > >Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using > >my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. > > There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have > >never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish > >there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl > >as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a > >league. > >Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice > >a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the > >only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they > >will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the > >organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is > >a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is > >just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start > >complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet > >would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only > >5 of 10 packets make it. > >But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. > >One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) > > > >Btw I'm using Rogers @Home around the Kitchener area. I rarely have a > >problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. > > > >Good Luck. > > > >Willem wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... > >> Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. > >> Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms > >> and no loss. > >> However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked > >> me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' > >> I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of > >> 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... > >> SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i > >> can do to improve things? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Willem > >> > >> ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh > >

Thanks I'll look into it. Charlie B (Hans) wrote:

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> > I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable > provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from > races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). > seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be my cable > provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time. > > Alan Orton wrote in message <[email hidden]>... > >Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using > >my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. > > There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have > >never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish > >there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl > >as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a > >league. > >Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice > >a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the > >only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they > >will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the > >organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is > >a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is > >just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start > >complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet > >would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only > >5 of 10 packets make it. > >But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. > >One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) > > > >Btw I'm using Rogers @Home around the Kitchener area. I rarely have a > >problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. > > > >Good Luck. > > > >Willem wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... > >> Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. > >> Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms > >> and no loss. > >> However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked > >> me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' > >> I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of > >> 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... > >> SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i > >> can do to improve things? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Willem > >> > >> ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

Hi, i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms and no loss. However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i can do to improve things? Cheers, Willem

Thanks I'll look into it.

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> I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable > provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from > races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). > seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be my cable > provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time. > >Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using > >my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. > > There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have > >never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish > >there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl > >as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a > >league. > >Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice > >a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the > >only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they > >will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the > >organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is > >a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is > >just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start > >complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet > >would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only > >5 of 10 packets make it. > >But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. > >One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) > >problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. > >Good Luck. > >> Hi, > >> i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... > >> Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. > >> Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms > >> and no loss. > >> However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked > >> me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' > >> I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of > >> 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... > >> SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i > >> can do to improve things? > >> Cheers, > >> Willem > >> ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

btw its a General Instruments Surf-Board External SB3100 cable modem. Im told it can handle fluctuations of your connection much better than some other cable modems. Alan Orton wrote in message <[email hidden]>...

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>Thanks I'll look into it. > >Charlie B (Hans) wrote: >> >> I dont know what brand of cable modem you have now, but beg your cable >> provider for a different one. I went from a lan city (always dropped from >> races) to a surfboard (never get tossed unless the host goes down). >> seriously like night and day, the whole time i thought it had to be my

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>> provider, but it was the modem droppin packets the whole time. >> >> Alan Orton wrote in message <[email hidden]>... >> >Your not the only one, I too have a disco problem with GPL while using >> >my cable modem. Any other game online is flawless, it's weird. >> > There are some servers for gpl that are totally perfect and I have >> >never discoed ,warped or have had clock smashes with them. I just wish >> >there was more of them. This is the main reason why I'm not racing gpl >> >as much as I used to, it does get frustrating, especially if your in a >> >league. >> >Just check your hops/Route to the game server, some times you'll notice >> >a bad hop that keeps timing out and that could cause a disco. Maybe the >> >only thing you can do is report the bad hops to your ISP and maybe they >> >will take some action on the hop to get it shut down or force the >> >organization to fix it. When I hook up to any UK server I find there is >> >a bunch of Servers in New York City area run by the same company that is >> >just Horrible and it shuts me down every time. Maybe if people start >> >complaining about some of the sub par servers out there the internet >> >would be much better. You may get a 80ms ping but that's useless if only >> >5 of 10 packets make it. >> >But gpl does seem to be sensitive to cable modem's and packet loss. >> >One Big bad Apple can ruin the whole bunch. ;) >> > >> >Btw I'm using Rogers @Home around the Kitchener area. I rarely have a >> >problem going out west but it's usually hopless<g> going east. >> > >> >Good Luck. >> > >> >Willem wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> i'm in my 3 monthly period of driving GPL like a madman... >> >> Now i recently switched to cable...coming from a lowly 28k8. >> >> Now the pings to several servers are extrrrrrremly good...under 100ms >> >> and no loss. >> >> However...i have yet to finsish a race...all the ones i was in kicked >> >> me out after xx laps with 'unacceptable thruput' >> >> I allmost never had this when i was still on my modem...maybe 1 out of >> >> 20 races it happened...now with cable it's all the time... >> >> SO is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and is there anything i >> >> can do to improve things? >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Willem >> >> >> >> ps..if this arrives double blame my excellent news server...urgh

