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AOL and Latency

JC2GETH

AOL and Latency

by JC2GETH » Wed, 03 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Hi,

Can't play nascar because of "latency" or being "too far away", whatever that
means. Can someone help me. I love the nascar game and am dying to play via
multiplayer.
I don't have a prob. changing ISP providers, but how do I know if it will be
fast or right latency to play game?
Thank JG in Phila. area

Don Burnett

AOL and Latency

by Don Burnett » Thu, 04 Mar 1999 04:00:00

Well, I assume your talking about racing Nascar 2 on Ten. If that's the
case, your going to want a good ISP other than AOL. Try some of the big
names - Earthlink, Mindspring, Sprintnet. Most will offer a 30 day free
trial.
If you get good results, and want to stick with them, you can even keep aol
and reduce their fee by using the bring your own connection rate, which I
believe is around 10 bucks a month. Or, you could drop AOL.

Don Burnette
Dburn on Ten


>Hi,

>Can't play nascar because of "latency" or being "too far away", whatever
that
>means. Can someone help me. I love the nascar game and am dying to play via
>multiplayer.
>I don't have a prob. changing ISP providers, but how do I know if it will
be
>fast or right latency to play game?
>Thank JG in Phila. area

SteveBla

AOL and Latency

by SteveBla » Thu, 04 Mar 1999 04:00:00

You can pick up a local ISP and still keep AOL by using your ISP for line
access and the BYOA-TCP/IP option for AOL.  That's what I'm doing so I can race

$9.95/AOL; all unlimited).  This way you can use AOL's features when you want
and ditch 'em when you don't.  This may also give you the option of
higher-speed access options, depending on your area.  Not for me yet, but I'm
hoping.:-)

Steve B.

remove "edy" from address for email

Larr

AOL and Latency

by Larr » Sat, 06 Mar 1999 04:00:00

It's called "Six***-Million Subscribers"

Being the biggest ain't great for all things :(

-Larry


> Hi,

> Can't play nascar because of "latency" or being "too far away", whatever that
> means. Can someone help me. I love the nascar game and am dying to play via
> multiplayer.
> I don't have a prob. changing ISP providers, but how do I know if it will be
> fast or right latency to play game?
> Thank JG in Phila. area


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