usb terminal adaptor?

[throdgrain]

ok so for all them who say isdn isnt truly broadband apologies in advane but ididnt know where else to put it
today BT came round to replace my isdn box."oh" says the man"you're still using an internal terminal adaptor,why have one of these usb things it'l be much faster".
"ok" says i "bung it on".
well first i connect to bw q2 dm server,cos i know i get 45-55 ping on there .err whats this?100 ping?? so i try a couple of others,same thing.so i unplug the usb cable and switch back to my trusty asus TA. guess what?45 ping once more!
i've often wondered why ppl have 100 pings with isdn,and maybe now i know.
good ol' BT still without a fucking clue

 

[old.youngstar]

Found this while i wait for the nice BT bloke come around on thursday to convert my line over.

http://www.bt.com/homehighway/common_questions/usb.htm

Which at the bottem (in an after thought sort of way) says don't use the USB cable use a TA if you want a good ping.

so on to my qustion whats better PCI or Serial also where from and how much.

TIA

 

[Embattle]

The Asus has and always will be the best for ISDN/HH.

 

[xane]

With respect Mr Embattle, the Eicon Diva Pro 2.0 ISDN TA will give the Asus a sound whipping, but at £150 each I expect it too.

 

[throdgrain]

Hmm the price is bigger but will it give a better ping?
Ive never spoke to anyone whos got one

 

[xane]

In my glory days playing Quake II on Barrysworld, I regularly managed to get pings of 15-20 to an empty server, and often entered the server with a ping of 22-25, that's using a BW dial-up too.

No idea what it would be now, my connection passes through a "server" PC via the LAN and Quake II has passed away long ago from my disk.

Give me an IP address and I'll try it tonight if you want, you've got six days to reply because I get ADSL next Monday

TBH I doubt there is much difference, apart from bragging rights that is.

 

[throdgrain]

LOL I'd be interested to know m8 ,let me know if you can,how about to a bw cs server ? in game natch
Good luck with the dsl btw

 

[Embattle]

Originally posted by camazotz
In my glory days playing Quake II on Barrysworld, I regularly managed to get pings of 15-20 to an empty server, and often entered the server with a ping of 22-25, that's using a BW dial-up too.

So did my Asus and it didn't cost £150