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Greywolf22
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Am I limited to single player only?
   

I was hoping someone could answer a question for me. I live in a rural area and my only option for broadband is Satellite. I am hesitant to get this type of connection because apparently the download speed is around 500k but the upload is a crappy 50k. I was wondering, does anyone know whether these kind of speeds would suffice for MMORPGs? I know they would probably suck for a fast paced game like Counterstrike of Unreal but could i play a game like Everquest or Dark Age without too much lag or trouble?
Post Sun Dec 01, 2002 11:47 pm
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hoyp
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Joined: 02 Oct 2002
Posts: 501
   

you shouldn't have a problem with mmorpgs
Post Sun Dec 01, 2002 11:58 pm
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Ekim
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Joined: 27 May 2002
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Location: Montreal, Canada
   

Your upload would be more than sufficient. My ISP used to give me 16k upload speeds versus 300k Download, and I had above average performances with MMORPGs. I switched to their "super" high speed service which gives me around 500k download and 78k upload speeds, and I hardly see any difference to be quite honest. I'm still way above average in performance, but upload speed isn't much of a factor on the user end of things.
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Post Mon Dec 02, 2002 6:18 pm
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MoonDragon
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Location: Waterloo, Canada
   

With upload speeds of 16k per second, I could host locally 6 person games of FreeSpace 2 without any problems what-so-ever. So, being just a client should be a breeze.
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Post Tue Dec 03, 2002 4:34 am
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xSamhainx
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Location: San Diego
   

lol, yeah dude you got than handled ok
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