it is an always on connection i average over 100 kb/s on my connection card. that is just about as good as i would when i was useing dsl. and the upload speeds are just as fast as any dsl connection

i maintain my stance it is a broad band connection

not the same speeds as cable yet but when the evolution hits the market look out! bye bye cable

stevelvl said:
it is an always on connection i average over 100 kb/s on my connection card. that is just about as good as i would when i was useing dsl. and the upload speeds are just as fast as any dsl connection

i maintain my stance it is a broad band connection

not the same speeds as cable yet but when the evolution hits the market look out! bye bye cable

DSL, on average, runs at speeds of about 1-1.5 mbps. Usually, upload speeds average around 256kbps. With Sprint's connection card I've seen average speeds of 60-80kbps, with bursts up to 144mbps...never faster. And having an always on connection doesn't mean you're using a broadband connection.

Muchdrama,
I think what is lacking is a clear definition of broadband. I don't have one but anyone out there with on please help.

SPCSVZWJeff said:
Muchdrama,
I think what is lacking is a clear definition of broadband. I don't have one but anyone out there with on please help.

It all has to do with the highly technical subject of what we in the gaming culture call: "Mine is bigger than yours."

Also, Cable will never be replaced by anything other than fiber-optics because of the necesity for uninterupted stream-data. Online games can't run as smooth on wireless data. If you ever see a Lan-party, you'll rarely ever see wireless network cards and hubs, we always use Cat-V, etc...

i have to disagree with you on the never useing wifi for online gameing. with cable wifi is just as good as cat5 cable. it runs my Ghost recon and raven scield just as good as my cat5 does.

when i am on the road i even use my sprint connection card. and yes right now it is no where near my cable connection. it is amazeing how good it runs. i do not have the bandwidth to host but i can play atleast. the connection is significantly notisable compared to a dial up connection and i would say just a step below the dsl that i used to have.

and as to some one that mentioned 1-1.5 mb dsl has any one ever seen that in the real world??? the big flaw with dsl is that if you are not within the first three miles of the hub connection speed drops ...
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and yes i do know that sprint does provide some dsl but it only provides them in markets where sprint is the only high speed internet proider. as in rule towns and in vegas.

but as a whole sprint has chosen to keep it's nose ot of dsl

stevelvl said:
i have to disagree with you on the never useing wifi for online gameing. with cable wifi is just as good as cat5 cable. it runs my Ghost recon and raven scield just as good as my cat5 does.



and as to some one that mentioned 1-1.5 mb dsl has any one ever seen that in the real world??? the big flaw with dsl is that if you are not within the first three miles of the hub connection speed drops drastically. dsl sucks and that is why sprint will not do it. we would rather provide the fiber for the companies that do offer it (earthlink and roadrunner)

Steve, VZW was referring to the fact that Cat5 cable offers better latency than WiFi networks. And if you're a gamer and you're hooked up to a L...
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SPCSVZWJeff said:
Muchdrama,
I think what is lacking is a clear definition of broadband. I don't have one but anyone out there with on please help.

Ewwwwww, a clear definition of broadband? Uh, let's see. A broadband connection will support a much larger data stream at much faster speeds. When you consider that a 56k connection equals about 8 kilo bytes per second, I'd say that a connection of at LEAST 300-500 kbps equals a broadband stream. Anyone else want to take a stab at a layman's explantion?