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		mickeyp 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AOL closes its dial up internet service 130ms ping with dialup was actually quite low. I suffered far higher with my dialup and it was a local isp.

giantrobot 5 months ago [–]

For games I would have done awful things for a ping that low on dial-up. More typical for me was over 200ms. I did everything I could to tweak MTU and modem settings but could never break the 200ms barrier (that I remember).

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