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Subject: I HAVE DIAL UP AND NEED HELP WITH SOME WIERD LAG PROBLEMS
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Im new to the Maw, but ive been playing halo pc for a while now, and have some unusual lag problems on multiplayer. YES, I HAVE READ THE LAG GUIDE AND DONE EVERYTHING, before you all tell me to just read that. Ive reduced my ping to 266 with dial-up, and I know i can lower it, because i have a 56kbps connection, and for some reason, IM ONLY GETTING 28, WHICH IS HALF OF THAT AND I WANT MY MONEY'S WORTH. I have no idea why, and id like for my shots to actually hit when i fire in multiplayer. If someone can help me get back my whole 56 kbps, it would really help. And I know i can somehow get it to that because i used to have 56 but it kept reducing over a couple months and then stopped now at 28. once again, PLEASE if you have any information on why my connection is like this now and how to get it back to normal, i would really appreciate it.

  • 08.15.2006 1:41 PM PDT
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Get cable.

  • 08.15.2006 1:42 PM PDT
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Actually Id already have it if it wasnt for the fact that i dont have service yet where I live. Otherwise id have it. TRUST ME.

  • 08.15.2006 1:45 PM PDT
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Lag guide? Wtf?

Dude, 56K is horrible. Get cable. Also, read the stickies. And another thing, it doesn't matter if you have the fastest connection or the crappiest, because your shots will never hit your target when you shoot at it, because of Halo's netcode. AND STOP TYPING IN CAPS GODDAMMIT IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE A RETARD BEGGING FOR ATTENTION SEE HOW ANNOYING IT IS??!!!!?!?!?!? Also, work on your punctuation and spelling.

  • 08.15.2006 1:47 PM PDT

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OK 56k modems never get 56k because the phone companies cap it at 53.3k but you should still be able to get above 45k. It sounds like there is a 28.8k cap somewhere in your settings. I haven't touched a modem in years so I'm not sure where that setting would be. Try Googling the problem.

  • 08.15.2006 1:52 PM PDT
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Have you ever actually connected at 54 kbps? Most of the time, when a modem isn't connecting at 54 kbps it's due to the telephone lines. See, telephone wires are the limiting factor in how fast you can connect to your ISP.

In my area, I can get cable, but dialup tops out at a whopping 28.8 kbps. There's nothing I can do to make it go faster, it's being limited by the city infrastructure. If you've never connected faster than 28.8, then this is likely your problem. Sorry, there's nothing you can do.

  • 08.15.2006 1:52 PM PDT
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It might not be called a lag guide, but its in the stickies. Or more specifically, its a link in one of them. And if you want to just complain about grammar and spelling in my post instead of helping its better if you just dont say anything. if the shot thing is with the netcode, I didnt know that. But i still get lag. 56k does suck, but theres nothing I can do about that right now until, like I said before,can get dsl service where I live. And I wont do the caps thing if thats so annoying to people.

  • 08.15.2006 1:58 PM PDT
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well, i guess something happened, due to that i used to have 56, but it got so low. Probably more people getting the same dialup service or something. And well, if theres nothing I can do about it i guess i have to live through laggy multiplayer until i get service.

  • 08.15.2006 2:01 PM PDT

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Back when I had a 56k modem, (I wasn't playing Halo), I read that they never deliver 56k. That's the max possible for them, in a perfect world with no static on the line, etc.

I used to lose phone and internet service when it rained because squirels were gnawing on the insulation on the phone lines– dry they worked, wet, they shorted out.

Can you get DSL?

  • 08.15.2006 2:03 PM PDT
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Well as I said I did used to get around 56, but if its something I cant do anything about, ill have to deal with it. And for the last time I dont get dsl service where i live yet.

  • 08.15.2006 2:07 PM PDT

Get DSL ,DSL is better!

  • 08.15.2006 2:49 PM PDT