T1 to Internet for On-Line Gaming

[YNos]

wow, dont know where you guys are getting your pricing from...but i am am splitting a t1 with a few friends, we pay $299 per month. i got a cisco CPA1005 &amp; CSU <old i know, but i am not doing nat on it> for $45 off ebay. we have 4 ip's. the router was slow when we tried nat'ing thru, but we just ended up using dedicate firewallboxes of our chice. <all some form of BSD or another.>

 

[ColdZero]

At one location we pay $129 a month for a 8mb/1mb cable line. Its located in a residential area, so we are on the opposite of the peak times, so we pretty much maintain that speed all the time....its nice.

 

[Tazanator]

Originally posted by: Polishwonder74
Oooohhh baby, now you got me interested. So the bottom line would be like $1,500 - $2,000 in equipment to get started, and like $500 - $700 per month in fees?

I'm envisioning a server farm in my basement for CS, DoD, and BF1942. Do you think a shmuck like me living in a residential neighborhood could pull that off? I figure you're the guy to ask since you're a salesman and all.

Thanks for humoring me. Now I just need to get out of college and get a real job so I can make my dream come true.

Well I've seen a T1 router with firewall and all that for ~$1200 new. companies called imagestream, I got one configed for DSL with a backup dialup, NAT firewall, yada yada... it's on the level of cisco for performance (sales rep claims better - not like I'd know on a DSL) but the price was real good.

 

[bpatters69]

Originally posted by: YNos
wow, dont know where you guys are getting your pricing from...but i am am splitting a t1 with a few friends, we pay $299 per month. i got a cisco CPA1005 &amp; CSU <old i know, but i am not doing nat on it> for $45 off ebay. we have 4 ip's. the router was slow when we tried nat'ing thru, but we just ended up using dedicate firewallboxes of our chice. <all some form of BSD or another.>

I am not trying to be smart but the old saying of "you get what you pay for applies". Anyone can oversell bandwidth to the point that you never get a full T1. Some may not care as they only need 512 or 768k. When I compare our service with other companies, I am comparing us to AT&amp;T, UUnet, Sprint and Qwest.

 

[VirtualLarry]

I would think that the first $3K or so, for a serious "hardcore professional gamer", would probably be better spent on a state-of-the-art gaming rig rather than the internet connection (use DSL instead?), but what do I know.

I do happen to know someone that was in the top-ten internet rankings for UT, and he could still play at my place over DSL, using a relatively slow and crappy system, and still own. Using a better system, I was lucky to get into the top three spots on those servers, even with just as good a ping. (I do much better, playing on LAN games - I'm not sure why.)

Just as important as the connection speed (I assume dedicated bandwidth with a T1), would be how it is connected to the internet, peering points, etc., and where the other players are located, network-wise, in relation to him. Unless he's hosting, then if there is a slow/overloaded router between him and whomever is hosting, and someone else is "closer", network-wise, then a T1 probably wouldn't help that much.

What are the ping times like on a ("residential") T1 anyways? I'm rather curious.

 

[mboy]

I am lucky with Cablevision's OOL, I get a VERY consistent 9+mb down and 1mb up for $50.

If the guy wants an edge in onlien gaming, tell him to practice a lot!