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Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

cjlopez — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:47:22 EDT

Man, I'm feeling so old reading all the remembrances of the dial up, I also hit the 14.4 of the time, when I first got internet, back in 95, downloading a 4mb rom was a pain in the ass, and seeing 10mb files was like "man, it'll take years to download". I still remember Mirc32 was the FAG!!!!

The i got a new rig, a AMD-K6 2 of 233mhz with 32mb and a 56.6kb, i always managed to connect to 118 and be like that for a rough 5 hours, then my connection dropped. Playing Quake2 online was the neatest thing I ever did back on the day.

After, my sis got her own PC, and I bougth mine, I set up a network, worked out a ICS with 2 XP's and one ME, sharing a 56.6 dial-up with 3 computer, o man, i don't want to remember that, specially when playing LineAge 2 or RO, that was like stabbing me in the heart.

Now, i have a 1mb ADSL, shame my ISP hasn't brought anything higher than 2mb and this one is exclusive for companies, damn, I need 5mb!!!!!

cjlopez

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Tayng — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:00:36 EDT

Thats simular to how I've got my 360 hacked right now, in a scense. I've got it wired through my Laptop, in order to save the 100 bucks for a wireless addapter.

Tayng

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Rexter — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:50:24 EDT

@rudeadly:

Somebody please tell me you are joking! If your question is serious, i will rage like a thousand angry god's.

On-topic:
Im amazed he could even log-on, let alone download updates.
Oh the days of dail-up. Back when people actually had patience. My dad once got a computer when 28k modem was the newest, and oh was it fast, i was completly blown away. Sh*t was so fast you had to upgrade your ram to 32mb or else netscape (gasp!) couldnt store every page you visited.

Once in a while i actually miss those days... But when i download a 4gb file of the net with my 20mbit dsl, i dont.

Rexter

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Hello_Newman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 23:30:55 EDT

Oh I remember the days, going from 1200bd to 2400 was awesome, and 14.4k rocked, then 28.8k was like a religious experience. Had ISDN too, you could kill on Quakeworld to the point where people would quit out of frustration. With broadband so cheap now, if you use a phone modem for gaming you really have the frustration coming. If money is that tight you should just get a part time job instead of spending time on computer games. Even basic Wifi you steal from your neighbors is better, there's just no excuse these days.

Hello_Newman

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

ddrcoder — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 17:17:06 EDT

This is nothing. When I first moved into my current apartment, I setup internet sharing from my Samsung BlackJack through my laptop, internet sharing through my wireless router, serving internet to the whole apartment, including the XBOX where I got as far as attempting to join an online game of Gears of War. :)

ddrcoder

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 13:14:21 EDT

@jackfrost132: Put towel on head.

You have been killed by a grenade. The towel only protects you from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal, not the Kosovar standing on the ridge.

Anyone know where I can get a copy of Zork to run on my Blackberry?

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

DeCerbo — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:44:10 EDT

my ISP sucks so bad that from 8pm - 12am it runs at dail-up speeds. Screw you, Ygnition network!

DeCerbo

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

jackfrost132 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:57:40 EDT

@OMG! Ponies!: You forgot a line

"You may be eaten by a grue"

jackfrost132

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:59:51 EDT

I have XBox 360 connected to my old 300 baud modem from my C<64. I tried loading up CoD4.

All I got was:

You are standing in a mountainous region holding an MP5 and an AK-74u. It is dark outside. There is a farmhouse to the north and a radio tower to the east. Your squadmate is to your left.

Personally, I don't know what all the fuss is about.

God made the pretty girls pretty because he likes them more

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Tingle — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:48:50 EDT

@undeadmachine: Still, a few megabyte file will still take a while to download with dial up.

Tingle

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

strider_mt2k — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:28:18 EDT

I'm gonna connect to Bulletin Board Systems!

What?

strider_mt2k

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

undeadmachine — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:02:24 EDT

@Collins1: yeah but game updates and dash updates are usually pretty small, and sometimes required. if a person has been using dial-up for a while, they will know better than to try to grab a 1.2 gig demo or hi-def movie, but the new rockband/guitar hero songs arent too out of reach, compared to not being able to connect at all.

undeadmachine

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

elislider — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:20:02 EDT

i had forgotten dialup internet still existed. why oh why is it even an option? a phone line should equal at least dsl

elislider

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Collins1 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:15:12 EDT

@undeadmachine: No it's not better than nothing. Have you ever used dialup? A game demo will take days to download, and it won't work anyway because the connection will break before it finishes.

