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[mrwtfdk]

Most of my life i have ben sticking to MechWarrior. but there is an issue up here in greenland you have limited internet (or what ever u call it) we got 10k mb per mounth. which means you have to pay for how much you use...



what do i do? my pc isent the best i got very limited internet and mw is a part of my life and i want to play mwo

what can i do?

help!!!

the greenlandish viking

[Funbags]

10k mb = 10 GB, your not going to have an issue playing MWO.

[Vorus]

Yup, just cut out a couple hours of Netflix (Or whatever other service you have up there) per month, and you'll be more than safe. The only problem you might have is the first month when you have to download the game itself. (Or times when there are major updates) But they might offer a service where you can pay to have a game disc mailed to you instead of downloading it.

[mrwtfdk]

but you know im with a little brother and parrents who also uses the internet and i have just find out that it's under 10 gb

so i actually might to wait 'till i get out of shcool about 1-2 years!!!!!!

hey is it possible for you to figure out how much kgb internet i will use???

[MungFuSensei]

In order to use up 10gb per month, you'd have to be constantly streaming/torrenting. You really shouldn't have anything to worry about. If, however, you do reach your data caps, you know where the piggies are, and know where to cut back.

[Aethon]

Unfortunately, it would be virtually impossible for any of us to figure out your family's internet usage, or whether this will cover it. I should like to think that your internet provider can tell you how much bandwidth you've been using each month; from that, you should be able to figure out if you can make this work.

[MungFuSensei]

Aethon, on 02 June 2012 - 04:30 AM, said:

Unfortunately, it would be virtually impossible for any of us to figure out your family's internet usage, or whether this will cover it. I should like to think that your internet provider can tell you how much bandwidth you've been using each month; from that, you should be able to figure out if you can make this work.

^Truth. Call up your ISP, and ask them how much data you used up last month. Most ISPs will have that statistic on hand.

[pursang]

Just cut down on the **** downloads and you should be fine.

Really guys? That words removed? C'mon, how is that an inappropriate word at all?!

*Shakes head*

Edited by pursang, 02 June 2012 - 04:44 AM.

[empath]

Some ISPs will even have the information available on their website in the 'account management' login page, so you can burn another 100-200kb just checking.

But yeah, I used to work as a Customer Service Representative (aka 'phone monkey') for one of the big ISPs down here in Cannuckistan; dealt with enquiries and billing issues relating to bandwidth use and overage all the time.

As for you manually monitoring your bandwidth, there ARE applications out there you can download (anyone see the irony there?) that will simply keep tally of the data down- and up-loaded as you go, but there's always the dubious reliability depending on the source and risk of malware sneaking in onto your computer (and hogging up bandwidth on its own) from that. Best if you speak with your ISP - first step would be to ask to see the old bills your family was sent; they should mention the total bandwidth used during the billing period.

But yeah, unless video streaming is your family's primary source for entertainment, throwing an online multiplayer shooter/sim isn't going to push the household's usage up that much.

Hope This Helps!

Some ISPs will even have the information available on their website in the 'account management' login page, so you can burn another 100-200kb just checking.

But yeah, I used to work as a Customer Service Representative (aka 'phone monkey') for one of the big ISPs down here in Cannuckistan; dealt with enquiries and billing issues relating to bandwidth use and overage all the time.

As for you manually monitoring your bandwidth, there ARE applications out there you can download (anyone see the irony there?) that will simply keep tally of the data down- and up-loaded as you go, but there's always the dubious reliability depending on the source and risk of malware sneaking in onto your computer (and hogging up bandwidth on its own) from that. Best if you speak with your ISP - first step would be to ask to see the old bills your family was sent; they should mention the total bandwidth used during the billing period.

But yeah, unless video streaming is your family's primary source for entertainment, throwing an online multiplayer shooter/sim isn't going to push the household's usage up that much.

Hope This Helps!

ADDENDUM: pursang - how is that word at all relevant to MW:O?

[Aethon]

pursang, on 02 June 2012 - 04:43 AM, said:

Just cut down on the **** downloads and you should be fine.

Really guys? That words removed? C'mon, how is that an inappropriate word at all?!

