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Old February 7, 2003, 05:48   #1
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deity gets Satellite Internet > 400k/sec
That'll fix the parrots...

Well, until they discover the dish is a nice place to hang out and drop their business....



Haven't got it working yet. The kit just arrived...
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Old February 7, 2003, 06:15   #2
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I hasten to add that this is highly relevant to Civ2 MP
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Wow, have they got the speed up to 400k/sec now......last time I looked (quite a long time ago admittedly) at the satellite stuff it was rubbish........something to do with really high latency despite the bandwidth.
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Is this one way, where you only get the broadband on downloads but your uploads are still through phone lines? If so, when playing, parrots may still be a factor.
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parrots will always be a factor
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i "pirate" my satelite tv, can't do it with the internet b/c they can track you.....

i remmeber the old days when i used to hack into a back door through of a company and steal their bandwidth no i pay for it though
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Old February 7, 2003, 12:52   #8
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i remmeber the old days when i used to hack into a back door through of a company and steal their bandwidth
This does not seem in keeping with our knowledge of your technical abilities.
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Ones hardware, the other is software. We all know he has problems with the soft side.
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Ones hardware, the other is software. We all know he has problems with the soft side.
I wasn't aware War shared such intimate details of his personal life with you.
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laugh it up lads, i don't share all the info, yes software has given me probs in the past, but MY hardware works just fine
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Is this one way, where you only get the broadband on downloads but your uploads are still through phone lines? If so, when playing, parrots may still be a factor.
Yes, one=way using Sat for d/l and seconf phone line for u/l. Latency is an issue with Sats but not a big deal unless playing realtime games. I live in the bush and will never get cable and I'm too far from thje exchange to get ASDL. I di get the odd parrot though.... Life has its compensations

Plan: Business Sat Up to 400kbps $A60.50 per month for 1GB 26.4 cents per MB (Aust dollar = 56c; 35p)

Damn cheaper than I thought it would be and my employer is paying for it!

I'll consider two-way Sat further down the track - it's cheaper than I thought too.
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Yeah as I thought no good for FPSers, but after what you are used to it will kick ass.
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Sinec there's a big parrot is sitting at his keyboard I don't see what difference satellite will make.
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Not to barge into your little groups conversation, but what in the bloody hell is a "Parrot"?
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Old February 8, 2003, 01:26   #18
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I don't know how that happened!

I only posted once in the other thread - HONEST!
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Thanks, haven't quite got it working yet...
Give me a P.......Give me an A.........
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Ming did you mean , welcome to MODEM world
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Request that War be permabanned for that pun.
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just a little slap stick...
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That's not slapstick.......slapstick is Laurel and Hardy, or Charlie Chaplin. That was just a pun......and a bad one at that.
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Yeah, maybe after Deity gets it working he can consult for war4 to help him fix his connection problems.
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Well Rah, in the land of the blind..........
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Well i did drop last night at the very end......made no dif by that point anyways.....

the worst was waiting to join and then blowing all the fuses in my place had to run out , buy more
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