Collins1

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

LordZedd — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 06:11:51 EDT

Sounds like somebody needs to spend the extra $5/month for broadband.

LordZedd

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

undeadmachine — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:55:17 EDT

its pretty awesome for people on dial-up to be able to get on live and get game content and updates. i wonder if a voice chat would work? its better than nothing anyway....

undeadmachine

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

techwriter7 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:08:08 EDT

Wow, this sounds like a giant exercise in frustration.

techwriter7

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

rezin khanz — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 01:33:36 EDT

i used this with my sprint datacard and its actually a pretty good work around for getting essential downloads for games

but dont be an ass and try to play live...
i've seen a lot of people with crappy net ruin otherwise great sessions with hobo brand dsl much less dial up

rezin khanz

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Beelzeboss — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 00:57:28 EDT

@bana: I always thought it sounded more like:
PEEE-AAAAH-WAAAARGH Ka-ding, ka-ding, ka-lick PSCHHHHHH-shhhh-SHHHHH, be-deep be deeep-deep...

Beelzeboss

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Darkest Daze — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:33:21 EDT

Forget downloading the new Rock Band tracks. You need to join a multiplayer Rock Band game over live. By the time your first note registers, the song will be over.

Darkest Daze

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Evangelion — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:18:48 EDT

@aznplayer213:
lol! I wonder how Gears of War would play like this...

Evangelion

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

GundamSLR — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:25:22 EDT

wow poor people with dialup i remmber it so badly that sometimes at nbight i woudl hear the dailing...jeeeezuzzzz

GundamSLR

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

rospaya — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:22:11 EDT

I still have better internet speed with my phone than DSL (2 mbit shared to 4 comps). Max HSDPA speed in my neighbourhood is 3.6 mbit, but latency can be a problem.

rospaya

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

aR-Tard — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:22:08 EDT

Please don't make a guide of how to use dial-up for the PS3...Bog on COD4 is already laggy enough as it is...

aR-Tard

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

aznplayer213 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:11:56 EDT

@Evangelion: hell yeah dude

dude that pwns now i can download my hd porn

aznplayer213

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

scarbrtj — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:11:41 EDT

HA ha ha. Poor schlubs with dial-up @56K.

I'm rockin' the ISDN @128K.

scarbrtj

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

jackfrost132 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:08:45 EDT

Wow, that's almost useless.. I suppose it would be good if you went to your buddies cottage and he had a 360 but no broadband and you wanted to grab your gamer tag.
But good luck getting it back. =\

jackfrost132

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

detach — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:05:12 EDT

@rudeadly: LMAO

once upon a time it was how old people connected to the internet. It was blazing fast for grandpa who would scream at anyone driving faster than he could walk.

detach

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

rudeadly — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:00:37 EDT

what the hell is dial up

rudeadly

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

shenanigans61 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:18:12 EDT

@hammertime1994: And then: BING bing BING bing SCHRRRWWWWWWWWWWW!!!PEEEEEEIIIIINNNNGGG

shenanigans61

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Hvedhrungr — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:12:04 EDT

Don't forget the connection drop if someone calls.

Hvedhrungr

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

hammertime1994 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:10:26 EDT

@bana: you forgot PSCHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

hammertime1994

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

bana — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:51:12 EDT

SCHHHHHHHH!WAAAAAA!EARRR!EEEEEEARRRR!BEEEEEEEE!GUROOOOGUROOOOO!OOOOOOO!

I will always miss that sound.

bana

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Rususeruru — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:46:42 EDT

Thank you Windows ICS... yeah we tried this with a friends original xbox back in '02 or '03 and managed to get into a couple of game lobbies only to immediately lag out haha good stuff.

Rususeruru

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

Evangelion — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:43:53 EDT

lol! My friend is going to get happy when he hears this!

Evangelion

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

--Tito-- — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:41:23 EDT

I am gonna host a Halo 3 multiplayer session!!

--Tito--

Experience the Joys of Constant Lag With Xbox Live on Dial-Up

bana — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:40:18 EDT

I'm going to use it to rent HD movies!

bana