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Originally Posted by Jufo
Thanks for the details. Yes it is a 10Mbit/10Mbit cable connection. I think I have 2Mbit/1Mbit right now. I tried 10Mbit/10Mbit connection before on my dad's computer and the average spinning time was somewhat lower. My dad said that I am not allowed to gamble with his computer anymore so that's why I cannot play at his place  |
Are you and your dad in the same neighborhood and using the same provider by chance?
The thing is, you may not notice an increase in speed for these tournaments if you guys live in different neighborhoods. Hopefully this works for you, but it's quite possible that there aren't as many people using the same Cable provider in your dad's neighborhood.
What happens with Cable connections is that when there are a lot of people in the same neighborhood using the same provider, things tend to get slow. Unlike DSL, Cable users
share the bandwidth allocated to that specific area. At least with DSL, you only have to worry about distance and line noise.
If you REALLY wanted to be safe and have guaranteed speed, I would strongly suggest looking into a pure fiber connection. Those are lines dedicated to you, as well. I know here in the States on the east coast, Verizon offers Fiber connections (FIOS), and it's relatively inexpensive. It's around $50/month, for like 5mb/2mb, which is MORE than enough, because unlike Cable and DSL, Fiber connections are NOT Asynchronous. This basically means that if you're downloading at max bandwidth it will NOT affect your upload speed and vise versa.
Another way to look at it is that there's 2 tubes, and downloads go through one and uploads go through another.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=f99PcP0aFNE