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"The Gamecube will go online next year!"

An official statement has been published by Nintendo Europe on their website. Here is an extract:

Plus there's a storming line-up of third-party titles, including the Nintendo GameCube-exclusive Resident Evil 0 (the long-awaited prequel to the survival horror series). Other highlights include the legendary RPG Phantasy Star Online, which will use the forthcoming broadband and modem adaptors, and speherical simian sequel Super Monkey Ball 2

It explains that we will get the online adapters next year. This statemeent is part of the 2003 release dates news article from www.nintendo.co.uk

maddmun wrote:
> My little internet connection box in my sytems tray say
>
> connected at 52000 bps
>
> Does that sound about right?


I'm confused by what that tool measures. Anyone have any idea? Mine always says 33600 bps... literally always. I'm not 100%, but I think this computer only has a 28.8k modem!

I think it's possible to check using MS-Dos, I'm, not sure,

No... it is in fact a 33.6k modem. Which means that the tool doesn't measure how fast your modem is actually working... just how fast it can work. Like I said, 56k modems can only receive at a max of 53k, so 52000 is right on.

I usually get a little bubble that pops up by the sys tray and says "Connected at 28.8 kb"

Sometimes I get as low as 25, and as high as 32.

Even so, I never download anything faster than about 4 kb/s

===SONICRAV---> wrote:
> maddmun wrote:
> My little internet connection box in my sytems tray say
>
> connected at 52000 bps
>
> Does that sound about right?
>
>
> I'm confused by what that tool measures. Anyone have any idea? Mine
> always says 33600 bps... literally always. I'm not 100%, but I think
> this computer only has a 28.8k modem!

Also, I think it measues the amount of bits which are possible to be sent AND received AT THE SAME TIME per second, just a guess though

(control panel-> modems)

though it doesn't actually tell me what speed it connects at, just diagnostics etc, but no speed, damn, I just assumed it was 56k because it says 52000 bps in the box

===SONICRAV---> wrote:
> Just to point out to people here that 56k modems don't actually run at
> 56k at all. They have a maximum of 53k, but the best you will get down
> a telephone line is 46k. Oh, and that's just in one direction! When
> you are SENDING data, the modem acts exactly like a 28.8k modem. You
> can only receive at 46k.

Unless you do what I did and badger BT to up the feed to through your line giving you a better connection.

Still I only ever get a 49k speed, maximum I got was 52k (wow). Hopefully though by the time Nintendo get the internet I will have Broadband in my area.

Wow... I might try that one on BT sometime...

A 52k connection... maxed out your modem :)

===SONICRAV---> wrote:
> Wow... I might try that one on BT sometime...
>
> A 52k connection... maxed out your modem :)


56k over a standard phone line is illegal, the max you are allowed to use is 52k, any higher and it becomes too high for the lines to cope with and can cause errors and breakdown in comms.


my 1meg broaband conection is good enough for me.
got it running my PC and my Xbox Live simultaneously, no problems whatsoever