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It seems all the new online games involve so much that they are "broadband only" They may say they run on 56k and they will but you will jump around and have a miserable time. Quite apart from the 10 min loading times.
I want planetside. Very much. Only it wouldn't work on my 56k modem and there is no broadband where i live. And probly won't be. Ever. Well mabey someday BT will decide that us rural types (i live 2 miles from people who can get broadband and am 25 miles south of london!) are worthy of high speed internet. Yes i know they don't upgrade unless its 'cost effective' but then they are providing a selective service only where they can make money. Damnit.
Ah well. So who here has broadband and in what kinda area do you live?
I want planetside. Very much. Only it wouldn't work on my 56k modem and there is no broadband where i live. And probly won't be. Ever. Well mabey someday BT will decide that us rural types (i live 2 miles from people who can get broadband and am 25 miles south of london!) are worthy of high speed internet. Yes i know they don't upgrade unless its 'cost effective' but then they are providing a selective service only where they can make money. Damnit.
Ah well. So who here has broadband and in what kinda area do you live?
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It seems all the new online games involve so much that they are "broadband only" They may say they run on 56k and they will but you will jump around and have a miserable time. Quite apart from the 10 min loading times.
I want planetside. Very much. Only it wouldn't work on my 56k modem and there is no broadband where i live. And probly won't be. Ever. Well mabey someday BT will decide that us rural types (i live 2 miles from people who can get broadband and am 25 miles south of london!) are worthy of high speed internet. Yes i know they don't upgrade unless its 'cost effective' but then they are providing a selective service only where they can make money. Damnit.
Ah well. So who here has broadband and in what kinda area do you live?
I want planetside. Very much. Only it wouldn't work on my 56k modem and there is no broadband where i live. And probly won't be. Ever. Well mabey someday BT will decide that us rural types (i live 2 miles from people who can get broadband and am 25 miles south of london!) are worthy of high speed internet. Yes i know they don't upgrade unless its 'cost effective' but then they are providing a selective service only where they can make money. Damnit.
Ah well. So who here has broadband and in what kinda area do you live?
Is your area cabled?
I might play a game online now actually...
Hmmmmm.
Or I might play GTA Vice City seeing as I installed it and never played it..
I might play a game online now actually...
Hmmmmm.
Or I might play GTA Vice City seeing as I installed it and never played it..
I stay in Glasgow. I have ADSL. Originally I looked at cable but they dont actually have it down my street. So I got Sky instead. NTLs fault they went bankrupt. Don't make their service available enough.
Make sure you register your interest in broadband though. When enough people register then they put it in if it is technically possible. But if no one can be bothered registering then it will never happen.
Make sure you register your interest in broadband though. When enough people register then they put it in if it is technically possible. But if no one can be bothered registering then it will never happen.
It depend on how well the game is coded, i played warcraft 3 with WS until 6am this morning on 56k, it played flawlessly. WS noted some little judders, but nothing major.
Im in the same position as you on broadband, its not cost effective to upgrade the exchange. We have 54 people who have registered there interest in ADSL though, so we are about a quarter of the way there until we are given a trigger level.
Im in the same position as you on broadband, its not cost effective to upgrade the exchange. We have 54 people who have registered there interest in ADSL though, so we are about a quarter of the way there until we are given a trigger level.
Got Broadband, live in a suburb of Edinburgh.
cookie monster wrote:
> It depend on how well the game is coded, i played warcraft 3 with WS
> until 6am this morning on 56k, it played flawlessly. WS noted some
> little judders, but nothing major.
Only because of your scummy hosting.
Anyone can play WC III, it only needs a .5Ghz processor and if you're on 56k you can play a game with 5 other BB users and have no lag.
> It depend on how well the game is coded, i played warcraft 3 with WS
> until 6am this morning on 56k, it played flawlessly. WS noted some
> little judders, but nothing major.
Only because of your scummy hosting.
Anyone can play WC III, it only needs a .5Ghz processor and if you're on 56k you can play a game with 5 other BB users and have no lag.
I live on the edge of the area, I can get BB (going in as we speak :)) but the house across the road can't.
That's a bit crappy.
Still, you can always point and laugh.
I can't get BB. Nearest place that can get it is about 10 miles away.
:(
Still, you can always point and laugh.
I can't get BB. Nearest place that can get it is about 10 miles away.
:(
It's all about the Freeola 2MB and unlimited webspace!
*screams*
My site could be massive if I could afford that...
But my 150kb line is easily the fastest connection that you can get. (Fastest, not widest) I get pings of below 20 usually. You'll have to do well to get any lower than that.
*screams*
My site could be massive if I could afford that...
But my 150kb line is easily the fastest connection that you can get. (Fastest, not widest) I get pings of below 20 usually. You'll have to do well to get any lower than that.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
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> Make sure you register your interest in broadband though. When enough
> people register then they put it in if it is technically possible. But
> if no one can be bothered registering then it will never happen.
Heh im trying. I put up posters round where i live asking people to register their interest but the angrey old ladies tore em down. :(
will have to try again though.
>
> Make sure you register your interest in broadband though. When enough
> people register then they put it in if it is technically possible. But
> if no one can be bothered registering then it will never happen.
Heh im trying. I put up posters round where i live asking people to register their interest but the angrey old ladies tore em down. :(
will have to try again though.
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