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Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: republic on March 21, 2007, 11:06:06 PM

So many times the boards are filled with gripes and wants...so without further ado...

Thank-you Mr. Hitech for making an incredibly fun game that I can actually play over my 26.4 dialup connection.  I give you a hearty and if my humble teacher's salary were larger...I'd buy you a bottle o' bribe.

Seems so many games cater to those blessed with broadband...yet so many of us still live with dial-up.  7 years ago SBC promised DSL in my area...  I estimate that true broadband will only come to me once the cellular companies roll out a true wireless broadband (None of that Cingular edge crap).

Sincerely,

Dialup Hostage

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: thndregg on March 22, 2007, 08:13:38 AM

Ol' Ma' Bell is stuck in the cup-&-string concept over here in Eastern Oregon as well. We were told they would have DSL here shortly. As expected, they have not followed through. I live at a highway junction four miles North of one town (population 150), and 8 miles south of another (population 2500). It would be nice if some year, we could get up to speed.

Thanks HTC for tolerating us dialers, lol.:aok

P.S. This is what little info I could find about DSL availability here:

http://www.malheurbell.net/maps/nyssa.shtml

You can guess where I'm at.:huh

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: hubsonfire on March 22, 2007, 10:56:48 AM

The netcoad stuff is one aspect of this game that is truly impressive.

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: REP0MAN on March 22, 2007, 02:28:22 PM

republic, what part of Oklahoma are you in?

If you live within reasonable distance from many larger cities, you should be able to utilize Sprints high speed CDMA technology. I used to work in Tulsa and lived in Claremore. I found that it worked on all the major interstates and in/around Claremore. Was almost faster than my cable connection at home.

Sprint Oklahoma Coverage Map (http://coverage.sprintpcs.com/IMPACT.jsp?mapcity=Oklahoma%20City&mapstate=OK&returnUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.sprintpcs.com%2Fexplore%2FservicePlansOptionsV2%2FFairFlexiblePlans.jsp%3FFOLDER%253C%253Efolder_id%3D1436723%26CURRENT_USER%253C%253EATR_SCID%3DECOMM%26CURRENT_USER%253C%253EATR_PCode%3DNone%26CURRENT_USER%253C%253EATR_cartState%3Dgroup)

I sure miss Oklahoma :cry

:aok

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: Nilsen on March 22, 2007, 02:39:45 PM

Any connection over any type of cellphone technology will be worse for _gaming_ than dial-up..... or so ive heard. Has something to do with lag i think.

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: 96Delta on March 22, 2007, 03:10:04 PM

Forget DSL.

Verizon has been laying fiber like crazy.
Cable will go the way of the Do-Do when
they roll out Fibre Hi-Speed.

I can't wait to kick Comcast to the curb!

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: Nilsen on March 22, 2007, 04:35:18 PM

Newer technologies are making cable and internet over phonelines ALOT faster. They are rollingout the new systems here shortly. Fiber is still better, but cable/phone will be competitive for a very very long time.

50Mbits over ADSL is here now. As far as i know fiber is about 100Mbits

Title: Thank-you Hitech
Post by: falcon23 on March 22, 2007, 05:33:54 PM

I am in NE oklahoma and ha lousy phone service..Went with wild-blue satllite,and it is not too bad..there are times when I cant play..Lotsof people online.But my connection is usually not too bad..Latency is a small issue,but it basically keeps me out of fighters..although when the boy gets online he does pretty well in fighters..
                                 Kevin