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Scarbo
294 Posts
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
On February 02 2012 22:22 Scarbo wrote: How can I check my ping in some servers? command prompt tracert sea.battle.net tracert kr.battle.net and so on; your later jumps indicate what your ping would be | ||
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Mazaire
Australia217 Posts
P.s. Optus is a fucking joke. | ||
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Ruscour
5233 Posts
On February 02 2012 22:45 Mazaire wrote: i would just like to say if you think 150 ms is bad, try 300-600 to NA, SEA and KR, mate you have nothing to complain about in that respect, but i would just love to see the NBN go though in a timely manner. P.s. Optus is a fucking joke. 150 is not anything to complain about...but is it wrong to hope for greener pastures? Since when is it a good attitude to accept sub-par as good enough? You gotta hope, man ^^ | ||
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Mazaire
Australia217 Posts
On February 02 2012 22:47 Ruscour wrote: 150 is not anything to complain about...but is it wrong to hope for greener pastures? Since when is it a good attitude to accept sub-par as good enough? You gotta hope, man ^^ Haha no way. but we are stuck until the NBN goes though arn't we? or is any other telco going to put in their own fibre optics? | ||
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MHT
Sweden1026 Posts
On February 02 2012 21:41 Sanchonator wrote: they own everything  all other ISPs operate on telstra's lines etc (dont know all the details, basically telstra runs australia's internet) I think we have the same here with Telia they own the lines however they are in no way a monopoly, they still have to compete since they aren't allowed to tax the the lines for how much they want. Pretty sure they don't demand "their cut" for companies to have servers on their nets though. | ||
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iAmBiGbiRd
Australia1029 Posts
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Jojo131
Brazil1631 Posts
On February 02 2012 20:50 Tazerenix wrote: Depending on where you are it doesn't matter a lot. With good enough internet the the CBD in melbourne the lag is very minimal, my brother recently moved there and he has excellent latency to both SEA and NA. This makes me a little more comfortable, I'm also thinking about moving to Melbourne for university, thanks. | ||
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Greendotz
United Kingdom2053 Posts
On February 02 2012 20:28 Sanchonator wrote: the SEA server is MUUUUUUUUUUCH better ping than NA for WA, but about the same for the eastern states >_< Im been working in Sydney for the last 5 months, so bought an Aussie copy of SC2 to get my fix. It really did surprise me just how poor the SEA server is, if anything the NA server actually seems better most of the time and has a better chance of getting matched quicker. (also totally unrelated to the topic, but AU$100!? You guys really do get shafted when it comes to video games). | ||
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naggerNZ
New Zealand708 Posts
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
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nekoconeco
Australia359 Posts
On February 02 2012 20:47 Cascade wrote: So if I'm moving to melbourne, do you guys recommend me to get a SEA/NA account or a TW/KR account? That monopoly seems to suck a lot.  Wow going from Swedish internet to Aust internet is going to suck a lot. I am pretty sure you can use the TW starter edition to try it out and see if it is better it depends on which ISP you are with. Look on the bright side guys at least GSL is on at a good time here. | ||
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Sanchonator
Australia490 Posts
On February 02 2012 22:59 Greendotz wrote: Im been working in Sydney for the last 5 months, so bought an Aussie copy of SC2 to get my fix. It really did surprise me just how poor the SEA server is, if anything the NA server actually seems better most of the time and has a better chance of getting matched quicker. (also totally unrelated to the topic, but AU$100!? You guys really do get shafted when it comes to video games). at the ping thing - servers are hosted in singapore iirc and WA gets the best ping to it by far out of anyway in AUS, but we get shafted with the worst NA ping as for price - yes we get shafted for game prices, even digital copies are full $100 instead of standard 40-60 like they would be in the US (i think the excuses some people used was to do with wages or something? either way its complete bullshit )edit~ for people moving to aus for study etc - AVOID OPTUS LIKE THE PLAGUE, internode/iinet probably the best 2.. telstra is good for stability and speed but you will likely get shafted for price. imo internode for best ping / iinet for best deals + decent ping / telstra for stability(sometimes telstra is the only option depending on location) | ||
Plexa
Aotearoa39261 Posts
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Sanchonator
Australia490 Posts
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kurrysauce
272 Posts
Also KR/TW server account is like half the price of SEA accounts . It's about 80-90$ here and a KR account costs like what..47? .. They charge us double the price because they are giving us access to the NA server as well? I get lag to the NA server most of the time , so I'm paying extra for something I don't even use. Also KR/Tw ladder is hard as hell , took me like 2 weeks to eventually make it to masters. | ||
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vol_
Australia1608 Posts
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cristo1122
Australia505 Posts
On February 03 2012 01:29 Plexa wrote: If Australia is unwilling, just put the server in NZ. Problem solved. well then they have to go their own monoply telecom which is even worse or the telstra subsidary....... | ||
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LimeNade
United States2125 Posts
. Nothing blizz can really do bout that tho. My ISP in the States on the east coast for a standard connection i get like 32mb up and down. I have no problem playing really to any server maybe KR with slight delay but really not even that bad. | ||
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Bodzilla
Australia472 Posts
But the government, being an idiot privatized it for a small profit, thereby allowing it to have a monopoly over the internet in the country. this meant they didnt need to actually do ANYTHING to advance our net, because they could give us garbage and charge us as if it's jewelry. now in order to fix the damage from this the government has been forced to spend BILLIONS on a Fibre optic network called the NBN. | ||
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