Valve and Vivendi settle their court case.......Bugger.....

[Kakero]

So just how much are the price will be reduce?

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by shamrock_uk: So how many weeks will that take me at 3.5KB/sec? [img]tongue.gif[/img] In ten years maybe, this is just ridiculous!

You get three and a half kilobytes in a second? I'm jealous, I still measure speed in kilobits. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

But remember, this could help make broadband the norm (that is, it won't just be sites assuming everyone has broadband anymore). This won't get us the whole way there, but if it works well, it will be a good start.

[Hivetyrant]

Originally posted by LennonCook: quote: Originally posted by shamrock_uk: So how many weeks will that take me at 3.5KB/sec? [img]tongue.gif[/img] In ten years maybe, this is just ridiculous!

You get three and a half kilobytes in a second? I'm jealous, I still measure speed in kilobits. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

But remember, this could help make broadband the norm (that is, it won't just be sites assuming everyone has broadband anymore). This won't get us the whole way there, but if it works well, it will be a good start. [/QUOTE]Well the way I see it, and the way I thought you would have seen it, companies like telstra will see this, know that people need broadband and up their prices due to the fact that bandwidth is going to go through the roof [img]graemlins/eatmousepointer.gif[/img]

[shamrock_uk]

3.5 kilobytes is correct here... A 56 kilobit/sec modem would give ~7KB/sec. Of course the reality is nothing that fast, and my connection varies from about 3.5KB/sec up to 5KB/sec. If it was 3.5Kb/sec then I would be waiting for minutes just to get Ironworks to load!

And kilobits are a stupid measure of size anyway, so I always think in kilobytes [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 05-03-2005, 07:41 AM: Message edited by: shamrock_uk ]

[RoSs_bg2_rox]

I think this is a good idea, as more lazy sods will take up buying the game direct from the company off the net. It might prove troublesome for online game distributors such as Play however. That is, of course, if it takes off.

The majority of people I know have Broadband these days, and if you are still stuck on 3.5Kb/sec then you are one unlucky person.

[shamrock_uk]

Well, at uni I have a nice fast connection. At home, its a different matter [img]smile.gif[/img] I shall definitely get broadband in my first house.

But my parents just wouldn't use it, and the additional expense doesn't justify it. If all you do is check email and visit the occasional site then dialup is all you need really. If we were in a non-BT area then it would be nice and mega-cheap but alas.

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Hivetyrant: Well the way I see it, and the way I thought you would have seen it, companies like telstra will see this, know that people need broadband and up their prices due to the fact that bandwidth is going to go through the roof [img]graemlins/eatmousepointer.gif[/img]

Or, they will drop prices in an effort to gain more customers (and/or not lose existing ones).

[ 05-03-2005, 06:24 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

[Intrepid]

Originally posted by Hivetyrant: quote: Originally posted by LennonCook: quote: Originally posted by shamrock_uk: So how many weeks will that take me at 3.5KB/sec? [img]tongue.gif[/img] In ten years maybe, this is just ridiculous!

You get three and a half kilobytes in a second? I'm jealous, I still measure speed in kilobits. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

But remember, this could help make broadband the norm (that is, it won't just be sites assuming everyone has broadband anymore). This won't get us the whole way there, but if it works well, it will be a good start. [/QUOTE]Well the way I see it, and the way I thought you would have seen it, companies like telstra will see this, know that people need broadband and up their prices due to the fact that bandwidth is going to go through the roof [img]graemlins/eatmousepointer.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]no way!
they wouldn't increase the price, especially over something like this. Telstra (the major communications provider in Australia) firstly wouldn't pay attention to this event, and secondly wouldn't do anything about it even if they knew, another company such as TPG would have to make the first move then Telstra along with optus would follow.
But all that would only lead to a reduced price, and if it increases bandwidth requirments, then that infastructure needed to be upgraded anyway.
Besided it's only a game, think of the ammount of bandwidth people use downloading porn and music, and that's a constant download, this would be a once off download for a select part of the internet using community, because gamers, and mroe specifically gamers that would download an entire game are only a small fraction of broadband users.