Online Gaming via dsl or satellite

[takezo]

Originally Posted by jermwhl

Satellite internet is not good for gaming. It has extremely high latency. This will cause your game to freeze when playing online.
DSL will be fine however.
Latency is very high with satellite due to the fact that the data has to be sent to space recieved by the satellite transmitted back to earth and then return back the same way.

don't forget rain. when it rains you can't go online. or watch TV.

DSL is the best option for you. I use cable right now I can get up to 5mbps on down stream, RR caps me to 40kbps on upstream. but lately i have been geting DNS errors. DNS resolves a URL to a IP address, without it the Internet will not exist. I thing that my ISP's DNS server for my area is overloaded or network is overloaded as cable is not a dedicated connection.
i thing I should try DSL, but local telcom (in HI there is only one telcom) is known to provide worse ISP services than local cable company which provies RR.

so even if I went through HI telcom, earthlink, Dish Network, ultimately HI telcom will be the ISP.