Whats the ultimate 56k modem?

[mewizard]

Im tierd of my crappy internal modem, so I need an update. Cable and ADSL arent available which sucks but I gues thats life.

Whats the best 56k modem out there for speed? And any URLS I can checkout?

-Thanx

[SD]Firestorm

 

[~Lazarus~]

What do you want ?

Internal or external.

I had the same problem as you : crappy connexant internal software modem which d/c me twice a night (on a good night) and was crappy slow.

Traded it for an INTERNAL hayes accura V92 and get great service for it.

£49.99 from PCWORLD but you can get it cheaper over the net.

 

[mewizard]

Id prefer it to be external, but, it doesnt bother me, i
I just want it to be fast!

Any ideas?

 

[Moving Target]

3Com are good.

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by mewizard
Id prefer it to be external, but, it doesnt bother me, i
I just want it to be fast!

Any ideas?

Let me put it another way.

On BW servers I was getting pings of 120 -140

 

[mewizard]

........ i like the sound of that, u got a url for that modem?

 

[Wilier]

Diamond Super Express 56e pro is the bees knees in 56k (apparently) about £40 I reckon.

 

[bodhi]

Hayes Accura

 

[*Exor*]

Whats the ultimate 56k modem?

One that's in the bin.

 

[Skyler]

diamond supra express 56e is the best modem available imo

i had one for a long time and it never gave me any problems, excellent pings
90ms traceroutes
95 - 150 ping in bworld
thats in game

basically diamond supra + good isp = lovely
lovely as far as modems go

 

[old.Kurt_Angle]

Correct....


Quake 2 can ping 90-150 constant on my old supra express 56e, most of the time it's hovers around 110-120.

Make sure you don't get the express 'i' though, killer 200-300 pings, same isp, same setup

As with all dial up's these days, it's isp that the killer choice.

 

[Wilier]

Really, bugger, thats what I got I feel a 56e comin on for xmas from me to me.

 

[Perplex]

Originally posted by *Exor*


One that's in the bin.

lol

 

[mewizard]

ok, should i get

Hayes Accura v9.2

or a

Diamond Supra Express 56e

and u got a url for the diamond?

 

[Wilier]

http://www.diamondmm.com/
£56 here

 

[Wij]

if u can't get cable or adsl then why not get isdn ?

 

[old.D0LLySh33p]

ISDN from Lineone/BT...

Get a 40-100 ping on Q3.
For CS, 60-120.

Other than that, hamster in a wheel with phone lines connected to its arse is quite good I hear

 

[Wilier]

I cant get ISDN or ASDL or cable. It appears the paper cups at the ends of me piece of string need upgrading

Satellite access, maybe thats the (very, very expensive and not all that great anyway) answer.

 

[~Lazarus~]

Originally posted by mewizard
........ i like the sound of that, u got a url for that modem?

http://www.hayes.co.uk/

 

[Wij]

Originally posted by Wilier
I cant get ISDN or ASDL or cable. It appears the paper cups at the ends of me piece of string need upgrading

Satellite access, maybe thats the (very, very expensive and not all that great anyway) answer.

The latency will be awful I'd guess :/

 

[Wilier]

Ive re-opened this thread (not that it was closed )
cos Im in a bit of a quandry.

I accept that Diamond Super express 56e pro is the best (possibly) 56k modem for gaming, but, serial or usb port. Ive got an option to get one or the other. But which is fastest.??

 

[throdgrain]

what did bt actually SAY when you asked em for isdn? i only ask cos me brother lives in a village in the middle of no where,and he still got it.the difference over a modem is amazing

 

[Wilier]

Erm, something like, or words to the effect of, and this isnt a direct quiote

no piss-off you village living idiot, your line only has one strand and is incapable of supporting a sparrow, never mind ISDN

I think.

 

[Sar]

Never, ever get a USB 56k modem.

 

[Wilier]

OK, thats solves that then. Im gonna see if i can trial them both, just to check like (not that I doubt ur wisdom )

 

[Sar]

Heh, reason why I say that is because they have a tendency to cut out when the CPU is busy, thereby lagging you out and potentially cutting your connection. They're just as bad as winmodems, and also result in a large amount of packet loss...

 

[throdgrain]

lol m8
bt recently replaced my isdn box btw,and on the new one was a usb connection to some kind of terminal adaptor in the box.the bloke told me how great is was ,so i tried it.
my ping doubled!

 

[Summo]

You won't notice any speed difference between serial and USB as the bandwidth on both is far greater than that of your telephone line.

USB may or may not come with an external power supply. They don't need to as they can draw power through the USB port (as ADSL 'frogs' do) but this does put extra strain on your poota's power supply unit. This may or may not be noticeable depending on how many devices you already have running off it, your CPU speed, power requiremtns of your motherboard, etc.

USB modem also requires correct USB and modem drivers otherwise it simply will not work.

They also swallow CPU cycles so when your PC is busy you may experience higher pings and possibly even lost connection.

Basically, you can't go wrong with a serial modem and personally I wouldn't even consider going for USB.




/edit: Bah! Took me too long to type this so now I'm just repeating whats already been said. Fine. FINE!

 

[old.Jas]

As with all dial up's these days, it's isp that the killer choice.

Back in my narrowband days I must have tried every ISP out there. Demon are by far the daddies

 

[Wij]

BW and Eidosnet were good for me