slightly OT: CompuServe 2000 ISP

This is a little out of bounds, but does have some relevance and I couldn't find a specific NG to ask, so here goes: Is anybody familiar with CompuServe 2000 as a ISP? Is it good, specifically, how well does it work with online games such as NASCAR, GPL, Quake, GameStorm, Heat, Kali, whatever..... equally important is things like RealAudio and video performance.... for general purposes such as Internet and downloading in general, I'm not worried, but when it comes to games, I know that not all ISP's work as well as others.... I currently use Mindspring, how good is CS compared to it.... I am considering trying it, but what I'm looking at requires a 3 year commitment, and if I have to keep Mindspring for *** and such, it's no bueno.... Thanks a lot and e-mail replies are more than welcome if this is too OT...... ~Ben~

I used to have mindspring, and then I switched to ATT Worldnet. What a difference that was, ATT is so much better than Mindspring it aint funny. -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Adam Zerlin GT Insider Webmaster www.gtinsider.com ------------------------------------------------------------ GT International Championship Organsier http;//spcargt.sports-***.com ------------------------------------------------------------ >This is a little out of bounds, but does have some relevance and I couldn't find >a specific NG to ask, so here goes: >Is anybody familiar with CompuServe 2000 as a ISP? Is it good, specifically, how >well does it work with online games such as NASCAR, GPL, Quake, GameStorm, Heat, >Kali, whatever..... equally important is things like RealAudio and video >performance.... for general purposes such as Internet and downloading in >general, I'm not worried, but when it comes to games, I know that not all ISP's >work as well as others.... >I currently use Mindspring, how good is CS compared to it.... I am considering >trying it, but what I'm looking at requires a 3 year commitment, and if I have >to keep Mindspring for *** and such, it's no bueno.... >Thanks a lot and e-mail replies are more than welcome if this is too OT...... >~Ben~

I had the same experience. Tried Mindspring, they had great ping but lousy lag. Way slow. Then I tried Worldnet and it worked great in online *** kirk

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> I used to have mindspring, and then I switched to ATT Worldnet. What a > difference that was, ATT is so much better than Mindspring it aint funny. > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Adam Zerlin > GT Insider Webmaster > www.gtinsider.com > ------------------------------------------------------------ > GT International Championship Organsier > http;//spcargt.sports-***.com > ------------------------------------------------------------ > >This is a little out of bounds, but does have some relevance and I couldn't > find > >a specific NG to ask, so here goes: > >Is anybody familiar with CompuServe 2000 as a ISP? Is it good, > specifically, how > >well does it work with online games such as NASCAR, GPL, Quake, GameStorm, > Heat, > >Kali, whatever..... equally important is things like RealAudio and video > >performance.... for general purposes such as Internet and downloading in > >general, I'm not worried, but when it comes to games, I know that not all > ISP's > >work as well as others.... > >I currently use Mindspring, how good is CS compared to it.... I am > considering > >trying it, but what I'm looking at requires a 3 year commitment, and if I > have > >to keep Mindspring for *** and such, it's no bueno.... > >Thanks a lot and e-mail replies are more than welcome if this is too > OT...... > >~Ben~

>What was wrong with Mindspring, and how much are the fees at each? I don't know about ATT - Mindspring offers unlimited use for 19.95/month -- and while I really have had no complaints since signing up, I would have to agree about the slowness... has not been much more than a minor nuisance tho' -- (of course, before MindSpring, I was using AOL, so damn near anything would've knocked my socks off)

That's interesting, I'd like to hear how ATT is better, I've just switched to Mindspring from (cough) AOL and the improvement is tremendous. I haven't seen a warp in GPL since the switch, well except for the 0.10 sec lap I got at Monza one night, LOL! Ping times were cut by 2/3 with very low lats. If ATT is better, I want to check this out! don - stuck with phone lines but always in search of a better connection<g> [|]-(_)-[|]

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>I used to have mindspring, and then I switched to ATT Worldnet. What a >difference that was, ATT is so much better than Mindspring it aint funny. >-- >------------------------------------------------------------ >Adam Zerlin >GT Insider Webmaster >www.gtinsider.com >------------------------------------------------------------ >GT International Championship Organsier >http;//spcargt.sports-***.com >------------------------------------------------------------ >>This is a little out of bounds, but does have some relevance and I

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>find >>a specific NG to ask, so here goes: >>Is anybody familiar with CompuServe 2000 as a ISP? Is it good, >specifically, how >>well does it work with online games such as NASCAR, GPL, Quake, GameStorm, >Heat, >>Kali, whatever..... equally important is things like RealAudio and video >>performance.... for general purposes such as Internet and downloading in >>general, I'm not worried, but when it comes to games, I know that not all >ISP's >>work as well as others.... >>I currently use Mindspring, how good is CS compared to it.... I am >considering >>trying it, but what I'm looking at requires a 3 year commitment, and if I >have >>to keep Mindspring for *** and such, it's no bueno.... >>Thanks a lot and e-mail replies are more than welcome if this is too >OT...... >>~Ben~

writes: What was wrong with Mindspring, and how much are the fees at each? __ Put your message in a modem, and throw it in the ***-sea... remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

It varies, depending where you are. But generally Compuserve is not a good choice for online racing. High latencies. Bye, Leo

I assume you are looking at those $400 rebates. Sign up for a free month, and try it out on your current pc. Then if you like it, you can buy that new pc and get your rebate! One thing to consider though, 3 years is a long time. In the next couple of years, ADSL and cable are going to become more available and affordable. I wouldn't want to be locked into 19.95/month for 56k access for that long. Charlie