wireless broadband

JOEBEME · Post by **JOEBEME** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 8:29 pm

Hi,

I was one of the many unlucky att@home users to be shutdown in illinois since the early hours of december 1st. I have spoken to a tech, even though their message claims that it will take within 7 days to restore service, the tech told me that it could take up to one month. I have looked into my alternatives and found that http://www.starnetwx.com offers wireless broadband in my area. Even though it will differ for me, I was wondering if anyone who has wireless can answer a few general questions for me.

How is the latency? I play a lot of first person shooter games and i think that anything under 150ms is good.

Does weather effect my connection at all?

Is the download and upload speed consistent?

Can i share the connection with a linksys befsr41 cable/dsl router?

Thanks a lot for your help and time.

Joe

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 10:49 pm

if that service has anything to do with satellites and dishes... I suggest u don't get it because u love gaming.. and it's all about the ping

that service might provide u good ul and dl speeds but it won't give u a good ping because of the distance the signal has to travel to and from yer computer

A_old · Post by **A_old** » Sun Dec 02, 2001 10:55 pm

i think the wireless uses cell towers and u need to be somewhat close.. check into it tho. heard a bit bout it around a year ago and haven't heard much since

lost9999 · Post by **lost9999** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 4:17 pm

By what has been posted on AT&T's site you should be back up today or tomorrow. Here is the link.

http://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?n ... le_frmrtci

mattyx · Post by **mattyx** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 4:40 pm

or here:

http://www.att.com/press/item/0,1354,4101,00.html

JOEBEME · Post by **JOEBEME** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 5:03 pm

Thanks for the replies. I found this (http://wireless.iols.com/faq.htm#Comparison) on starnet's website.... maybe someone can interpret it better thank i can.
Thanks in advance.

Joe

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 5:09 pm

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lost9999 · Post by **lost9999** » Mon Dec 03, 2001 5:30 pm

Just word of advice, do not go to wireless if you wnat a stable connection. I was on Sprint's wireless for 6 months before I got @home. Believe me it really sucks. If you want to play games on the net forget it. It is too inconsistent.