Which config would you go with???

[FragTek]

Ok so I've found a plethora of AWESOME cable configs on the Adelphia network, and now I need to debate which one I want to stick with....

Here are the two that are in question:

Config #1 - 9mbit down / 3.5mbit up

or...

Config #2 - 19mbit down / 2.5mbit up

The download on config 2 is just INSANE and has a pretty good upload speed as well. But, I definately like the extra 1mb upload that config 1 has to offer.

Which config would you choose??

 

[enVias]

Config #1 - Love the upload and it's also better in games due to lower latency

 

[FarFarAway]

Hmm yeah upload=nice...but 19mb download

 

[FragTek]

19mb down is pretty freakin' insane!

 

[Raven]

would go for 9/3.5

got 8 down and thats more then enough

their is no difference between 24/24 and 8/1 when it comes to surfing and 8/1 is faster than most fileservers can handle today.

 

[Phnom_Penh]

Config #1 - Love the upload and it's also better in games due to lower latency

Not really. Cable itself has a lower latency than other alternatives such as xDSL, but games won't create enough udp or tcp traffic on a 9mb connection to cause any extra lag then there would be on a 19mb connection.

 

[FragTek]

I've only been able to find one download server so far that's let me download from em @ over 2000kb/s which is pretty insane... Makes for nearly instantaneous downloads.

On the other hand, I'm a huge torrent seeder and the 3.5mb up is nuts clocking in @ over 400kb/s upstream while seeding some large high demand files

 

[Raven]

and the 3.5mb up is nuts clocking in @ over 400kb/s upstream

thats why i would chose thehigher upload.

upload is what i always feel is limited with the 8/1 connection i have.

 

[Raging]

I would go for 19mbit down / 2.5mbit up,but more on the upload would be nice for games i must admit,but downloading large files upto some 4.5gb+

19mbit would come in handy,still 9mbit is not bad at all.

cheers.

 

[JN]

IMO, the difference between a 2.5mb upload and a 3.5mb upload isnt much, and i doubt you'd hardly ever notice it, however, the difference between 9 & 19mb is huge, and you'd see that in EVERYTHING you do on the net.

 

[enVias]

Not really. Cable itself has a lower latency than other alternatives such as xDSL, but games won't create enough udp or tcp traffic on a 9mb connection to cause any extra lag then there would be on a 19mb connection.

yar, look at 'max pause'. i'm pretty sure that's latency isn't it?

 

[Phnom_Penh]

I'm a huge torrent seeder

Pheer teh men in white RIAA coats .

yar, look at 'max pause'. i'm pretty sure that's latency isn't it?

yes. But that test will probably use packets at full MTU. games won't. It's also a round trip, so the latency given in the test is likely to be dependant on other connections. The RTT is higher on the first connection than the second.