Thinking of moving to idnet

[GameR]

hi guys an thinking of moving from nilly service sucks now and has been for a long time,and idnet has caught my eye,what like is it for gaming?.Now am not really sure which package to go for homemax or the super one,was thinking more of the super one for the faster upload speed,will this make any diff to ping times.Atm am on 8meg and 448 (Kbps.) will i see any diff at all,or would i just be better of going with the homemax one and save a tenner .

[Rik]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm not a gamer, but many others here are and will hopefully give you an opinion shortly. From what I have seen, though, ping times are generally good. With interleaving on, my UK pings are usually in the 21-25ms range.

SuperMax will, as you say, give you faster uploads, but it won't improve ping times. Unless you really need the extra speed upstream, I suspect you would be better on the Home Max package. Bear in mind that you can change packages free of charge as long as they are on the same underlying BT product, so switching to or from SuperMax would incur a charge.

[RobMc]

On the other hand I have interleaving on and get pings of about 44ms. I'm no longer a gamer (when I was anything below 100ms was considered good!).

Rob.

[MoHux]

Interleaving 'On';

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=59
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 26ms, Average = 25ms

With interleaving off - deduct 10ms from each reading.

HTH

[Simon_idnet]

SuperMax should actually improve ping times because the package utilises the BT Max Premium product which enjoys high prioritisaion across BT's network over standard Max.
Simon

[GameR]

i have never had interleaving on never needed it allways syncs at full speed i dont need to have it on if i join? was hoping it be left as it is.am just waiting on my mac code so idnet here i come

[Rik]

You don't need to have interleaving on to join IDNet, it's just that those of us responding do happen to have it on, so we're qualifying our ping times as being 'slowed' by interleaving.

[Lance]

If it's any help, I don't have interleaving, and I'm on the normal, not supermax, package. Here are my pings...

C:\Documents and Settings\Lance>pinger

C:\Documents and Settings\Lance>ping idnet.net -w 1000 -n 10

Pinging idnet.net [212.69.36.10] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=61
Reply from 212.69.36.10: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 212.69.36.10:
    Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 17ms, Average = 15ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Lance>ping bbc.co.uk -w 1000 -n 10

Pinging bbc.co.uk [212.58.224.131] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=122
Reply from 212.58.224.131: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=122

Ping statistics for 212.58.224.131:
    Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 14ms, Maximum = 17ms, Average = 15ms

[GameR]

got my mac code today and couldnt sign up quick enough to get away from that sinking ship meant to be up and running on the 20th before 6 pm heres hoping, i ended up going for the supermax so we see if it any better then this isp.

[J!ll]

Am sure it will be! 

[Lance]

Hope the migration goes ok!

[lumi]

i,d be interested to see if u get same issues as me

see

http://www.idnetters.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,3351.0.html

its not idnets fault it the routing node  run by above.net

[Inactive]

got my mac code today and couldnt sign up quick enough to get away from that sinking ship meant to be up and running on the 20th before 6 pm heres hoping, i ended up going for the supermax so we see if it any better then this isp.

Look forward to seeing you here as a fully fledged Idnetter.

The overwhelming majority of members are delighted with IDNet.

[GameR]

Well am hoping so anyway,not long now hehe then ill see for my self.