latency is time to get a responce back? (basically) so uploading to say my old webserver in america of 143ms wouldnt take longer if my ping was doubled too??

My apologies then, i stand corrected, the point is still that NOT only gamers benefit from a lower ping......

sheeeesh you try to help...

PPS. i was at work, some ones got to

ppps. 15 days till i get my sky bb!!

Edited by deleted (Sat 10-Nov-07 06:44:35)

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^^ What he said (he beat me too it), also it can effect things like uploading pics (connecting to the server your ftp'ing) and more importantly any voice comms be it teamspeak or VOIP programs - skype etc.

no need to be sarcastic with your reply zeb....

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No sarcasm intended - the point I was making is that on mediocre lines the lack of interleaving will cause more problems than it cures. Far better to have an extra 15mS on latency, then have to resend a whole data packet (maybe several times over) because of corruption. FEC is a great innovation, but it doesn't work if the line doesn't have interleaving switched on.