"Willem" <[email hidden]> wrote: > So is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and > is there anything i can do to improve things? I recently ditched my Motorola cable modem in favor of an ADSL connection for exactly the same reason - I couldn't stay connected to servers. The first thing I noticed when tracing routes to servers is the that the ADSL guys seem to have their networks sorted out far better than the cable modem companies. For me, there is at least 7 hops to any backbone using @Home, with the SBC ADSL connection it is three to any backbone. Also ping times within the ADSL network are in the teens, within the cable modem network they sometimes varied widely (as high a 300 within the @Home network itself). The second thing I noticed is that the ADSL connection offers far better upstream bandwidth. I never got over 8 Kbytes/s with the cable modem (only slightly better than a 56k modem), with the ADSL connection I routinely see 24 Kbytes/s. Not that I could host a race on @Home as they block incoming connection. Not a problem with ADSL though. Additionaly, ADSL in my case offers better downstream bandwidth. This came as a bit of a surprise, but I routinely see 2 - 3 times more throughput. So far I haven't suffered a single disco racing GPL online, nor have I had any network outages - something I suffered through with @Home at least three times a week for the entire four months I was a subscriber. As always your mileage may vary, - George

Willem, I have the same modem, and allmost never have problems during online races. Only two times that I can remember, because both times it was during a league race :((( I don't know much about cable modems, but I went to http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/index.shtml and did some of the registry tweaks. I haven't had a single problem since then, but I did this only a week ago, so I didn't have enough testing time to be sure yet. I don't get this Chello thing by the way. My provider was Gelrevision, which has been taken over by UPS, and lately I recieved a letter that I will be migrated to Chello. Oh well, even with the problems I had, the connection is mostly very good, and before I had my cable connection I had phone bills of around 600-700 Guilders, so I'm still very pleased with my cable connection :) Andre On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 18:44:39 +0100, Willem <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi, > >Mine is a com21 comport 1000 cable modem. >I have no idea if this is a good or a 'bad' modem. >All i know is that asking my provider for a different modem will >result in the general responce 'up yours'. >This ISP has a monopoly and their customer service is widely know as >non exsistant... >Those who've watched the GP might have seen it on the new arrows >car... >The 'chello broadband' advertising on it....that's my provider...and >really they should have taken that advertising money and put it into >improving their network instead....sigh >I'd like to hear people's experiences with this modem cause i'm pretty >sure a lot of dutchies might be using this provider and this cable >modem... > >Cheers, >Willem

I'd blame your situation on your cable co. George M. Smiley wrote in message ...

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>"Willem" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> So is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and >> is there anything i can do to improve things? > >I recently ditched my Motorola cable modem in favor >of an ADSL connection for exactly the same reason - I >couldn't stay connected to servers. > >The first thing I noticed when tracing routes to >servers is the that the ADSL guys seem to have their >networks sorted out far better than the cable modem >companies. For me, there is at least 7 hops to any >backbone using @Home, with the SBC ADSL >connection it is three to any backbone. Also ping >times within the ADSL network are in the teens, within >the cable modem network they sometimes varied widely >(as high a 300 within the @Home network itself). > >The second thing I noticed is that the ADSL >connection offers far better upstream bandwidth. >I never got over 8 Kbytes/s with the cable modem >(only slightly better than a 56k modem), with the >ADSL connection I routinely see 24 Kbytes/s. >Not that I could host a race on @Home as they >block incoming connection. Not a problem with >ADSL though. > >Additionaly, ADSL in my case offers better >downstream bandwidth. This came as a bit of a >surprise, but I routinely see 2 - 3 times more >throughput. > >So far I haven't suffered a single disco racing GPL >online, nor have I had any network outages - >something I suffered through with @Home at >least three times a week for the entire four months >I was a subscriber. > >As always your mileage may vary, > > - George > > > >

I don't think that would help much... Andre On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 21:19:47 GMT, "Charlie B (Hans)" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I'd blame your situation on your cable co. > >George M. Smiley wrote in message ... >>"Willem" <[email hidden]> wrote: >>> So is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and >>> is there anything i can do to improve things? >>

> I have never had a download slower than 10kb/s and I've hit 78 > with averages around 40 (time of day dependent of course) Same here, but I have hit as high as 171 kbytes/s with ADSL though. So, twice as fast as stated before. - George

Sorry to drag this on, but I was given a Terayon buy Rogers (Ontario Can.) Are they as bas as the Lan City? Marshall McLean

