02-29-2004, 02:11 PM
Now that you figured out it was a hardware problem, what have been your impressions of the service?
LOL, about a month after the power supply replacement, the HD and MoBoard ate each other. MO Board is not dead. Not sure if it was power surges, the "Taiwan Capacitors" thing, or just bad luck. However, on to RR.
===Do you have many problems with connections dropping?
Rarely
===Do you get the advertised speed (3 mbit down, 384 kbit up here)?
No, here in CC the best I ever got was 1.5, rarely get that high. Up is 250-310, at best. However, we are at the rectum end of the Internet Colon, so if you live in a big city, Bun Bun's numbers make more sense.
===Any problems with latency?
Rarely if ever, but unlike DSL, I am on a shared pipe. So, at certain hours, I get some bad gaming speeds, but otherwise, my only heartache is Microsoft outlook's slowing down everything when I open emails. That simply stinks.
=== Is it a fixed IP or dynamic?
Fixed
Are you networking your comps with the connection and are there any problems sharing the IP?
NOt netwoking until I get the New Moboard.
===Do you use news servers at all and does Road Runner provide news servers?
Yes they provide. Don't use them that often.
I used to love my DSL from Qwest but lately I have been having random drops and half speed connections. Being one shot away from the kill in Gunbound only to have it stripped away by a drop is no fun (boy, does that say where my priorities lie or what?). At $44.95 for Time Warner/Road Runner, it is slightly more expensive than my current DSL/ISP but is 5 times the download speed. If I could keep my current ISP and pay just for the cable connection without the Road Runner ISP, it would be a done deal. Your input please?
RR is OK, but I am leaning toward DSL. That, however, has as much to do with local conditions as anything else.
LOL, about a month after the power supply replacement, the HD and MoBoard ate each other. MO Board is not dead. Not sure if it was power surges, the "Taiwan Capacitors" thing, or just bad luck. However, on to RR.
===Do you have many problems with connections dropping?
Rarely
===Do you get the advertised speed (3 mbit down, 384 kbit up here)?
No, here in CC the best I ever got was 1.5, rarely get that high. Up is 250-310, at best. However, we are at the rectum end of the Internet Colon, so if you live in a big city, Bun Bun's numbers make more sense.
===Any problems with latency?
Rarely if ever, but unlike DSL, I am on a shared pipe. So, at certain hours, I get some bad gaming speeds, but otherwise, my only heartache is Microsoft outlook's slowing down everything when I open emails. That simply stinks.
=== Is it a fixed IP or dynamic?
Fixed
Are you networking your comps with the connection and are there any problems sharing the IP?
NOt netwoking until I get the New Moboard.
===Do you use news servers at all and does Road Runner provide news servers?
Yes they provide. Don't use them that often.
I used to love my DSL from Qwest but lately I have been having random drops and half speed connections. Being one shot away from the kill in Gunbound only to have it stripped away by a drop is no fun (boy, does that say where my priorities lie or what?). At $44.95 for Time Warner/Road Runner, it is slightly more expensive than my current DSL/ISP but is 5 times the download speed. If I could keep my current ISP and pay just for the cable connection without the Road Runner ISP, it would be a done deal. Your input please?
RR is OK, but I am leaning toward DSL. That, however, has as much to do with local conditions as anything else.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete