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Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 7:17 pm
by jdavies42
Ah, 56k, what the cavemen must have been using back in the day... and what I'm still using.
But still, while it may be slow, it certainly makes you appreciate... well, everything else! As for my army size. Well, going through 10k turns takes me several hours, so my army is rather unspectacular...
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 2:24 am
by The Deity
It's Deity and I'm curious as to who typed that.
Anyway I'm now on 512 but was 36-40K an I'm on 32 mill.
It's no the speed that limits this game but the time you can be on with dial up and the cost of the call not to mention that you have tied up a phone line.
I like broadband because I can just let it go.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 4:44 am
by vinny d
I will see if I can find the post for you.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 4:08 pm
by Bigman360
Stand and be counted ! *stands up*
yes i do have dial up ! proud to have dial up .... we are a dying race
dial up shall live forever ... or not ! thats a big reason why i dont come on here to often , too many sigs .....takes a few days to load up !
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 9:32 pm
by Dralan
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 11:02 pm
by Vendetta
I am a part time dial up warrior
50% of the time im on 56k, the other 50%, im on capped 256k, which is esentially 68k, suprisingly enough my dial up is faster than my capped broad band in load times. I get maybe 2-4days of not being capped per month max. except for 1 month where the 2 bloody 12 year old girls werent here and I got 3 weeks.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:26 am
by Vendetta
Jack O'Neill wrote:What I don't understand is why people use net companies that have limits
I didn't think that still existed
another thing I can't comprehend is why even have dial up versus the cheapest DSL connection (in America atleast) the cheapest DSL here is $15 that's a nation wide plan (as in available to everyone cross the lower 48 dunno about Canada and the islands) dial up is $10 (unless you get the gimmick "high speed" dial up which is $15 and NOT broadband) so why not just pay the extra $5? There is no limits on how much you can use it I just don't understand this if you can't "afford" the extra $5 then walk up and down a couple streets you'll find $5 in loose change or simply keep all the loose change you get through out the month and use that it should equal out to more then $5
$10 = 56k Net with potential for other phone charges
$15 = DSL broadband (I wouldn't consider it true broadband but meh) no limits no extra phone charges hell you don't even need a phone
In short... because you don't need a phone for DSL DSL is actually CHEAPER then dial up (in the U.S. at least)
Well in my case im in australia, and while, i guess the howard government was busy pretending to do other stuff they neglected australias internet capabilities. Cheapest plan on average (that wont stiff you) here is about $30, and they tend to have around the 300mb download limit mark, with 128 - 256kb/s speeds, tops. the further you are from an exchange the further off this mark it is obviously. after that they tend to go up similar to this
$40 - 600mb download - 256
$50 - 1-2 gig download - 256
$60 - 7-10 gig download - 256 - 1mb
$70 - 20 gig download - 1mb
$80 - 20gig download - 1.5 - 2mb
anything after that is just stupidly expensive and really only companies use it, especially since internet providers tend to only list them under company packages.
Telstra is stingy, they charge to much for thier lines, (they own like every single line in Aus
)
Anyways, yeah, our net is complete **Filtered**. I know for the same price as the lowest DSL here, you can get about 20mb a second unlimited cable in Estonia.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:28 am
by Mystake
Rogers in Canada has just brought in a 18/1mbps line for 100$ Canadian. its bout 93$ US.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:56 am
by FunEFarm
DSL everywhere is a nice concept but where I live there is Wireless or Dial-UP.
Wireless $35/month
Dial-UP-$15/month + $35/month for a phone
Only have a cell phone so no land line at the house so no dial up. Wireless it is and we just barely got it in town in the last 6 months. Living rural has it's drawbacks. Although Dyneasty doesn't complain when he is up doing laundry and has to use the wireless to download, it works well. He is 15 miles away from me and has DSL there.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:12 pm
by FunEFarm
It is definitely cheaper and it allows several of us to be on at the same time. As long as they have a card and are close enough to my house they can log on. I don't have close neighbors so we don't usually get any strays on the router. That is probably the biggest benefit.
Massing parties are great, we just can't all hit the same person. IP issues and all. Have to plan ahead, if we want to mass the same person we need to be at our own houses. If it is an alliance mass we just have to make sure we are paired up with others to go massing. Then it is fun having us all together.
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 1:34 pm
by BL1P
ive used 28k-56k-isdn 64 and 128 - 528 or what ever its called
then 1meg - 2meg - now on a supposed 8mg all this over a period of hmmm 18-20 years dunno some of its a blur.
ive used isps in the uk and the usa and france
the best line was 128k isdn with deamon in the uk
the line doesn't mean anything if the isp sucks.
i use 8meg now its a free isp with a phone company
the dls are fast sometimes but the overall line and consistency suck
some pages wont load
first person shooters are worse than 128k isdn by far
the pings are good but never stable and the dns is always dropping
the isp is talktalk uk
the problem is how much is your speed worth too you
cause the more ya pay the better it is
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:28 pm
by Biscuit
I'm a 56K warrior and always have been
Fastest connection I have used is a T1 line in uni. Fastest download was 600KB/s
When broadband comes out my way I'll be getting the fastest connection available!
I'm sick of having dial-up..
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:56 pm
by deathguard
man u guys should be so glad u dont live in new zealand i used to have dial up and it was like at 20k a second and that was fast and boy if ne of u play runescape u should try play it with that sorta speed internet u couldnt pk to save ur life by the time u saw the guy u would be dead but now i got broad band but im prety sure it is slow by international standards but its fasternough
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2007 7:42 pm
by deathguard
wow man i got 2224 and 67 for uploading
Re: 56k warriors
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:37 am
by Bigman360
