Re: QUAKE/UDP/PM3

Jaime Bozza (wheelman@nuc.net)
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 09:29:59 -0500 (CDT)

On Thu, 14 Aug 1997, Imre Fitos wrote:

> A serious percentage of our users love playing Quake, and they are
> saying that playing Quake while connected to USR Sportsters with PM2s is
> way better than through our PM3 ringdown. People say the play is at least
> choppy and they register UDP packet losses.

This has been a major situation with us. The latency with the PM3 is
horrible, and any type of game playing is pretty useless.

Initial reports say the Lucent Modem Cards are better, but I haven't
received a strong word yet if they're as smooth as our PM2/USR Courier
setup. (Actually, we also run a Worldgroup BBS system, and *THAT* has
much lower latency than the PM3. Go figure.)

Jaime Bozza
Nucleus Communications, Inc.