AOL-online gaming

on aol is it ok for online gaming
some say no what do you say

On 12 Aug 2003 14:55:45 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Eddgreen) wrote:

>on aol is it ok for online gaming
>some say no what do you say

Its crap for gaming on dialup, so I don't see why it should be any
better under broadband (assuming thats what you meant).

Andrew.

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> on aol is it ok for online gaming
> some say no what do you say

On their dialup I remember hearing it was all routed through their US
servers (for tax purposes?), so I should think pings would've been >
300ms , and I think I remember hearing the same would be done with their
broadband, so I'd avoid it. Even if they don't, there's cheaper and
better broadband ISPs.

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Dazed

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<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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> On 12 Aug 2003 14:55:45 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Eddgreen) wrote:

> Its crap for gaming on dialup, so I don't see why it should be any
> better under broadband (assuming thats what you meant).

Well I was using AOL dial-up and the pings were the best I ever had with any
dial-up provider..

To original poster:- Make sure you use an external modem, I found this a god
send when I was stuck on 56k..

<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
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> You are the first person I have ever heard saying that. As Dazed said,
> their servers are offshore for tax reasons, so I can't see how they
> would compare favourably to a half decent UK ISP.
>
> Andrew.

Really Andrew, they were the best I ever had, I was getting about 100-120
which as you may agree is good for dial-up..

Also another thing I liked is I never got booted off whilst playing a game
(no 2hr kick off)

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> On Tue, 12 Aug 2003 17:03:32 +0100, "EastCoastChipping"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Well I was using AOL dial-up and the pings were the best I ever had with
any
> >dial-up provider..
> >
> You are the first person I have ever heard saying that. As Dazed said,
> their servers are offshore for tax reasons, so I can't see how they
> would compare favourably to a half decent UK ISP.
>
> Andrew.

Ok, just been around a mates who`s just gone live on AOL Broadband, it`s
terrible pings to jolt were 180 so best avoid..

I`m surprised though, as I said, Dial-Up was perfect for me..