COD4 on dial up?

lolomg4 · 04-09-2008, 06:40 PM

Hi, I was just wondering if I could play COD4 on dial up as I live on a hill and the poops that supply cable don't find it in their interest to run a line up...
-Anyway, I pinged a local cod4 server using command prompt and it was around 150-180m/s- is that too slow? and is there more to it than just ping?
-I can't check it on Cod4 because I don't have a video card yet-gotta buy one but I've been playing at my grandmas house on broadband.
THANKS TO ANYONE THAT HELPS ME OUT

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 04-09-2008, 07:01 PM

http://www.satellitefamily.com/satellite-internet.asp

lolomg4 · 04-09-2008, 07:08 PM

I heard satellite high speed is really bad and wow that's expensive-so 180m/s is too slow?what if I created my own server for cod4 and got other players to use my server?
If I can't play on dial up I guess I'll just have to wait for Fiber Optic whenever the heck that comes around..

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 04-09-2008, 07:19 PM

i run at about 100ms

its not all ms though

also you would not lag with your own server but everyone else would soits safe to bet they wouldn't play on it anymore

are you sure you can't get dsl it goes through your phone line....

lolomg4 · 04-09-2008, 07:22 PM

yeah I'm sure -I don't know why but it's annoying as hell. I hate dial up so bad...
Thanks for the info

lolomg4 · 04-09-2008, 07:35 PM

Would it be worth playing on dial up though?or would I just lag and clicks would take like 5 seconds..?

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 04-09-2008, 08:33 PM

hmmm idk about 5 secmore like half of one

~~Rusty_NZ~~ · 04-10-2008, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolomg4

Hi, I was just wondering if I could play COD4 on dial up as I live on a hill and the poops that supply cable don't find it in their interest to run a line up...
-Anyway, I pinged a local cod4 server using command prompt and it was around 150-180m/s- is that too slow? and is there more to it than just ping?
-I can't check it on Cod4 because I don't have a video card yet-gotta buy one but I've been playing at my grandmas house on broadband.
THANKS TO ANYONE THAT HELPS ME OUT

Are you serious? You cant possibly think that you are going to online game with dial up.
You will lag and warp too much when connection to a server to play.
And if you are going to hold a server you couldnt even play one person. as your upload speed needs to be A LOT HIGHER THEN DIAL UP TO HAVE A SERVER.

lolomg4 · 04-10-2008, 03:18 PM

Rusty your post really doesn't help me at all, why would you post? It was a question and yes I'm completely serious why do you have to be an A-hole about it? Go to hell Mr. Troll.

**1shotDROP** · 04-10-2008, 04:44 PM

Dial up will not work, plain and simple, sorry. Maybe you could protest the "poops" that won't run the line up to your house. That's garbage, you'll be a paying customer. Have you also tried highspeed? Maybe they'll run it up then, you'll be paying more but at least maybe they will see it as in "their best interest." If I have to, I'll come beat them up, just give me the word.

**koala** · 04-10-2008, 04:56 PM

Good advice from RustyNZ. Dialup is not suitable for most online games, especially demanding games like CoD4.

lolomg4 · 04-10-2008, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rusty_NZ

Are you serious? You cant possibly think that you are going to online game with dial up.

-Well I don't mean to be overly rude with rusty but the way he stated it was a bit mean and he asked me if I'm serious... No I just like wasting peoples time by making them post-I wouldn't do that.
It's annoying how I can't get high speed internet I mean I only live around 30 miles from Cincinnati. I can't get dsl, cable, or fiber optic and satellite doesn't work for gaming as it pings around like 500m/s or 600m/s or something.
-Can I really protest it to the isp companies? They don't even have our road listed like it doesn't exist or something...

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 04-10-2008, 08:21 PM

yeah i did think it was alittle rude

but it is true dial up atm is really to slow for alot of things

**1shotDROP** · 04-10-2008, 08:34 PM

Well..you could write a formal complaint to the company, which may or may not work, or what I would do is pitch in a few extra bucks a month to get High speed rather then DSL, that way, they're getting a little more something out of it, maybe then it would be more worth their while, naddamean?

lolomg4 · 04-10-2008, 08:43 PM

I can't get high speed

, I am limited to dial up I've called every isp company that is around.

**1shotDROP** · 04-10-2008, 08:46 PM

Well, hate to say it but it looks like you're going to have to go satellite or nothing. Unless you can figure out another way. :(

lolomg4 · 04-10-2008, 08:55 PM

Man that stinks...

Satellite won't work either because the ping takes so long and they also limit usage so after a certain time of access on the internet per day they limit your connection speed to 56k...yup bs.
I can still play at my grandmas house though so it ain't gonna kill me

**1shotDROP** · 04-10-2008, 09:00 PM

Wow, you must like live out in no mans land lol

, sorry about it not working out. Good luck though, happy gaming :)

~~Rusty_NZ~~ · 04-11-2008, 04:03 AM

Hey Lolomg4 sorry for coming across the wrong way. I wasnt trying to be a prck about it just trying to be straight up. How many people live with in 5km of you? If atleast 6 Band together and all get dsl. with same ISP. may have to sign up for 12 months but atleast you'd get it.

