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Re: Ihugs ULTRA - No good for gaming ?

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From: D & K McLaren
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
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>
> "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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From: "D & K McLaren" <big-mac@xtra.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Ihugs ULTRA - No good for gaming ?
Date: 2000/07/11
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