DOS Games Discussion

GameMaster.EXE · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 3:24 pm Post subject: I have Dial-up 56k and I hate it!

The subject line says it all! Dial-up is so damn slow! What would take a broadband user 1 minute to download something would take half an hour on mine! DSL is not available for my area, so I can't get faster service. The connection speed is like 21.1k on my computer and it can't get any worse! Who's in a similar situation like me?

Wally · Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:47 pm Post subject:

Hey tell me about it..

Damn telstra... cant put the line out an extra 3 kms.

So unfortunatelly i cant get DSL..

jmmijo · Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

Luckily I live in an area with choice, however, having tried out all the connection flavors, I'll stick with my Comcast cable connection Shit-Eating Grin

I hope your situation changes for the better in regards to your connection speed, really sounds like some noisy lines caused by distance and older equipment at your local CO Sad

@Wally, so I see you live down under, but does your local ILEC even offer iDSL service ?!?

This is basically a replacement to the older ISDN technology and uses a 144kb up/down. It's specifically designed for clients that are further away from their local CO's then normal xDSL will allow for a proper connection Wink

dr_st · Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2005 1:52 pm Post subject:

I used to be on dialup 56k. Initially my connection was stable at 52kbps. Then my modem died, and my new modem gave me something stable between 50667bps and 5333bps. In the very end of my dialup age I used to be able to connect at the stable speed of 54667bps.

Then I moved to cable. First 750kbps, then 1.5mbps. Was alright most of the time, except that during some periods I suffered often connection drops. I think it was in part due to unstable infrastructure of the cable company in its early days as an internet service provider, and in part due to me connecting the broadband modem through USB. When I started connecting it through Ethernet to my router the problems seemed to stop.

Then we moved to ADSL 1.5mbps. We only did it because we cancelled our subscription to the cable company's TV services (moved to the satellite company), and it was impossible (or infeasible) for us to keep their internet services. Basically I'm pretty happy with the ADSL too, except for one gripe - the upload bandwidth they give for 1.5mbps downloiad is only 96kbps (12KB/s) compared to the cable's 128kbps (16KB/s). Often not so important, but when you want to upload a big file it makes a difference, and also when eMule was uploading at 10KB/s it constantly clogged up my traffic and I experienced slowdowns I never experienced with cable. So I must use Netlimiter to limit eMule by force.

Kazer0 · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:57 pm Post subject:

There is always Satellite internet avalible in any area, but it is very costly to set up. A reciever is $1000 US, but monthly you pay about the same as DSL.

Maxpower · Member Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 30 Location: USA

I have Road Runner. It takes a few secons a file as big as 10mb. I use to have 56k. It costed $25 a year. But it was text only. LOL

Wally · Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 8:30 pm Post subject:

486 player · Gaming Demi-god Joined: 18 Sep 2002 Posts: 1079

We've a goverment's plan to get broadband to every cottage by usin' out of us nmt7gsm net, but it takes a long time. Sad

Eugene Esterly III · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:05 am Post subject:

I'm in the same boat as GameMaster.EXE.

I can only get dial-up in my general area. I have a 56K Modem but I can only get 28.8 Kbps. I live in Breinigsville, PA & we can't even get DSL but Allentown, PA which is only several miles to the east of us has DSL.

Breinigsville, PA is located in Upper Macungie Township which is the largest township in Lehigh County, PA but we can't get DSL because Verizon doesn't want to spend money to upgrade the infrastructure.

Pennsylvania just enacted a law which requires that Verizon upgrade an area for DSL if 50 people or more request DSL.

GameMaster.EXE · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:19 am Post subject:

Hmmmm...

I'm trying to get SBC Yahoo DSL and I live in a neighborhood of about 70 houses and 2 apartment complexes. I'm suprised why my area hasn't upgraed......

jmmijo · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:12 am Post subject:

Boy I feel for those that don't have a choice, regardless if they want to use broadband or not.

PDX, has so many options, in fact there's a non-profit group that wants to WiFi the entire metro area. They even pursuaded the city to look into this and the city appears to be moving forward with this, however, they want to charge a minimum fee to cover the cost of the serivice and equipment Wink

Currently, you can go many places in the downtown area and just roam with your mobile device for free Shit-Eating Grin

GameMaster.EXE · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:31 pm Post subject:

For now, I'll have to see about acclerated dial-up. Or maybe NETZERO 3g high-speed dial-up. That any good?

Wally · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:25 pm Post subject:

YOu should at least attempt to get ISDN.. or wireless is another option

Kazer0 · Posted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:59 pm Post subject:

jmmijo · Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 9:24 am Post subject: