Network Questions

[littlepigboy5]

With all of these numbers and terms getting thrown at me i'm starting to get confused.  I know what they mean, but how they relate to eachother.  I currently have time warner cable for phone tv and internet, 30mbps down(I am pretty sure that is what bandwidth is, the amount of mega bits per second, correct me if im wrong).  I am probably going to switch to at&t to get a fiber optic connection and 45Mbps down(which is a larger bandwidth and with a fiber optic connection will not slow down depending on how many people are connected.  Do i need a certain routers, or at least a router that can handle that type of connection.  will a bad router hinder my connection.  I use a 2nd gen airport extreme and get the 30mbps that I pay for, will i get the 45 Mbps that i will pay for if i switch, and will it still be fiber optic.  Also, with concern to "ping".  This past weekend I had three friends over and we played games like smite, Civ V, and Minecraft.  When we played online with others, we had awful ping and were lagging.  would the fiber optic connection fix this?

Thanks

[Arty]

You will be fine, your ping may go down a little not much, its mostly base on distance. Wired connectionis alway's better though , then wifi

[littlepigboy5]

ethernet for the win clearly, but if i was lagging while three people were using wifi and 1 ethernet with time warner, would i lag with that same setup with a fiber optic connection and an extra 15mbps?  (and was i right about mbps being bandwidth?)

[Arty]

 depends how much bandwidth each device is using. if all three are trying to download at full speed versus all 3 watching youtube..3 people could cause no lag and one person could, just depends what their doing.

[littlepigboy5]

but with a fiber optic connection, it claims to not slow down no matter how many people.  so if i have 4 people downloading at full 45mbps bandwidth, do i need a router that supports 180mbps down, or just 45

[Arty]

but with a fiber optic connection, it claims to not slow down no matter how many people.  so if i have 4 people downloading at full 45mbps bandwidth, do i need a router that supports 180mbps down, or just 45

your download speed is 45mbps it will never go past that. it will split that bandwith to all devices accordling

[littlepigboy5]

i am aware of that, but with 4 people download, could i get all four downloading at 45mbps?

[Arty]

i am aware of that, but with 4 people download, could i get all four downloading at 45mbps?

nope. 

[littlepigboy5]

then whats the difference between fiberoptic and cable?

[Arty]

Isps try and trick you. the extra speed can help

[Arty]

then whats the difference between fiberoptic and cable?

Supported Speed fiber optic has the abilty to faster, and more bandwith.

[littlepigboy5]

come on there has to be some performance difference, and could u reccomend a router, around 50 bucks(pref less), that is just a really solid router?

[Arty]

come on there has to be some performance difference, and could u reccomend a router, around 50 bucks(pref less), that is just a really solid router?

your airpot is the new one right? if so thats a good one. the second gen is also a good one it ias a/b/g/n 

[littlepigboy5]

2nd gen airport its got 802.11n but a lot of newer features confuse me like dualband and the frequency band

[Arty]

2nd gen airport its got 802.11n but a lot of newer features confuse me like dualband and the frequency band

It's a solid router, you should not have any probs.

[littlepigboy5]

last question, lol, time warner supports 300mbps, or so it says on their website, but at&t says they support 45mbps, how is that faster?

[Arty]

Dual band is mostly for inside home speed, meaning more computers can talk faster inside your house.

[Arty]

last question, lol, time warner supports 300mbps, or so it says on their website, but at&t says they support 45mbps, how is that faster?

300mbps is faster in terms of terms of how long it takes to download than 45 hence the bigger number. but you can't afford that lol.... Idk what connection it for the delay till it actully happens. Beacuse when you download a file, lets say from my pc. it comes from my pc all the way to my isp, att, then from att to your isp then to your pc. so it has a long distance to go. that is where Fiber is "faster" Fiber optics is Light. so Much faster.

[littlepigboy5]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!  ok thank you very much you have been very helpful.  so your suggestion would be that at&t internet is better because of the extra 15mbps and the fiber optic connection will help slightly

[Arty]

Yup

[Arty]

check pricing to see if it is worth it.

[littlepigboy5]

Thank you!