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Article #686Re: Ihugs ULTRA - No good for gaming ?
From: D & K McLaren
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00
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Yes as I understand it the latency is highish..high 200s-300s. Don. Craig Sutton <suttonc@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message news:8ke961$9nu$1@news.ihug.co.nz... > > "Adam Warner" <Adam.Warner@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message > news:8kdqnk$380$1@news.ihug.co.nz... > > Hi everyone, > > > > One of the present features of Satnet is you can also dial up as > modem-only. > > This circumvents any lag problems when playing games and can also be > useful > > if there is a problem with the satellite service. > > > > I suspect this will almost certainly still be available with Ultra. So you > > don't need to worry about the higher latency of a satellite service when > > gaming. > > > > Regards, > > Adam > > > One question about satnet ultra, if i used 300 hours, can I then use the > service via normal modem dialup only..if so will these hours be charged at > $1.50 or will they be considerd like the normal flatrate. > > >
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