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has anyone played WoW via satellite internet???

ProProductProProduct Member Posts: 5
in World of Warcraft

Unfortunately the only internet available in my area is dial-up. So my question is this; has anyone played WoW via satellite internet??? Or do you have any friends that might have used this service? I know its not exactly worth the money, but anything is better than dial-up.

 

Please Help!

 

Thanks in advance.

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  • DabbleDabble Member Posts: 1,043

    Here:

    www.worldofwarcraft.com

    Good luck.

  • MikeMongerMikeMonger Member Posts: 196

    The problem with satellite is that you're still using dial-up for uploading packets.  That'll bring your speeds down anyway.  So no, I wouldn't waste the cash on satellite internet for playing online games.

     

  • PrecusorPrecusor Member UncommonPosts: 3,589
    Much better off in using a 56k modem than a satellite..  :/


  • ArtemizArtemiz Member Posts: 58
    Ive never played WoW, but I have played Anarchy Online with satelite and it is much better than dialup. The Latency is not the best but I rarely get disconnected and its much faster than dialup. If you havent used Satelite then dont comment on it when saying your better off with 56k. I still dont see how I ever played anything with 56k.


  • ProProductProProduct Member Posts: 5

    Nah...satellite internet is "two-way" now and doesn't use a phone line at all. It uses the dish for uploading and downloading. Thanks for your input though.

    Does anyone know what it feels like to do anything on a 14.4 connection??? (yes...i'm dead serious)

  • ProProductProProduct Member Posts: 5


    Originally posted by Precusor
    Much better off in using a 56k modem than a satellite..  :/

    Even if you only get a 14.4 connection on a GOOD day?? lol

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  • lomillerlomiller Member Posts: 1,810

    The problem with satellite internet is the round trip time for signal.  This adds a minimum of 750 ms to any ping time so while you have a lot more bandwidth then a modem your latencies are normally higher as well.  Traditionally if a game has good net code latency is a bigger factor, but this is less true today because of higher bandwidth requirements, and MMO’s are a little less latency sensitive to begin with.  

     

    Keep in mind the quality of the ISP can make a huge difference as well.  Your best may be to see if they have some type of a demo available where you can install WoW and try it first hand.

  • ProProductProProduct Member Posts: 5


    Originally posted by lomiller

    The problem with satellite internet is the round trip time for signal.  This adds a minimum of 750 ms to any ping time so while you have a lot more bandwidth then a modem your latencies are normally higher as well.  Traditionally if a game has good net code latency is a bigger factor, but this is less true today because of higher bandwidth requirements, and MMO’s are a little less latency sensitive to begin with.  
     
    Keep in mind the quality of the ISP can make a huge difference as well.  Your best may be to see if they have some type of a demo available where you can install WoW and try it first hand.

              Thanks.
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