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When Sega introduced the Dreamcast with online capabilities it wasn't the first online capable console (that award goes to the Megadrive, but not in this country) but it was a revolution. Now everyone just complains about how slow it will be with Quake 3 etc, without even trying the games. Choochoo rocket had a deliberate time lag because the game actually ran too fast and it was put in to keep it fair for everyone.
Sony's idea to move straight to ADSL is not good. ADSL is going to be expensive, subsidised or not, and not many people will want to make that move. 56k modems on a console should be enough, with proper programming, to play across the internet in Europe and to some extent in the rest of the world, ISDN would be more ideal, but would still mean changing phone lines and adding more expense to your phone bill.
The ideal would be to have cable or the new system that will allow signals to pass through electricity lines. This, however, is still in the planning stages and won't happen for at least another 2-3 years. In the meantime we will have to 'put up' with either a very high priced phone bill or slower connection. At least the Dreamcast allows you to surf the net and send emails through your TV, and play games - which those new e-mail TV gadgets can't do.
Sony's idea to move straight to ADSL is not good. ADSL is going to be expensive, subsidised or not, and not many people will want to make that move. 56k modems on a console should be enough, with proper programming, to play across the internet in Europe and to some extent in the rest of the world, ISDN would be more ideal, but would still mean changing phone lines and adding more expense to your phone bill.
The ideal would be to have cable or the new system that will allow signals to pass through electricity lines. This, however, is still in the planning stages and won't happen for at least another 2-3 years. In the meantime we will have to 'put up' with either a very high priced phone bill or slower connection. At least the Dreamcast allows you to surf the net and send emails through your TV, and play games - which those new e-mail TV gadgets can't do.
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When Sega introduced the Dreamcast with online capabilities it wasn't the first online capable console (that award goes to the Megadrive, but not in this country) but it was a revolution. Now everyone just complains about how slow it will be with Quake 3 etc, without even trying the games. Choochoo rocket had a deliberate time lag because the game actually ran too fast and it was put in to keep it fair for everyone.
Sony's idea to move straight to ADSL is not good. ADSL is going to be expensive, subsidised or not, and not many people will want to make that move. 56k modems on a console should be enough, with proper programming, to play across the internet in Europe and to some extent in the rest of the world, ISDN would be more ideal, but would still mean changing phone lines and adding more expense to your phone bill.
The ideal would be to have cable or the new system that will allow signals to pass through electricity lines. This, however, is still in the planning stages and won't happen for at least another 2-3 years. In the meantime we will have to 'put up' with either a very high priced phone bill or slower connection. At least the Dreamcast allows you to surf the net and send emails through your TV, and play games - which those new e-mail TV gadgets can't do.
Sony's idea to move straight to ADSL is not good. ADSL is going to be expensive, subsidised or not, and not many people will want to make that move. 56k modems on a console should be enough, with proper programming, to play across the internet in Europe and to some extent in the rest of the world, ISDN would be more ideal, but would still mean changing phone lines and adding more expense to your phone bill.
The ideal would be to have cable or the new system that will allow signals to pass through electricity lines. This, however, is still in the planning stages and won't happen for at least another 2-3 years. In the meantime we will have to 'put up' with either a very high priced phone bill or slower connection. At least the Dreamcast allows you to surf the net and send emails through your TV, and play games - which those new e-mail TV gadgets can't do.