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Gaming without high speed internet
crackity jones \| 8:16 PM on 07.28.2008	26 comments

Believe it or not but in this modern age we live in high speed internet is not readily available in all locations. I happen to be one of the last gamers out there without high speed internet. I don't have dial-up anymore but what we now have at our house I would hardly call high speed. I'm sure you all are aware of the satellite company Direct TV. Some of you may also be aware of their satellite internet called Hughes Net. Yeah it sounds like a simple solution to not having high speed available but the catch is you can only use so much of it. Yes I am living with limited internets. Now I ended up finding out about this before we made the switch and I tried to warn my Dad but he went ahead and got it not realizing just how much of a pain in the ass he had just gotten us all into.

We have 3 computers in the house connected to the internet, for those 3 computers we have a total of 200mb a day to use. Thats 66.7mb a computer! Thats for every bit of data they download for pictures on websites, videos, words, every single part of a website that is loaded on my screen goes towards that. When one calls in to complain about this and how ridiculous it is you are presented with wonderful news from the nice man in India on the other line: 3-7AM IS FREE INTERNETS ZOMG!! Yeah well here in America I'm usually asleep at those hours. Even when its working it really isn't all that much better than dial-up. So how is this game related? Glad you asked!

You see in this day and age if you don't have high speed internet you miss out on a lot. I miss out on Friday Night Fights here on Destructoid, I miss out on playing COD4 and UT3 with my friends here in town, I miss out on downloading XBLA and PSN games, I miss out on friend codes ... Ok so maybe I'm not missing much there. I really feel like I'm missing out on a huge part of my video games experience now a days. Looking at the new games on the horizon about 95% of them have some sort of online play. There are some games I'd love to play that I just can't at all since they are online only (Warhawk, Team Fortress 2).

Now I'm not trying to cry myself a river here or ask for sympathy I just wanted to share what its like being a gamer with out high speed internet. Am I the only one left or do I have any brothers or sisters out here on dtoid who share my pain?

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26 comments | showing # 1 to 26

TrailerParkJesus

You poor poor bastard. Forget online gaming, where do you get your porn?

vexed alex

That sounds so horrible...

bahss

That sounds like suuuuuuuch a pain in the ass to gauge what mb come across on your computer. I think I'm going to try to cut down on the images I put in my blog so you can be spared. :P

I'll tell you what though, between you, jacakal, myself, and the other players around here, we need to organize a FnF JoMo edition.

crackity jones

yeah buddy! old school LAN style!

Maurice Tan

Oh man, and here I thought 50GB/week download was ridiculously low.

Scrixx

Quick someone post a huge picture that kills bandwidth! It'll show him not to go with Direct TV. LOL.

Anyways, sucks dude D:

crackity jones

I just realized I forgot the best part, when you go over the limit they slow you down slower than anything ever for 24 hours.

AngelsDontBurn

Christ. That's horrible.

InsaneSuicides

Dude... I feel your pain.. I have had Hughesnet for a year... I did upgrade though to a 400 mb download limit though..

BUT I get High Speed Internet in September.. When I saw the cable truck outside about 3 weeks ago, I was ecstatic.

hood_954

lol i'm kinda in the same boat as you, but not as bad. i get 15GB a month, so roughly 500mb a day to cram in all my surfing, downloading and gaming needs before i go over and they slow me down worse than a snail stuck in dogshit. we only have one computer and my xbox to suck it all up though

bahss

Scrixx, Don't be a dick.
But still, I LOL'd.

crackity jones

Congrats InsaneSuicides, I long for that day...

Kotua

Must Suck even more now that many games also require patches too.

Eschatos

Switch nooooooooow.

adultswim810

i would rather not have internet than have it that shitty

nebones

You obviously don't live in Australia... =(

Timmeh

Ouch. This sounds like some sort of cruel joke.

I know a couple of people who don't even have internets at all though and they're always round here using my computer :P That must REALLY suck donkey balls.

Remo

Bah my crappy ISP gives me only 6GB a month.

c45h

If there is no high speed, then there will be no c45h. You need better sales skills for your dad.

Mike Hawk

do you have enough income to afford paying for high speed internet? i have earthlink (DSL) at my house and i (well technically my dad) only has to pay $25/mo. if i were you, i'd just find a good deal and get yourself some new internets.

Jogn

Oh man. My best friend is also ensconced in the TERROR that is Hughes Net. You forgot to mention the best part though! If you go over that limit, the Fair Access Policy is enacted and your internet is completely cut off for, like, a full day. At least, that's how it is with him...

perri

I'm still on dial up. No bandwidth limit though. That sounds truly frustrating, even for a guy who had to buy a 'New' 56k modem a couple months ago.

king3vbo

Switch NOW

crackity jones

You guys dont understand, I can't switch! Nothing else is available where I live. :(

seltzermx

If you had dial-up and downloaded non-stop at its maximum speed all day (literally never stop downloading), you get around 600mb per day. Just some food for thought.

Now then, returning to that 1.5GB not-torrent I want to get over lunch break.

(Yeah, I know, I'm an ass)

jackal27

Oh man... I had a couple of friends in your boat (I mean, we both live in Joplin so it's understandable) and it SUCKS.

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