Wow! I don't know if this site will help you. I've used it in the
past and recommend it to anyone looking for an ISP.
http://www.thelist.com/
--- In EverQuest@yahoogroups.com, Su <suceress@d...> wrote:
> I can't get ISDN.
> I also can't get snail mail delivery, trash pickup, pizza
delivery, full phonelines, or paved roads. I'm 10 miles out from
town in the middle of the woods.
> Before satellite I had dialup that only had 19.2k bandwidth
because my phonelines suck and the phone company refused to fix
them. They are the only phone company available to me in my
particular area. In the city they have full phonelines going to each
house, but out here they decided to be cheap and split up a line
that should go to one house to serve several houses. The box the
lines are in got knocked over and the lines have probably been
damaged. Whenever it rains my lines get even worse, but the phone
company denies there is a problem and won't send anyone out to look.
The last time I dialed up when I lost connection from satellite
during a thunderstorm I used dialup but only connected at 6k. So my
phonelines now provide less bandwidth than legally required.
> So satellite was the lesser of the 2 evils. I do get some latency,
but I can download about 800k.
> -Su
>
> ======== At 2004-09-29, 10:09:00 you wrote: ========
>
> I don't generally have lag issues. I have a cable modem
connection and I turn off some game options that would cause lag,
like Spell Effects, full names, etc. And in some places, if
necessary, I'll drop the clipp plane down a little. So assumng I'm
running at full speed with no lag, I still have a hard time soloing
the tasks, even as a 64 druid, mainly because of miscellaneous aggro
in close quarters. Sure I can kite one or two mobs, but in close
quarters, where adds are coming out of the woodwork, even greenies
can beat you down. I'm not big on soloing per se. It takes too
long and requires too much attention. I prefer grouping anyway. XP
is much quicker, and in a full group that knows what they're doing,
I only have to snare/dot once per round as opposed to 2 or 3 per
(high level) mob.So I don't waste nearly as much mana meaning I can
do other things like back up heal, buff sporadically, or be
available to evac if necessary.
>
> I understand that some people are limited to what kind of
connections they can get in certain geographical areas, but
personally I don't think satellite is one of the best connections to
play EQ. You should try for an ISDN connection at least.
Connection would probably be more stable, and your uplink would be
roughly same speed as your downlink.
>
>
> Wulfric