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> Willem, I have the same modem, and allmost never have problems during > online races. Only two times that I can remember, because both times > it was during a league race :((( > I don't know much about cable modems, but I went to > http://www.speedguide.net/Cable_modems/index.shtml > and did some of the registry tweaks. I haven't had a single problem > since then, but I did this only a week ago, so I didn't have enough > testing time to be sure yet. > I don't get this Chello thing by the way. My provider was Gelrevision, > which has been taken over by UPS, and lately I recieved a letter that > I will be migrated to Chello. > Oh well, even with the problems I had, the connection is mostly very > good, and before I had my cable connection I had phone bills of around > 600-700 Guilders, so I'm still very pleased with my cable connection > :) > Andre > >Hi, > >Mine is a com21 comport 1000 cable modem. > >I have no idea if this is a good or a 'bad' modem. > >All i know is that asking my provider for a different modem will > >result in the general responce 'up yours'. > >This ISP has a monopoly and their customer service is widely know as > >non exsistant... > >Those who've watched the GP might have seen it on the new arrows > >car... > >The 'chello broadband' advertising on it....that's my provider...and > >really they should have taken that advertising money and put it into > >improving their network instead....sigh > >I'd like to hear people's experiences with this modem cause i'm pretty > >sure a lot of dutchies might be using this provider and this cable > >modem... > >Cheers, > >Willem

never had a download slower than 10kb/s and I've hit 78 with averages around 40 (time of day dependent of course) Marshall McLean

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> > So is there a catch to GPL and cable modems?...and > > is there anything i can do to improve things? > I recently ditched my Motorola cable modem in favor > of an ADSL connection for exactly the same reason - I > couldn't stay connected to servers. > The first thing I noticed when tracing routes to > servers is the that the ADSL guys seem to have their > networks sorted out far better than the cable modem > companies. For me, there is at least 7 hops to any > connection it is three to any backbone. Also ping > times within the ADSL network are in the ***s, within > the cable modem network they sometimes varied widely > The second thing I noticed is that the ADSL > connection offers far better upstream bandwidth. > I never got over 8 Kbytes/s with the cable modem > (only slightly better than a 56k modem), with the > ADSL connection I routinely see 24 Kbytes/s. > block incoming connection. Not a problem with > ADSL though. > Additionaly, ADSL in my case offers better > downstream bandwidth. This came as a bit of a > surprise, but I routinely see 2 - 3 times more > throughput. > So far I haven't suffered a single disco racing GPL > online, nor have I had any network outages - > least three times a week for the entire four months > I was a subscriber. > As always your mileage may vary, > - George

better than 0kb/s. Sadly installer arrived 6 hours late and wasn't able to complete the external work up the pole (as by then it was 9pm and heavy rain) so when he did that the next day I wasn't in so we couldn't confirm connection worked .... which it didn't. After a brief conversation with tech support (they confirmed that they couldn't "see" the modem from their end) they scheduled an engineer visit at the first opportunity ... which was FIVE weeks later (after complaining I was even told I'd been elevated to the "must fix asap" list but no earlier date has been forthcoming) - so hopefully by the end of this week something may have been sorted out. Perhaps then I can see if it helps with GPL :-) Sorry, this is off GPL-topic but, as you may gather, I'm a little less taking 5 weeks to sort out an outage is reasonable)! At least I managed to convince them to give me an extra months credit so that my free trial month of their "no risk deal(tm)" covers a month when I can actually use the servive to determine if its worth keeping. have > never had a download slower than 10kb/s and I've hit 78 with averages around > 40 (time of day dependent of course) > Marshall McLean Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

In article <azPy4.2208$[email hidden]>, "George M. Smiley" <[email hidden]> wrote: > "Willem" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Not that I could host a race on @Home as they > block incoming connection. Not a problem with > ADSL though. > Is that correct that you can't host a race? I seem to recall that several of the guys in our league who host races have @home e-mail addresses. Could this be more a function of your cable provider vs. the @home service itself? Doug Gordon Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

In article <azPy4.2208$[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says... > I recently ditched my Motorola cable modem in favor > of an ADSL connection for exactly the same reason - I > couldn't stay connected to servers. You guys don't know how lucky you are. The best I can do here in the internet-challenged UK is 64K on ISDN:-((( - Michael

"Doug Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Is that correct that you can't host a race? Could this be more > a function of your cable provider vs. the @home service itself? http://www.tci.net/pages/faq.html#CanIattachaservertoyournetwork - George

That does it. I've got Rogers Wave now and I'm going ADSL as some as it's in the neighborhood. [email hidden] (George M. Smiley) wrote in <2ayz4.4060$[email hidden]>:

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> >"Doug Gordon" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Is that correct that you can't host a race? Could this be more >> a function of your cable provider vs. the @home service itself? > >http://www.tci.net/pages/faq.html#CanIattachaservertoyournetwork > > - George > > > > >

-- Don Scurlock Vancouver,B.C.

I am on @Home, and I can host a GPL session. My brother-in-law has just got a Road Runner and we can race with each other rather well. I have had some discos, but only after I installed my voodoo2 adapter to compliment my TNT2. SLG On Tue, 14 Mar 2000 21:06:54 GMT, Doug Gordon <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>In article <azPy4.2208$[email hidden]>, >"George M. Smiley" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> "Willem" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> Not that I could host a race on @Home as they >> block incoming connection. Not a problem with >> ADSL though. >> > >Is that correct that you can't host a race? I seem to recall that >several of the guys in our league who host races have @home e-mail >addresses. Could this be more a function of your cable provider vs. the >@home service itself? > > Doug Gordon > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy.