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June 18, 2008 at 11:36 AM #224876June 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM #224897RockemsockParticipant
you don’t need a “fat pipe” for online gaming…but a fast connection is a big benefit. Just try playing a FPS game on a dial-up and you’ll quickly see how important your speed is to the gaming experience. “He was right in the middle of my cross-hairs when i shot him…why isn’t he dead!” Well, because he wasn’t really where your computer said he was…your computer was giving you outdated information (by just a fraction of a second, but still outdated)…so actually he wasn’t in your cross-hairs when you fired the weapon…he was a few feet to the left…and now he’s right next to you…and now he’s stabbed you in the back with his knife…now you’re dead…wow, this isn’t that fun…I’m going back to Zork.
June 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM #224909RockemsockParticipantyou don’t need a “fat pipe” for online gaming…but a fast connection is a big benefit. Just try playing a FPS game on a dial-up and you’ll quickly see how important your speed is to the gaming experience. “He was right in the middle of my cross-hairs when i shot him…why isn’t he dead!” Well, because he wasn’t really where your computer said he was…your computer was giving you outdated information (by just a fraction of a second, but still outdated)…so actually he wasn’t in your cross-hairs when you fired the weapon…he was a few feet to the left…and now he’s right next to you…and now he’s stabbed you in the back with his knife…now you’re dead…wow, this isn’t that fun…I’m going back to Zork.
June 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM #224941RockemsockParticipantyou don’t need a “fat pipe” for online gaming…but a fast connection is a big benefit. Just try playing a FPS game on a dial-up and you’ll quickly see how important your speed is to the gaming experience. “He was right in the middle of my cross-hairs when i shot him…why isn’t he dead!” Well, because he wasn’t really where your computer said he was…your computer was giving you outdated information (by just a fraction of a second, but still outdated)…so actually he wasn’t in your cross-hairs when you fired the weapon…he was a few feet to the left…and now he’s right next to you…and now he’s stabbed you in the back with his knife…now you’re dead…wow, this isn’t that fun…I’m going back to Zork.
June 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM #224789RockemsockParticipantyou don’t need a “fat pipe” for online gaming…but a fast connection is a big benefit. Just try playing a FPS game on a dial-up and you’ll quickly see how important your speed is to the gaming experience. “He was right in the middle of my cross-hairs when i shot him…why isn’t he dead!” Well, because he wasn’t really where your computer said he was…your computer was giving you outdated information (by just a fraction of a second, but still outdated)…so actually he wasn’t in your cross-hairs when you fired the weapon…he was a few feet to the left…and now he’s right next to you…and now he’s stabbed you in the back with his knife…now you’re dead…wow, this isn’t that fun…I’m going back to Zork.
June 18, 2008 at 1:19 PM #224957RockemsockParticipantyou don’t need a “fat pipe” for online gaming…but a fast connection is a big benefit. Just try playing a FPS game on a dial-up and you’ll quickly see how important your speed is to the gaming experience. “He was right in the middle of my cross-hairs when i shot him…why isn’t he dead!” Well, because he wasn’t really where your computer said he was…your computer was giving you outdated information (by just a fraction of a second, but still outdated)…so actually he wasn’t in your cross-hairs when you fired the weapon…he was a few feet to the left…and now he’s right next to you…and now he’s stabbed you in the back with his knife…now you’re dead…wow, this isn’t that fun…I’m going back to Zork.
June 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM #224946SmellsFeeshyParticipantAnyone know if a similar deal exists with Time Warner? Currently I pay slightly over $100/month for cable TV/internet. It would be nice if I could reduce that a bit.
June 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM #224992SmellsFeeshyParticipantAnyone know if a similar deal exists with Time Warner? Currently I pay slightly over $100/month for cable TV/internet. It would be nice if I could reduce that a bit.
June 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM #224974SmellsFeeshyParticipantAnyone know if a similar deal exists with Time Warner? Currently I pay slightly over $100/month for cable TV/internet. It would be nice if I could reduce that a bit.
June 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM #224931SmellsFeeshyParticipantAnyone know if a similar deal exists with Time Warner? Currently I pay slightly over $100/month for cable TV/internet. It would be nice if I could reduce that a bit.
June 18, 2008 at 2:34 PM #224825SmellsFeeshyParticipantAnyone know if a similar deal exists with Time Warner? Currently I pay slightly over $100/month for cable TV/internet. It would be nice if I could reduce that a bit.
June 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM #225318moneymakerParticipantActually Cox has 4 different speeds. There are somewhat significant differences between them. They are economy,value.preferred.and premiere. I use to have premiere and downgraded to preferred, I didn’t think I would notice the difference in speed but I did. Of course like anything once you get used to it, it seems fine. The majority of people have the preferred like I do because that used to be the only speed available when cox launched their high speed internet. There is a lot to consider, how fast your computer is, how much do you use the internet, how much do you upload (premiere has an upload speed of 1M) I believe the ping times are all the same, but I could be wrong. By the way I don’t think DSL can match the 2 top speeds Cox offers, and they are going to do another speed boost in July.
June 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM #225427moneymakerParticipantActually Cox has 4 different speeds. There are somewhat significant differences between them. They are economy,value.preferred.and premiere. I use to have premiere and downgraded to preferred, I didn’t think I would notice the difference in speed but I did. Of course like anything once you get used to it, it seems fine. The majority of people have the preferred like I do because that used to be the only speed available when cox launched their high speed internet. There is a lot to consider, how fast your computer is, how much do you use the internet, how much do you upload (premiere has an upload speed of 1M) I believe the ping times are all the same, but I could be wrong. By the way I don’t think DSL can match the 2 top speeds Cox offers, and they are going to do another speed boost in July.
June 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM #225443moneymakerParticipantActually Cox has 4 different speeds. There are somewhat significant differences between them. They are economy,value.preferred.and premiere. I use to have premiere and downgraded to preferred, I didn’t think I would notice the difference in speed but I did. Of course like anything once you get used to it, it seems fine. The majority of people have the preferred like I do because that used to be the only speed available when cox launched their high speed internet. There is a lot to consider, how fast your computer is, how much do you use the internet, how much do you upload (premiere has an upload speed of 1M) I believe the ping times are all the same, but I could be wrong. By the way I don’t think DSL can match the 2 top speeds Cox offers, and they are going to do another speed boost in July.
June 19, 2008 at 9:26 AM #225472moneymakerParticipantActually Cox has 4 different speeds. There are somewhat significant differences between them. They are economy,value.preferred.and premiere. I use to have premiere and downgraded to preferred, I didn’t think I would notice the difference in speed but I did. Of course like anything once you get used to it, it seems fine. The majority of people have the preferred like I do because that used to be the only speed available when cox launched their high speed internet. There is a lot to consider, how fast your computer is, how much do you use the internet, how much do you upload (premiere has an upload speed of 1M) I believe the ping times are all the same, but I could be wrong. By the way I don’t think DSL can match the 2 top speeds Cox offers, and they are going to do another speed boost in July.
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