Internet

[That_Zar]

Well, as some of you know I'm moving house at the moment and where I'm moving to won't have internet there for a year!   So what I'm asking is are there ways in which I can get internet at this house, suitable for gaming on MTA and surfing the web for around $20 USD a month? Or is that too low a price?

[TheDeepFriedBoot]

Well, as some of you know I'm moving house at the moment and where I'm moving to won't have internet there for a year!   So what I'm asking is are there ways in which I can get internet at this house, suitable for gaming on MTA and surfing the web for around $20 USD a month? Or is that too low a price?

Where are you, what cell phone companies are there? Also, some sort of basic address would be good, in the US, like a zip code. There are cellular modems you can get, the ping wont be the best but they work.

[That_Zar]

Where are you, what cell phone companies are there?

I'm in New Zealand, Telecom, Vodafone, 2 Degrees.

Also, some sort of basic address would be good, in the US, like a zip code. There are cellular modems you can get, the ping wont be the best but they work.

Well my postcode is 3283... I think it's the same as a zip code... not sure. anyways, gotta go. gonna be back in 24 hours after school. 

[Jaco]

Since youre near my area why dont you invest in a USB Modem, get like 3 or Dodo or Vodaphone and it's prepaid, so its like $30AU for 2GB or $150 for 12GB. I have one and they give pretty good pings for gaming too

[That_Zar]

Since youre near my area why dont you invest in a USB Modem, get like 3 or Dodo or Vodaphone and it's prepaid, so its like $30AU for 2GB or $150 for 12GB. I have one and they give pretty good pings for gaming too

I'm curious about the 12GB one. is that $150 first pay and then how much a month or $150 a month?

[Jaco]

Since youre near my area why dont you invest in a USB Modem, get like 3 or Dodo or Vodaphone and it's prepaid, so its like $30AU for 2GB or $150 for 12GB. I have one and they give pretty good pings for gaming too

I'm curious about the 12GB one. is that $150 first pay and then how much a month or $150 a month?

It's $150 and 12GB lasts you a full year, whereas the others are 30 days

[That_Zar]

Wait... so 12GB is meant to last a year!?!?!?!?!? ummm... What happens if you use the 12GB up? And how many KB/MB/GB would it take to play, say an hour on MTA?

[Jacknife]

he means 12 megabytes per second download speed, its a measurement of connection speed...

[TheDeepFriedBoot]

he means 12 megabytes per second download speed, its a measurement of connection speed...

No, actually, he mans a bandwidth cap. The prepaid wireless modem has a limit of how much data you can use. Most likely when the data is up, you just pay to get more data credits. Since its pre-paid, you just keep buying more data allowances. The lasting a year thing means that if you buy 12GB, then you have a year to use up that data before it expires and you have to buy more credits.

Jack, dont assume you know what people mean, a speed of 12Mbps does not made sense over wireless cellular anyway.

[jasonx165]

Wait... so 12GB is meant to last a year!?!?!?!?!? ummm... What happens if you use the 12GB up? And how many KB/MB/GB would it take to play, say an hour on MTA?

Yeah what boot said im not to sure on the details but most places charge you an overage fee for that which is ALOT most of the time. I'm not sure about you but 12 gigs wouldn't last very long at all for me I would just try to find some cheap DSL service that you pay monthly for that would be cheaper..Not sure if you have NET ZERO in your area but in my area is pretty cheap. Hope this helped a bit.

[TheDeepFriedBoot]

Wait... so 12GB is meant to last a year!?!?!?!?!? ummm... What happens if you use the 12GB up? And how many KB/MB/GB would it take to play, say an hour on MTA?

Yeah what boot said im not to sure on the details but most places charge you an overage fee for that which is ALOT most of the time. I'm not sure about you but 12 gigs wouldn't last very long at all for me I would just try to find some cheap DSL service that you pay monthly for that would be cheaper..Not sure if you have NET ZERO in your area but in my area is pretty cheap. Hope this helped a bit.

He is not in the US, hes in NZ, they have prepaid cellular USB modems over there just like we now have prepaid cell phones. The modem just stops working when the credits run out until you refill it.

[Jaco]

he means 12 megabytes per second download speed, its a measurement of connection speed...

No, actually, he mans a bandwidth cap. The prepaid wireless modem has a limit of how much data you can use. Most likely when the data is up, you just pay to get more data credits. Since its pre-paid, you just keep buying more data allowances. The lasting a year thing means that if you buy 12GB, then you have a year to use up that data before it expires and you have to buy more credits.

Jack, dont assume you know what people mean, a speed of 12Mbps does not made sense over wireless cellular anyway.

that's exactly right, though top speeds you get are about 3000/60, I played an hour of left 4 dead with bravo and it downloaded about 14-20mb, so it isn't much really

[That_Zar]

Wait... so 12GB is meant to last a year!?!?!?!?!? ummm... What happens if you use the 12GB up? And how many KB/MB/GB would it take to play, say an hour on MTA?

Yeah what boot said im not to sure on the details but most places charge you an overage fee for that which is ALOT most of the time. I'm not sure about you but 12 gigs wouldn't last very long at all for me I would just try to find some cheap DSL service that you pay monthly for that would be cheaper..Not sure if you have NET ZERO in your area but in my area is pretty cheap. Hope this helped a bit.

As Boot said I live in NZ but that doesn't mean we're still cavemen. My mum COULD pay for a modem but then she would be paying for 3 modems at once every month. That is quite a lot over a year. So she's waiting a year until one of the two year plans on one of the modems run out then she will get one at our new house...

I think that was what you were getting at anyway. If not then that was a useless paragraph.

And I might get it Jaco. It just depends how often I can go back to my old house to go on the internet. At the moment it's around 2-3 days at a time... only for about 90 minutes... D: D: