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Here is my little delema. My residence at university is on a wireless network that suports 802.11a,b and g. and i can get it free! so i was thinking about getting the Netgear MA101
802.11b Wireless USB Adapter. I wanna go usb cuz there will be lots of wires near my PCI slots and that could degrate my single. Or should i be going PCI and not worry about all the cables. The PCI or USB NIC will cost me a little bit less than $100 Canadian. Yet Our resident internet is known to have its EXTREAMLY slow days. And as alot of you can sypithis with me here: when u have a nice fast cable modem at home it really sucks when u have to go back to internet that is as slow as dial-up

Or another option is going with cable interenet but that will cost me over $40 Canadian a month.


so should i go Wireless (PCI or USB) where the price is better but slow connection or go cable!?

any coments would be greatly appreciated and/or personal experice

Thanks!

Originally posted by mvern2

so should i go Wireless (PCI or USB) where the price is better but slow connection or go cable!?

That answer is really up to you and your budget. Faster and perhaps more stable cable for $$$, or free wireless which may vary, kind of like those dial up services you get for free out there...yeah it's free, but ya put up with a lot of headaches.

I don't know how bad their wireless is..it may end up being good, especially if you go with G, which is what I would go with. Tough to answer without knowing for sure how their wireless performs.

Knowing I online game SOOO much and demand the lowest ping...I'd probably lean towards paying for a solid connection. But being as cable is somewhat shared, I imagine the node(s) on your school may be heavy usage...and almost as flakey as wireless at heavy times.