GeorgeN wroteExcuse my term usage it might not be very accurate. Basically they either route you through satellite or fiber optic. Specifically the static IP, or gaming package is a very good quality connection; as close to a dedicated connection as it gets. By fiber optic I just mean connected to europe by f.o and not satellite (100ms ping range). I think the f.o for static IP accounts are the same pathway or share something with corporate accounts; dont know exactly but if you have a static IP with high bandwidth (4mbit+) I think through the large number of those users it threatens the stability of corporate account sales which make up for most of the income, so the decided it was better to enforce the new policy.
Hi GeorgeN, I don't agree with you. If you are using ADSL connection, the F.O infrastructure will only prevent you from lagging more.
I will give you an example :
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Traceroute on ADSL with Interleave ON ( Depth = 64 / 4 )
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Tracing route to
www.l.google.com [173.194.66.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 37 ms 36 ms 37 ms 77.42.129.91 ==> interleave Lag ( 35ms - 50ms depending on many fators )
3 36 ms 40 ms 37 ms 77.42.129.20
4 39 ms 37 ms 39 ms 192.168.111.2
5 79 ms 78 ms 77 ms 213.242.116.25
6 92 ms 94 ms 100 ms 4.69.143.238
7 96 ms 96 ms 97 ms 4.69.143.109
8 99 ms 100 ms 99 ms 4.69.153.118
9 98 ms 96 ms 97 ms 4.69.139.73
10 110 ms 111 ms 115 ms 212.113.15.186
11 92 ms 91 ms 96 ms 209.85.255.76
12 94 ms 94 ms 94 ms 209.85.253.92
13 107 ms 103 ms 103 ms 72.14.232.134
14 100 ms 101 ms 100 ms 216.239.49.45
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 92ms 94 ms 92ms 173.194.66.103
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Traceroute on ADSL with Interleave OFF ( Depth = 1/ 1)
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Tracing route to
www.l.google.com [173.194.66.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms 77.42.129.91 ---> Fast path mode, Error correction off, no overhead
3 10 ms 11 ms 7 ms 77.42.129.20
4 10 ms 8 ms 11 ms 192.168.111.2
5 49 ms 48 ms 47 ms 213.242.116.25
6 52 ms 54 ms 50 ms 4.69.143.238
7 56 ms 56 ms 57 ms 4.69.143.109
8 59 ms 50 ms 59 ms 4.69.153.118
9 58 ms 56 ms 57 ms 4.69.139.73
10 70 ms 71 ms 74 ms 212.113.15.186
11 59 ms 67 ms 57 ms 209.85.255.76
12 66 ms 67 ms 67 ms 209.85.253.92
13 67 ms 64 ms 73 ms 72.14.232.134
14 64 ms 69 ms 71 ms 216.239.49.45
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 62 ms 65 ms 68 ms 173.194.66.103 --> almost 30ms lower lag
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Traceroute on Corporate optical fiber link connection ( at work )
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Tracing route to
www.l.google.com [173.194.66.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.0.2.194
2 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.111.2
3 49 ms 48 ms 47 ms 213.242.116.25
4 42 ms 43 ms 40 ms 4.69.143.238
5 41 ms 42 ms 46 ms 4.69.143.109
6 45 ms 50 ms 47 ms 4.69.153.118
7 58 ms 56 ms 57 ms 4.69.139.73
8 66 ms 61 ms 62 ms 212.113.15.186
9 51 ms 54 ms 53 ms 209.85.255.76
10 52 ms 50 ms 55 ms 209.85.253.92
11 52 ms 57 ms 52 ms 72.14.232.134
12 54 ms 49 ms 50 ms 216.239.49.45
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 52 ms 51 ms 51 ms 173.194.66.103
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From what I understand, Fastpath is good if you have a low attenuation and SNR > 18db as you won't experience packet loss therefore no Error correction needed.
On slower lines, Fastpath will drop the connection due to uncorrectable errors CRC etc...
F.O infrastructure will help you to maintain a good latency post DSLAM but Ogero is already good at that.
The reason I guess behind static Ips is that gamers want to host games, therefore you need the same IP in order to have a gaming profile on WOW or alterIW whatsover .
Now since bandwidth is upgraded, it has become harder to maintain the same line quality without droping packets.
Most ISPs in Europe ( the ones I know ) don't allow Fastpath on high speed profiles like 8mbps. 3.5mbps is the cap. There reason is that you cannot maintain the same SNR and attenuation on higher frequencies ie. bandwidth so the line is prone to more errors and thus stability will decrease.
I hope that gives you a better understanding / discussions are welcomed as I don't know everything and could be wrong somewhere.. who knows !