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 04-11-2008, 06:59 AM

This may be worth mentioning that my friend gamed on satalite it lagged alittle but i worked just fine (as long as someone else was not downloading or anthing)

04-09-2008, 06:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	COD4 on dial up? Hi, I was just wondering if I could play COD4 on dial up as I live on a hill and the poops that supply cable don't find it in their interest to run a line up... -Anyway, I pinged a local cod4 server using command prompt and it was around 150-180m/s- is that too slow? and is there more to it than just ping? -I can't check it on Cod4 because I don't have a video card yet-gotta buy one but I've been playing at my grandmas house on broadband. THANKS TO ANYONE THAT HELPS ME OUT Last edited by lolomg4; 04-09-2008 at 06:41 PM.

04-09-2008, 07:01 PM	#2 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? http://www.satellitefamily.com/satellite-internet.asp __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

04-09-2008, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? I heard satellite high speed is really bad and wow that's expensive-so 180m/s is too slow?what if I created my own server for cod4 and got other players to use my server? If I can't play on dial up I guess I'll just have to wait for Fiber Optic whenever the heck that comes around.. Last edited by lolomg4; 04-09-2008 at 07:19 PM.

04-09-2008, 07:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? i run at about 100ms its not all ms though also you would not lag with your own server but everyone else would soits safe to bet they wouldn't play on it anymore are you sure you can't get dsl it goes through your phone line.... __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

04-09-2008, 07:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? yeah I'm sure -I don't know why but it's annoying as hell. I hate dial up so bad... Thanks for the info

04-09-2008, 07:35 PM	#6 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? Would it be worth playing on dial up though?or would I just lag and clicks would take like 5 seconds..?

04-09-2008, 08:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? hmmm idk about 5 secmore like half of one __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

04-10-2008, 03:18 PM	#9 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? Rusty your post really doesn't help me at all, why would you post? It was a question and yes I'm completely serious why do you have to be an A-hole about it? Go to hell Mr. Troll.

04-10-2008, 04:44 PM	#10 (permalink)
1shotDROP TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The US of A Posts: 690 OS: Xp Pro SP2	Re: COD4 on dial up? Dial up will not work, plain and simple, sorry. Maybe you could protest the "poops" that won't run the line up to your house. That's garbage, you'll be a paying customer. Have you also tried highspeed? Maybe they'll run it up then, you'll be paying more but at least maybe they will see it as in "their best interest." If I have to, I'll come beat them up, just give me the word.

04-10-2008, 04:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 12,180 OS: XP/7/Ubuntu My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? Good advice from RustyNZ. Dialup is not suitable for most online games, especially demanding games like CoD4. __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here

04-10-2008, 08:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? yeah i did think it was alittle rude but it is true dial up atm is really to slow for alot of things __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan

04-10-2008, 08:34 PM	#14 (permalink)
1shotDROP TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The US of A Posts: 690 OS: Xp Pro SP2	Re: COD4 on dial up? Well..you could write a formal complaint to the company, which may or may not work, or what I would do is pitch in a few extra bucks a month to get High speed rather then DSL, that way, they're getting a little more something out of it, maybe then it would be more worth their while, naddamean? Last edited by 1shotDROP; 04-10-2008 at 08:47 PM.

04-10-2008, 08:43 PM	#15 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? I can't get high speed, I am limited to dial up I've called every isp company that is around.

04-10-2008, 08:46 PM	#16 (permalink)
1shotDROP TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The US of A Posts: 690 OS: Xp Pro SP2	Re: COD4 on dial up? Well, hate to say it but it looks like you're going to have to go satellite or nothing. Unless you can figure out another way. :(

04-10-2008, 08:55 PM	#17 (permalink)
lolomg4 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 21 OS: vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? Man that stinks... Satellite won't work either because the ping takes so long and they also limit usage so after a certain time of access on the internet per day they limit your connection speed to 56k...yup bs. I can still play at my grandmas house though so it ain't gonna kill me

04-10-2008, 09:00 PM	#18 (permalink)
1shotDROP TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: The US of A Posts: 690 OS: Xp Pro SP2	Re: COD4 on dial up? Wow, you must like live out in no mans land lol , sorry about it not working out. Good luck though, happy gaming :)

04-11-2008, 04:03 AM	#19 (permalink)
~~Rusty_NZ~~ Troubled Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 70 OS: Vista	Re: COD4 on dial up? Hey Lolomg4 sorry for coming across the wrong way. I wasnt trying to be a prck about it just trying to be straight up. How many people live with in 5km of you? If atleast 6 Band together and all get dsl. with same ISP. may have to sign up for 12 months but atleast you'd get it.

04-11-2008, 06:59 AM	#20 (permalink)
1 g0t 0wn3d TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Sedona, az Posts: 6,528 OS: Vista basic 32bit My System	Re: COD4 on dial up? This may be worth mentioning that my friend gamed on satalite it lagged alittle but i worked just fine (as long as someone else was not downloading or anthing) __________________ Bench Test \| PC Wizard \| System specs \| PSU info \| PSU calculator \| Memtest86+ \| Speedfan