what is a realitavly good ping for a 56k modem

[yammahoppy]

i am getting pings in the range of 180 to 250 on a conistant basis. are these #'s any good. if not is there any way to get lower ping times without having to get a cable moden or dsl which arent and option cause my local phone co. are a bunch of knuckleheads.
but that is what you get when you choose the life if a smaller town http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[medo]

Hello,

For your comparison with 28.8

:\WINDOWS>ping 160.220.116.235

Pinging 160.220.116.235 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 160.220.116.235: bytes=32 time=188ms TTL=126
Reply from 160.220.116.235 : bytes=32 time=176ms TTL=126
Reply from 160.220.116.235: bytes=32 time=169ms TTL=126
Reply from 160.220.116.235: bytes=32 time=170ms TTL=126

Ping statistics for160.220.116.235
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 169ms, Maximum = 188ms, Average = 175ms

Do not worry, a small town has its own advantages.

Medo

http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[BBA]

It all depends! If gaming...it's on par but some are much better.

A typical 56K modem uses compression to increase its download rate. This actually hurts ping in games. This can be disabled for gameplay. For general internet browsing, I see no problem with those numbers.

[bigslammer]

well my ping has been around the 156-200(on a good server, 200+ on most others) mark when I've overclocked my cpu on my winmodem. so yeah a faster processor does help with some modems. also I assume you are gaming and thus concerned with your ping. I'd suggest going to a smaller packet size, which may help you get better ping and for me it has helped with packet loss. good luck

[OuTpaTienT]

Well, even though I'm now on cable (a ping of 25 is not uncommon) I still have this page up at my site: http://www.norcov.com/~donc/Pings.htm

It list a Gamespy's page worth of pings on my 56k connection. 150 seemed to be average.

[OuTpaTienT]

Not to gloat or anything, but... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
behold the wonders of cable:

http://members.home.net/dcowger/gp.gif

[BBA]

Ummmm...I wouldn't gloat...

I usually see a whole page of IP's below 20 ping!