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Murray	Apr 4 2002, 01:19 PM Post #1
Group: [RP CS Clan] Posts: 523 Joined: 23-March 02 From: Lincoln Member No.: 74	I was sitting in my physics lesson and we started talkin about fibre obtics, and then about broadband internet. Mr Campbell (thats my techers name, he looks like dean cain, the guy from the new adventures of superman) said that broadband internet uses fibre optics and total internal reflection. He then said that the cable shud be kept as straight as possible to get the best performance. When the man form NTL came to fit the cable, he gave us shitloads of the stuff and now it runs all over the floor and cos its quite rigid, its got bends in it, not tight ones, just loose u-bends. I was wonderin does this affect the performance of my internet cos wen i went to get my e-mails, it said connection timed out. Now i no i havent got a T1 or even 512k modem, but i was expecting to at least get my e-mails, i cud do that on a 56k in about 10 secs max. Its gettin quite annoyin tho, cos i was takin the piss outa my mate for havin the slowest modem in the world, and then he comes round my house and we cant get on to web pages But my pings ok wen i play cs?? Hmmmmm curiouser and curiouser well if u can help me thanx, but i gotta go and get a suit now for my prom ta raa -------------------- Macho Macho Man, I've got to be, a Macho Man

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LAW Lardy	Apr 4 2002, 01:43 PM Post #2
Member Group: Full Members Posts: 306 Joined: 30-October 01 From: Brighton Member No.: 55	well i'd put it down to a slow mail server or broke dns server somewhere as no matter how straight you get your cables your still dependant on the state of the hops you hit to the server your trying to point at. and the latency from one hop to the next. i dont think having straighter cables will show you any greater increase in you ping times though as light whether its bending or not is pretty fucking quick -------------------- 70% Pissed of with everything, 25% Moody, 5% undecided (Cant remember what i was pissed off with - and thats about as hapy as I'll get)

james	Apr 4 2002, 04:41 PM Post #3
Group: Super Administrators Posts: 3296 Joined: 2-March 01 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 13	You could try running a traceroute to the mail server to see where the problem is - I agree with Lardy that its most likely a dns/routing/server problem with the isp mail server. -------------------- "We are number one, all others are number two or lower!" - The Sphinx, Mystery Men "A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head" - annon "What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is." - Dan Quayle

james	Apr 4 2002, 04:46 PM Post #4
Group: Super Administrators Posts: 3296 Joined: 2-March 01 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 13	Also - I don't have cable - but I think you will find that the cable in your house between the wallbox and the modem is high gain co-ax not F/O - in fact I think the bit between your house and the local node (junction box) is copper as well. -------------------- "We are number one, all others are number two or lower!" - The Sphinx, Mystery Men "A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head" - annon "What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is." - Dan Quayle

Murray

Apr 4 2002, 06:05 PM

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Also - I don't have cable - but I think you will find that the cable in your house between the wallbox and the modem is high gain co-ax not F/O - in fact I think the bit between your house and the local node (junction box) is copper as well.

er.........i dont understand

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james	Apr 4 2002, 07:43 PM Post #6
Group: Super Administrators Posts: 3296 Joined: 2-March 01 From: Surrey, UK Member No.: 13	Well what I mean is I think the fiber-optic part of the cable system is ony up to the junction box which services your node (the contended bit of the network which you share with any houses that are connected via NTL cable in your immediate vicinity) - as I understand it the bit to your house and from the NTL box which it goes to in your house and up to your computer/router are on copper cable - in which case the teachers comments about keeping the fibre-optic cable straight are not relevant in terms of the cable the NTL muppet left all over your house -------------------- "We are number one, all others are number two or lower!" - The Sphinx, Mystery Men "A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to its head" - annon "What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is." - Dan Quayle

Murray	Apr 4 2002, 07:54 PM Post #7
Group: [RP CS Clan] Posts: 523 Joined: 23-March 02 From: Lincoln Member No.: 74	o rite i getcha now thank you -------------------- Macho Macho Man, I've got to be, a Macho Man

neil	Apr 4 2002, 08:40 PM Post #8
[Ringer Patrol] Group: [Ringer Patrol] Posts: 970 Joined: 3-March 01 From: Banstead, UK Member No.: 49	Basically, even I can figure out that your teacher is talking a load of Tottenham. A steaming pile of hotspur! -------------------- "You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say will be taken down in pencil and changed at a later date to best prove my case."

paul	Apr 4 2002, 09:36 PM Post #9
Moderator [Ringer Patrol] Group: [Ringer Patrol] Posts: 2081 Joined: 14-March 01 From: Sandhurst - Berkshire!! Member No.: 42	Neil - carefull mate -------------------- Of course I'm arrogant...The best always are!

LAW Lardy	Apr 5 2002, 07:49 AM Post #10
Member Group: Full Members Posts: 306 Joined: 30-October 01 From: Brighton Member No.: 55	paul gets very protective of his hotspurs... i was just wondering how that would relate to the saying englishmen love the underdogs... p.s. yeah your right i dont do the whole football thing but i though it would be a waste of an exceptional mocking abilityto not comment. sorry paul -------------------- 70% Pissed of with everything, 25% Moody, 5% undecided (Cant remember what i was pissed off with - and thats about as hapy as I'll get)

Janette	Apr 5 2002, 08:15 AM Post #11
[Ringer Patrol] Group: [Ringer Patrol] Posts: 759 Joined: 24-May 01 From: Yateley, Hants Member No.: 19	Oh no you're not! -------------------- New and improved and bouncier and fluffier and tastier and faster and bigger and cheaper.

Alex	Apr 5 2002, 09:56 AM Post #12
Group: Full Members Posts: 171 Joined: 23-January 02 From: Wherever u want me.... (Woking mainly) Member No.: 8	Anyway a load of old Arsenal makes much more sense. -------------------- Well it 'looked' like apple juice....

LAW Lardy	Apr 5 2002, 11:18 AM Post #13
Member Group: Full Members Posts: 306 Joined: 30-October 01 From: Brighton Member No.: 55	you know me so well nette -------------------- 70% Pissed of with everything, 25% Moody, 5% undecided (Cant remember what i was pissed off with - and thats about as hapy as I'll get)

neil	Apr 5 2002, 01:29 PM Post #14
[Ringer Patrol] Group: [Ringer Patrol] Posts: 970 Joined: 3-March 01 From: Banstead, UK Member No.: 49	My apologies Paul, as you know I know nothing of football so it could have been any team really. How about a total pile of United? -------------------- "You do not have to say anything, but anything you do say will be taken down in pencil and changed at a later date to best prove my case."

paul	Apr 5 2002, 05:52 PM Post #15
Moderator [Ringer Patrol] Group: [Ringer Patrol] Posts: 2081 Joined: 14-March 01 From: Sandhurst - Berkshire!! Member No.: 42	I think pile of Arsenal is fine, In fact most swear words should be changed to Arsenal. That way they could be used for something useful as apposed to just making up the numbers in the league!!! -------------------- Of course I'm arrogant...The best always are!

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