From Shanghai/area to Japan/Tokyo area. OCN/NTT 215-96ms 124.102.42.x OCN/NTT was quite disappointing as ping times were drastically different, between 215 and 96ms as mentioned. Softbank (BBTECH) 52ms 60.106.165.x 60.69.227.x 219.101.163.x Softbank consistently performed well with China. So-net 42.8ms 118.238.215.x So-net was the lowest ping we've seen to Japan. Asahi.net 91.9ms 221.113.95.x (Chiba)........

I've read some people/sources say "the timing must match or it won't work". This is not true at least for the Supermicro boards I've tested this on. Some examples: PC2-5300F-555-12 PC2-5300F-555-11 etc.. Notice the "12" and "11" Also the ones that have a "PC2-5300F-555-11-B0" or "PC2-5300-555-11-D0" are also fine. What happens is what one would expect, the........

It's not all about the speed.I'd also thought I'd mention that speed is not everything. Routing is the key, because if one router you hit is slow then it doesn't matter how fast your connection is. I have found that locally, Telus has much better routing than Shaw (although I have not yet tested their new DOCSIS network). There are also some countries such as Sweden that offer high speed connections, but the high speed only applies locally. The reason is that man........

As much of a computer nerd as Iam, I'm usually a late adopter to technology for a few reasons. Ifeel most new hyped technologies and electronics are mainly fads, and I'm also cheap. Adopting later means you avoid the bugs, kinks and most importantly pay the lowest price, that's me being cheap again :) I never read much about the iPhone but Isaw all the hype around it and until recently I wasn't a big fan of anything Apple until a few years ago I realize........