Roger Highspeed Lite?

[Finnkc]

is this IP any good they say it's 128kbs down and 64kbs up.

 

[RM99]

depends on how much speed you need, 128kbs is around 16k/s and 64kbs is 8k/s, so this is around 4 times faster then dial-up. if you do any seious downloading this is really slow. A 5mb file will take you just over 5mins to download.

 

[Finnkc]

could you play most online games ?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Finnkc
could you play most online games ?

Dear sweet lord almighty no.

I had enough trouble with Rogers "non-Lite" when I used it. Ping spikes to three digits, periodic disconnects, and days of downtime.

I assume they mean "128KB/s" and not kilobits ... if not, that translates to roughly twice a 56k modem.

- M4H

 

[StraightPipe]

no thats shtty, I get 1600/700ish on my dsl (bellsouth.net)

what kind of modem connection is it?

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: StraightPipe
no thats shtty, I get 1600/700ish on my dsl (bellsouth.net)

what kind of modem connection is it?

Rogers is cable, so that would also be "peak" numbers.

Which is why I state that your "average" service will be utter ass.

- M4H

 

[Finnkc]

oh ok I was just wondering ... it's 19.99 month and Rogers Highspeed is around 45-50 month.

 

[Gaunt]

Rogers sells their Hi-Speed Lite as being twice as fast as dial-up, so the numbers given, are actually correct. This doesn't account for shared bandwidth problems, etc.

Depending on your area, Rogers isn't really that bad anymore. Since they switched from @Home, I've seen major increases in uptime, and have absolutely no problems playing online games... and I've got a roommate who's a fairly hardcore online gamer taking up part of my bandwidth. Of course, this is the non-lite service... With only 128kb/s of bandwidth, there's not alot of room for more than 1 person to play an online game. As for downtime, I haven't noticed any in quite a while, probably a year or so, although I'm sure it's happened, just at times I'm not around. Speeds are good, matching what they specify, which is 1.5Mb down and 192kbs up... which unfortunately is exactly HALF of what they offered when under @Home, except with these numbers, you actually get what you pay for....

I realize this doesn't help you decide on HighSpeed Lite, but it really depends on what you need it for. If you only have one computer that will be playing games and downloading, chances are, you will be fine. 16k/s is enough to play an online game and use voice chat at the same time, and the latency involved will be much less than using a regular modem, meaning better pings in online games. If you need more bandwidth, consider the non-lite version.

For reference, I'm in eastern Ontario, Canada... I've got no clue what rogers' service is like elsewhere.

Edit: Typos 'a plenty

 

[Howard]

I have Rogers and I'm getting 350KB/s down and 45KB/s up. For free, no less.

 

[Gaunt]

Ya, my speeds were similar before they cut them in half in May 2002 and didn't tell anybody about it...

DON'T THINK I DIDN'T NOTICE, Rogers!

 

[Finnkc]

I would be in Toronto using it. I think the High speed is the way to go for me anyway. It's just me and my girlfirend using 2 computers maybe 3 but only 2 would ever be using high bandwidth at the same time.

Anyway I think the Rogers lite is too lite .... go figure