> If your connection is going to used for gaming mainly (like mine gaming
> to paradise servers) Id go for paradise (always less latency inside your
> isp's network).
>
> Best bet is stay with a sizable ISP though. Chances are they have SLA's
> with the companies they supply bigger pipes to, so in general their
> outages happen less.

I'd dispute these facts - If you are in Wellington - then, Yes, Paradise
is a great choice for gaming, but if you are in Auckland, you are better
off using Gamer Net.

Paradise are based in Wellington, Gamer Net have a deal going with Web
Internet up in Auckland. Thus if you are signing up to Paradise from
Auckland, there is the added time delay to trunk up to Wellington (a few
milliseconds), and if you are wanting to play on Auckland Servers, you
have further delay while data goes back up to Auckland. (Note if you are
in Wellington, the reverse is true, so Paradise is a better option)

There is not that much in it though.

Also, big ISP's are often slower then smaller ones, because they don't
manage leaching etc. (At least this is feedback I have gotten, although
I'm not gonna slam any competitors).

Cheers,
David Gottschalk
Web InterNet Ltd

>
>
> Just my thoughts anyway.
>
> %> -----Original Message-----
> %> From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On
> %> Behalf Of Chris Esther
> %> Sent: Friday, 3 August 2001 8:23 a.m.
> %> To: adsl@unixathome.org
> %> Subject: good choices for a jetstart isp?
> %>
> %> Okay it's probably a contentious issue but given the previous thread
> %> discussing ISP behaviours with traffic shaping I thought it prudent
> to
> %> ask
> %> before signing up.
> %>
> %> I am in inner city Auckland, only require connectivity as my email
> and
> %> web
> %> hosting are already sorted.
> %>
> %> So what ISPs would be a good choice for Jetstart? Or what factors
> would
> %> others use to make this decision? Is there already a body of
> information
> %> on
> %> this available? A nice product matrix comparing ISPs perhaps ;)
> %>
> %> -c-
> %>
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