SB>  SA> V.Mach 43k2 protocal will speed QUAKE up even more :) :)
SB> No it wont sorry, the problem is not, and has never been bandwidth, it
SB> is the roundtrip time or ping time that is mainly responsible, and a
SB> faster connection to your ISP wont help.
 SA>  Funny then, when the ISP's modems upgraded from 28k8 to
 SA> 33k6 my ping lowered,

By how much?  Maybe they also upgraded other hardware and/or setup too?

 SA> A Faster connection lowers ping (roundtrip) times as the
 SA> packets get where they are going FASTER :)

Ok, let's look at a 60-byte ping packet.  Let's call it 75 bytes after
adding UDP and PPP headers .. at 28800 bps, no compression, sending that
would take:

   75 * 10 / 28800 = 26 milliseconds.  At 33600, 75 * 10 / 33600 = 22 ms.

So both ways you might expect an 8 ms improvement due to the higher rate,
which is not really a large part of the usual 200-400 ms ping times .. most
of which is fighting its way through the stack of software layers.

 SA>  I say, Yes, V.Mach will help, HEAPS...

A few milliseconds, as far as RTT times for short packets go, anyway.

Cheers, Ian

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