*Shakes head*

If you want to have fun with it, substitute whatever is censored with a random type of fruit or vegetable, just to make people wonder what the hell they're reading. For example, "Just cut down on the banana downloads, and you should be fine." For even more entertainment, substitute the name of a colour for a second word in the sentance; for example, "Just cut down on the banana downloads, and you should be cyan."

Edited by Aethon, 02 June 2012 - 05:05 AM.

[feetjai]

How about going to an internet cafe and download the game there?? Then you don't use your own Quota.
Even Macdonalds has free Wifi!! yes try that =)....only thing is...you need to sit there for a long time.....slow speeds...

[Sirius Drake]

what scares me most is the fact that he/she has limited internet at all Oo scary.

[mrwtfdk]

feetjai, on 02 June 2012 - 05:30 AM, said:

How about going to an internet cafe and download the game there?? Then you don't use your own Quota.
Even Macdonalds has free Wifi!! yes try that =)....only thing is...you need to sit there for a long time.....slow speeds...

i dont think internet caffee icist up here in the north greenland .....

aand i not even sure if it is 10 gb internet maybe its under...

i wonder if i can maybe a dontation thingy to pay of some of the payment lol

Edited by mrwtfdk, 02 June 2012 - 02:28 PM.

[Zynk]

mrwtfdk, on 01 June 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

Most of my life i have ben sticking to MechWarrior. but there is an issue up here in greenland you have limited internet (or what ever u call it) we got 10k mb per mounth. which means you have to pay for how much you use...



what do i do? my pc isent the best i got very limited internet and mw is a part of my life and i want to play mwo

what can i do?

help!!!

the greenlandish viking

Move to Billund, Denmark and work for Lego.

[Gremlich Johns]

Sirius Drake, on 02 June 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

what scares me most is the fact that he/she has limited internet at all Oo scary.

have any friends or relatives at McMurdo Station in Antarctica? Ask them. or the Guys serving in Afghanistan. Really, do something with your life, and learn about others.

[MungFuSensei]

Sirius Drake, on 02 June 2012 - 05:38 AM, said:

what scares me most is the fact that he/she has limited internet at all Oo scary.

Actually, most people have bandwidth limits. They're just so high, that no one really notices. I didn't even know I had a 200gb limit until I bought an OnLive console and left it paused while I went out to dinner. That thing eats bandwidth like crazy. O_O

[Togg Bott]

mrwtfdk, on 02 June 2012 - 04:26 AM, said:

but you know im with a little brother and parrents who also uses the internet and i have just find out that it's under 10 gb

so i actually might to wait 'till i get out of shcool about 1-2 years!!!!!!

hey is it possible for you to figure out how much kgb internet i will use???

actually there is a freeware internet usage meter that will give you immediate internet usagage and weekly/month amounts as well... http://www.paessler....net_usage_meter

[Serevn]

MungFuSensei, on 02 June 2012 - 06:23 PM, said:

Actually, most people have bandwidth limits. They're just so high, that no one really notices. I didn't even know I had a 200gb limit until I bought an OnLive console and left it paused while I went out to dinner. That thing eats bandwidth like crazy. O_O

I know, i recently figured out my provider limited the bandwidth from unlimited to 250gb... its barbaric.

[Nick Makiaveli]

Another option to download the game that will suck less than waiting 1-2 years is start the download near the end of the cycle, download up to your limit, pause it and finish the next day when you have a fresh 10g.

Another option might be if you can find someone up there in the frozen north with higher capacity and have them dl and burn it to a cd for you...

[Thorqemada]

Maybe you have a internetmodem that has a function or statistic that counts the data and maybe you even have a setup for an traffic-limit-alarm.
There should also be software but i only know ancient one when it was around 2001 and it was win98 software that wont help you but there should be a traffic measuring tool available somewhere in the internet working with modern computers.
Gaming itself usually does not have that big traffic depending how efficient the data packages be MWO will send and receive.

I found some data that some unspecific mmos i.e. may use not more than a traffic of 10 Kilobit/s.
You would get some hundred Megabyte of traffic when playing many hours each day, maybe 500 Megabyte.
We dont know if MWO will send much more data, the developers would have to tell us.

Edited by Thorqemada, 03 June 2012 - 06:53 AM.