Hi there,
Has anyone else experience latency issues when connecting to the zone thru AOL?
The latency seems to fluctuate a lot, or everyone else' anyway. I'm connecting
thru a 56K modem and a PII 266 with IE4 (not AOL's IE3 browser) if that makes
any difference...is AOL my problem, or is it just the internet? Any inputs
would be appreciated.
JC
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Run, don't walk away from AOL. Secondly, a 56K modem isn't going to
help latency, and in fact it will probably be worse than with a 28.8
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So as a completely novice (haven't tried it yet) racer,
does this mean my 13 hops with a 300mps ping really isn't too bad from the
Big rock in the middle of the left ocean?
Aloha, Henry
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: >Has anyone else experience latency issues when connecting to the
: > zone thru AOL?
: Yes - absolutely... it is an AOL problem, not a problem with
: anything in your system. The best latencies I've seen on the
: Zone with AOL are about 425ms (actually, I've seen them in
: the mid-300's, but that never lasts), while I hear other people
: are getting readings at about 120-200ms with no problems.
: If it will make you feel better, you can write a letter to AOL
: screen name "Steve Case" (omit the quotes, the space is
: optional) and complain about it. I did and I will probably
: write at least once a week... Why? I don't know... I don't
: think it will help, but I KNOW it won't help if no one says
: anything about it...
: In the meantime, search for a new internet provider like I've
: been doing... (and don't forget to mention that you are
: shopping around when you write that letter to Steve Case...)
: - Mike.
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: Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN
: I'm sick of spam!! To e-mail me, remove the "x"...
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If it's consistently 300ms, it should be at least playable.
I'd be thrilled with a consistent 300ms ping at this point
in time... 13 hops? HA! I scoff at 13 hops! :-) It takes 14
to get from AOL to the Zone!
When you sign on to the Zone and go into the "waiting
room", you'll see a whole list of players and their latencies.
The more colors you see, the better chance you'll have
a good game. Your own latency will be perfect (0ms),
and everyone else will be some degree less than that.
Latency is represented by a series of colored bars.
0 bars means high latency and you don't have a chance
of playing with that person. 4 bars means low latency,
and you should have an excellent game with that person.
If you're on AOL, most people will have 1 bar, some people
will have 2, and a few may have 3, but it won't last. A lot of
people won't have any bars...
If you show people with 3 or 4 bars consistently, you
should be o.k...
- Mike.
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Mike Holthouse - Indianapolis, IN
I'm sick of spam!! To e-mail me, remove the "x"...
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