Wireless Broadband question

Veire

Hey guys,
A few weeks ago I heard the great news that my area (turloghmore, Galway) was going to be covered by a new wireless Broadband node placed <5 miles away and within the node range.
Two questions though,
1) Main reason to get it would be to play games at a more acceptable pace and less lag , could anyone tell me if wireless BB is suitable for games, I want something to hold a steady ping but I heard wireless BB can be up and down, or it that just satellite Broadband?

2) From what I read, Irish Broadband seems to be the main isp behind it or I could be wrong, but the node would be there for all isp's free to tap into if they offer wireless broadband? And I'm wondering could someone tell me the best isp for wireless Broadband.

Kind regards.

syklops

Do not get wireless if you play games only. Latency is the main concern on wireless broadband. It is rare to get below 40ms with a wireless connection, whereas with dsl 20ms is common.

Also small changes in environment can cause your latency to spike to much greater figures, which would be really annying if your about to get the most number of kills in CS, and then your ass gets pwned due to latency.

Wireless is fine for downloading, but the latency kills you in games. If you get it and then complain about latency, the ISP will shrug their shoulders and say "there is nothing we can do, you signed up for wireless".

And the sales agent you talk to won't be able to spell latency, not to mind tell you how it will affect you.

JohnnieM

Veire wrote:

Hey guys,
A few weeks ago I heard the great news that my area (turloghmore, Galway) was going to be covered by a new wireless Broadband node placed <5 miles away and within the node range.
Two questions though,
1) Main reason to get it would be to play games at a more acceptable pace and less lag , could anyone tell me if wireless BB is suitable for games, I want something to hold a steady ping but I heard wireless BB can be up and down, or it that just satellite Broadband?

2) From what I read, Irish Broadband seems to be the main isp behind it or I could be wrong, but the node would be there for all isp's free to tap into if they offer wireless broadband? And I'm wondering could someone tell me the best isp for wireless Broadband.

Kind regards.

The best is ice comm.ie..but they not out that far yet...... true fixed wireless access doesnt have any latency issues but a lot of isp's including irish bb are using satellite as their backhaul.. and thets a big problem..

Chaz

syklops wrote:

Do not get wireless if you play games only. Latency is the main concern on wireless broadband. It is rare to get below 40ms with a wireless connection, whereas with dsl 20ms is common.

Also small changes in environment can cause your latency to spike to much greater figures, which would be really annying if your about to get the most number of kills in CS, and then your ass gets pwned due to latency.

Wireless is fine for downloading, but the latency kills you in games. If you get it and then complain about latency, the ISP will shrug their shoulders and say "there is nothing we can do, you signed up for wireless".

And the sales agent you talk to won't be able to spell latency, not to mind tell you how it will affect you.

Where do you get this info that wireless is typically 40ms? There are so many factors that affect this. Links could do anything from 1ms to 100's depending on the technology and system in use.

Chaz

JohnnieM wrote:

The best is ice comm.ie..but they not out that far yet...... true fixed wireless access doesnt have any latency issues but a lot of isp's including irish bb are using satellite as their backhaul.. and thets a big problem..

Not going to comment on other providers, but where did you get this info - very general and incorrect.

damien

JohnnieM wrote:

The best is ice comm.ie..but they not out that far yet...... true fixed wireless access doesnt have any latency issues but a lot of isp's including irish bb are using satellite as their backhaul.. and thets a big problem..

What a load of bollox.

syklops

Where do you get this info that wireless is typically 40ms? There are so many factors that affect this. Links could do anything from 1ms to 100's depending on the technology and system in use.

Because I used to work for a wireless broadband provider. Was talking to a mate on msn a few mins ago and got him to do a ping to Dublin Airports Wireless BTS.

These are the results:
100 packets transmitted, 100 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 15.338/38.656/81.558/24.735 ms

This is not the best connection, but it is also not the worst. Alot of things can affect latency, including the weather. As a result of so many different things causing it, if you get a problem with it, the ISP will either not be able to fix it, or spend ages trying to do so.

true fixed wireless access doesnt have any latency issues but a lot of isp's including irish bb are using satellite as their backhaul

Define true fixed wireless.

As for the satellite comment, I dont know where you got it but its a load of bollo*ks. Most wireless ISP's use SDH's for their back haul. Not Satellites!