Do you have crappy internet?

[bj229r]

Originally posted by VWE
I'm currently deployed to Iraq and playing on a satellite connection with ping rates of 750+... as long as your connection is stable even with these ping rates I have the game is playable. Speeds not your issue, stability is...

I thought the ping rate WAS the benchmark for stability? NOW I'm confused---have been thinking about getting Dish Network's satellite...recently out for them.

(Where in Iraq are ya VWE, and are things looking up of late?)

[crockett]

Originally posted by bj229r
So I guess my 49.2k DIALup is somewhat lacking too:)

I would gladly pay $300 for even 1mpbs vs ever using dial up again.

[VWE]

I'm in Baghdad, stop watching the news when ever they talk about Iraq... they have their agenda to push and take things out of context. Things have steaditly improved since I got here first of this year.

[sullie363]

Hell I'm out in the woods using dialup with a connection averaging around 265-290 and it plays just fine.

[crockett]

Cool good to hear some of you can still play good with less than desirable connections.

I just remember playing on my 56.k modem and having to lag shoot.. lol
I can say in Areal combat I don't think lag shooting would work out very well.

I'm about to build a new system, that I'll be shipping to the island when I go. I just hate to have a killer system then not be able to play because of lag.

[xtyger]

When I started doing online sims, everyone told me I HAD to use broadband. Quite honestly, I haven't noticed that much difference, as far as online play. Maybe I would if I switched back to dial up?

I don't know.

As was mentioned earlier, the biggest problem with dial up is downloading updates. That was a major problem, back when I used dial up. Now, I hardly even notice it with DSL.

xtiger

[bj229r]

Ive had the opportunity to play on highspeed at times, and biggest difference is snapshots---on dialup in Jug, even the shots where I lead so far I cant even see the target under cowl are often short, whereas on highspeed such shots are far more profitable

[xtyger]

With broadband, I've had people blast me with head ons from 1.5k. I felt there was no way they could do that. There's still a lag, at times, with broadband.

Same thing happened with dial up, although maybe not as often.

xtiger

[tedrbr]

Originally posted by VWE
I'm currently deployed to Iraq and playing on a satellite connection with ping rates of 750+... as long as your connection is stable even with these ping rates I have the game is playable. Speeds not your issue, stability is...

What's the going rate for a sat hookup in Baghdad these days, if you don't mind?  I know it was pretty expensive during OIF2 (around $1,000 a month IIRC) and the price just kept going up.  I figured American contractors would be selling it to the troops by now, since there were so many soldier owned connections going up all the time, or possibly Army stepped in to put price fixes in place.

[mtnman]

When it comes to downloading game updates with dial-up, I DID have a major problem.  A full download takes me something like 13 hours.  

I have a friend at work who I got hooked on AH.  We work the same schedule, and now have the same addiction, hehe.  If I'm tyring to play AH, he generally is too.

When an update comes out, I call him on his cell phone and have him burn a copy onto a disk.  I then drive to his place (1 hour each way) and pick up the disk, take it home and install it!  I can generally get this whole process done in less than three hours if he happens to be home when I call him.  Even if he's not I can usually be up and playing again in maybe 6 hours or less.

Sometimes he'll even drive toward me so we meet somewhere in the middle, lol.

See-  Problem Solved!!

DonKey-  I have Nortons, but no warping problems.  I had to set up a new "Start" profile with all the Nortons junk turned off, as well as all the other stuff I didn't need.  I run the game with only 15 processes running.

VWE-  <>  Thank you for your service!  Stay alert over there!

MtnMan

[VWE]

I had to do some leg work, buy my own equipment that I found online used. I set up my own antenna pointing to their antenna...

Hardware cost me $120.00 and I pay $75.00 a month from http://www.jackalwireless.net

I'll get my $120.00 back when I leave, used equipment goes like hot cakes round here.

Back at ya mtnman