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R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 03:40:12
April 17 2012 02:35 GMT
#1
I'm in dire need of help. I live in an evil area.. an area so evil and anti-nerd friendly that I will put it in spoilers to protect my fellow innocent nerd companions. + Show Spoiler +
I live in the country -_-
Here in the place-where-must-not-be-named there is very little internet to go around. Normally it is a mere inconvenience, when browsing the interwebs it takes entire seconds for it to load. That's right! In this day in age it is taking a plural number of seconds to bring up a web page in GOOGLE CHROME. But here's where things get scary for me. With Diablo 3 less than a month away I need a solution fast.

At this point in my blog I expect your heart is pounding and there's a sensation of adrenaline pumping through your veins. I don't blame you, this is pretty intense stuff. You probably feel a sense of sorrow for me, but I ask you not to feel this way. I would rather you feel inspired by the fortune bestowed upon each and every one of you. For when you have a first world problem, you can always say "at least I still have decent internet."

Now to get on to what we are all here for. I know there are programs that I can download to reduce packet loss but I have no idea what they are called or which ones are the most effective that this has been debunked now.. so fuck. This is where my recently inspired brethren come in (that's you guys). If you could righteously link me such a program I would be very grateful. Also if you have any other suggestions of ways that could possibly help out my latency predicament that would be swell!

Thanks in advance!

*****
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
DamageControL
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States4222 Posts
April 17 2012 02:47 GMT
#2
How many seconds are we talking? My current internet takes almost 1-1.5 seconds to load TL
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Mtndrew
Profile Joined May 2011
United States174 Posts
April 17 2012 02:50 GMT
#3
What kind of connection do you have? Are you sure your problems have to do with packet loss? I could use some background info before I could try to help. If you're really far out in the country and are stuck using a satellite uplink for internet, there's really not much you can do as far as latency or some packet loss. It could just be that the infrastructure in your area is stressed. I live out in the boonies as well, and of our 2 in-ground isp's, one of them has further reach, but almost no bandwidth on their current infrastructure. The discouraging part about it is, since many people who live in the middle of nowhere are used to slow internet, there's not much reason for the companies to lay down new lines for just a few customers who won't care much either way.
mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
April 17 2012 02:53 GMT
#4
i'll drop by kroger and pick up some internet for you
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
April 17 2012 03:02 GMT
#5
There are programs to magically reduce packet loss? o.O
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
R1CH
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Netherlands10341 Posts
April 17 2012 03:06 GMT
#6
On April 17 2012 12:02 Grobyc wrote:
There are programs to magically reduce packet loss? o.O

No.
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mOnion
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States5657 Posts
April 17 2012 03:10 GMT
#7
FUCK we got a rich post and it was bad news

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Praetorial
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
United States4241 Posts
April 17 2012 03:23 GMT
#8
Buy an antenna. Works wonders.
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thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
April 17 2012 03:23 GMT
#9
On April 17 2012 12:10 mOnion wrote:
FUCK we got a rich post and it was bad news

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


He even gave us proper punctuation!
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 03:43:53
April 17 2012 03:26 GMT
#10
On April 17 2012 11:47 DamageControL wrote:
How many seconds are we talking? My current internet takes almost 1-1.5 seconds to load TL

TL is an exception in my eyes because they have their own Wizard. But it usually takes 1.5-2 seconds to load TL but most other sites like reddit take 8-10 seconds to load. But that is when it is just me using the internet, when a second person is using it takes twice as long.

On April 17 2012 12:06 R1CH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2012 12:02 Grobyc wrote:
There are programs to magically reduce packet loss? o.O

No.

Ah crap there isn't?! What the heck did I read the other day then? Argh darn you misleading anonymous internet sources! Is there any glimmer of hope you can give me R1CH?

On April 17 2012 11:50 Mtndrew wrote:
What kind of connection do you have? Are you sure your problems have to do with packet loss? I could use some background info before I could try to help. If you're really far out in the country and are stuck using a satellite uplink for internet, there's really not much you can do as far as latency or some packet loss. It could just be that the infrastructure in your area is stressed. I live out in the boonies as well, and of our 2 in-ground isp's, one of them has further reach, but almost no bandwidth on their current infrastructure. The discouraging part about it is, since many people who live in the middle of nowhere are used to slow internet, there's not much reason for the companies to lay down new lines for just a few customers who won't care much either way.

I have my own wifi tower but the company is small so the internet isn't that great regardless. I'm not positive that I have packet loss because when I run a test at http://www.pingtest.net/ I get an F so it can't even calculate my packet loss.

On April 17 2012 12:10 mOnion wrote:
FUCK we got a rich post and it was bad news

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

We who?! Stop taking credit for my genius! Everyone competent knows that the only way to draw out a Wizard is to say something that's so obliviously wrong that they can't help but to come out and destroy your entire world with a flick of his finger and by murmuring a single word.
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 03:41:06
April 17 2012 03:29 GMT
#11
Also i'd like to add that I have the Diablo 3 beta and I hover around 150-400 ms when i'm the only one using the internet and when multiple people are using it skyrockets to 1k-2k which is absolutely horrendously unplayable. I also have to watch streams on 240p and even that lags when a second person is using the internet -_-
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-04-17 03:37:14
April 17 2012 03:29 GMT
#12
On April 17 2012 12:06 R1CH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2012 12:02 Grobyc wrote:
There are programs to magically reduce packet loss? o.O

No.

Yeah I know, it was supposed to be a rhetorical question >.<
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
GrapeD
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada679 Posts
April 17 2012 03:51 GMT
#13
i don't know if this is necessarily viable but couldn't you get one of those fancy satellite internet stick things? might be better than what you have now.
Some people hurt people. I defenestrate those people.
TheToast
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States4808 Posts
April 17 2012 04:04 GMT
#14
On April 17 2012 12:06 R1CH wrote:
Show nested quote +
On April 17 2012 12:02 Grobyc wrote:
There are programs to magically reduce packet loss? o.O

No.


hahahahahaha lmao this response is amazing. hahahaha this made my night XD XD

On April 17 2012 12:51 GrapeD wrote:
i don't know if this is necessarily viable but couldn't you get one of those fancy satellite internet stick things? might be better than what you have now.


Are you talking about internet via mobile broadband? I'm not sure what it's like where you are from, but most places here in the US it's pretty darn expensive and charges per amount of data.

On April 17 2012 12:23 Praetorial wrote:
Buy an antenna. Works wonders.


When I first moved into my apartment in college, I didn't have cable for the first few weeks and my TV was so old it didn't (doesn't, still have the same one ) have a digital converter built in. So I had to use one of those converter boxes, but I didn't have an antenna to set it up with. Being awesome I decided to use a paperclip. Unfortunately as it turns out digital reception requires an antenna with greater surface area than old style analog broadcast. So I added another paperclip to the end of it. Then another. Then another. Fast forward 30 minutes and I had a 5 foot chain of paperclips taped up along the wall.

Who needs an antenna?
I like the way the walls go out. Gives you an open feeling. Firefly's a good design. People don't appreciate the substance of things. Objects in space. People miss out on what's solid.
itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9165 Posts
April 17 2012 04:08 GMT
#15
Run a shell and use text-based browsing, fastest internet experience by far. Other than that, you are limited by the internet you can get; sorry.
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