<!--QuoteBegin--Last.+Nov 8 2003, 03:58 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Last. @ Nov 8 2003, 03:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--Quaunaut+Nov 7 2003, 07:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Quaunaut @ Nov 7 2003, 07:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> (note: I have AOL for Broadband) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> That explains a lot. If you ever try AOL dialup, you'll know why everyone hates it. Its software automatically disconnects you if you don't use it for some time -- like in the middle of a good game of Natural Selection for example. It also severely limits your bandwidth to save money. This makes little difference to the moms and dads who use the internet to check and send some e-mail, but to hardcore gamers and professional geeks, it's annoying and stupid. Not to mention it costs 2-3x as much as many ISPs are nowadays. (AOL is ~25 p/m while NetZero is only $10 p/m). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Back when I had AOL dial-up...56k was still to laggy to play. nobody likes the 800ms+ ping...
How did you manage to play Natural Selection at all? Also, I think Road Runner is $35-45/month and AOL is $45-ish/month....Never made sense to me because they're both Time Warner owned. (that'd be Broadband).
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ns is always laggy on 56k .. wait .. all games are <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
AOL = america online rite?
so therefore it can stay in america <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> aus has enuf troubles with telstra (telscum)
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That explains a lot. If you ever try AOL dialup, you'll know why everyone hates it. Its software automatically disconnects you if you don't use it for some time -- like in the middle of a good game of Natural Selection for example. It also severely limits your bandwidth to save money. This makes little difference to the moms and dads who use the internet to check and send some e-mail, but to hardcore gamers and professional geeks, it's annoying and stupid. Not to mention it costs 2-3x as much as many ISPs are nowadays. (AOL is ~25 p/m while NetZero is only $10 p/m). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Back when I had AOL dial-up...56k was still to laggy to play. nobody likes the 800ms+ ping...
How did you manage to play Natural Selection at all? Also, I think Road Runner is $35-45/month and AOL is $45-ish/month....Never made sense to me because they're both Time Warner owned. (that'd be Broadband).
AOL = america online rite?
so therefore it can stay in america <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> aus has enuf troubles with telstra (telscum)