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darkguyv3r
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On the 5 GB packages its easily possible to play on local servers. I have not problem finding and joining servers for both Medal of Honour and Call of duty black ops. The only issue i have had the last 3 months is that since last week Friday my ping to Cape town based black ops servers are 300 to 350 ms, while my ping to Johannes burg based servers are 80 to 120 ms. Any one else getting something similar?
btw i am located in East London
btw i am located in East London
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tom110584 is right there are a few probs in the western cape atm. more than likely it is the cause of the high ping
MightyMuffinMan
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Most people were more intereasted in some lame errata in your article insteadd of the content. A very well balanced article. WP gg
McCrazieGoalz
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What he forgot to mention about the controllers is that you can play while you charge with the PS3 while you have to take out the batteries from the Xbox controller. This is the best feature for me of the PS3 controller.
Overall however, I think the Xbox is better because of the responsiveness of the controller, its size and robustness. The rubbers on my PS3 controller were finished in about three months while my friend's Xbox controller had its rubbers for over a year and a half. Further, I saw that you can time the use of the Xbox console. You can set a certain amount of time for the console to be used, thereafter the console locks and a pincode is needed to continue play. As a parent, I think this is a very useful feature as it would allow me to control the amount to time my children can play games.
Overall, I think the Xbox is better for gaming. However, the blueray function outweighs its usefulness and value-for-money'ness' compared to the now more affordable PS3. I bought my PS3 for R3,000 at Pick n Pay and it included two wireless controllers. I even watched Avatar on blueray just after I bought it.
Overall however, I think the Xbox is better because of the responsiveness of the controller, its size and robustness. The rubbers on my PS3 controller were finished in about three months while my friend's Xbox controller had its rubbers for over a year and a half. Further, I saw that you can time the use of the Xbox console. You can set a certain amount of time for the console to be used, thereafter the console locks and a pincode is needed to continue play. As a parent, I think this is a very useful feature as it would allow me to control the amount to time my children can play games.
Overall, I think the Xbox is better for gaming. However, the blueray function outweighs its usefulness and value-for-money'ness' compared to the now more affordable PS3. I bought my PS3 for R3,000 at Pick n Pay and it included two wireless controllers. I even watched Avatar on blueray just after I bought it.
Desertfoxza
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There seems to be one common problem with Cell C and Starcraft 2
See thread : http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/300781-Cell-c-and-Starcraft-2-need-help
See thread : http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/300781-Cell-c-and-Starcraft-2-need-help
I played some poker Yesterday used roughly around 50 megs or so over 8hours without browsing any websites 
with downloads etc, consumed or used over 400 megs that includes also browsing websites etc... All I can say I was impressed back in the days when I used DSL, the connection would lag to the server didn't even happen once was also playing about 4 tables at the same time, play play not real money
with downloads etc, consumed or used over 400 megs that includes also browsing websites etc... All I can say I was impressed back in the days when I used DSL, the connection would lag to the server didn't even happen once was also playing about 4 tables at the same time, play play not real moneyhi peeps. my latest review is up on el33tonline - this time it's tron: evolution on ps3 that i'll be taking a look at.
http://www.el33tonline.com/past_article/2011/1/10/tron_evolution_review
http://www.el33tonline.com/past_article/2011/1/10/tron_evolution_review
2010 marked the 15th anniversary of playstation. in my retrospective (http://www.el33tonline.com/past_editorial/2011/1/13/15_years_of_playstation_a_retrospective) i cover some of the highlights of this era, and look towards the future of the iconic brand. please check it out!
Hi, I live in Bellville Cape Town. For the last 3 days my ping is absolutely crap !!! As inconsistent as you get 140's then 1000's an odd 2000 here and there. Even Starcraft 2 laggs. LOL
Before this it was great. It played COD MW2 like a LAN !
Today the ping is by far the worst I ever experienced. I so hope this is a minor *&^%$# from Cell C.
Before this it was great. It played COD MW2 like a LAN !
Today the ping is by far the worst I ever experienced. I so hope this is a minor *&^%$# from Cell C.
darkguyv3r
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Just an update on this, still getting reasonable pings to JHB servers, between 80 and 110ms, but ping to cpt still crap anything between 280 and 350ms. I have sent the cellc rep a pm but have still not gotten any answers. Looks like i might have to retire for the blackops league before it even starts
robertybob
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I'm a new Cell C 5gb whoosh user. I have to say it goes up and down a lot. I've had it a week and get anywhere from 0.5 mbps to 7 mbps.
I've played a bit of SC2 on the NA server and had some glitch free lag free matches but dropouts have been more common!
Hope they will fix it up. Its good speed mostly but disconnects on gaming and skype etc.
I'm in Century City, CPT
I've played a bit of SC2 on the NA server and had some glitch free lag free matches but dropouts have been more common!
Hope they will fix it up. Its good speed mostly but disconnects on gaming and skype etc.
I'm in Century City, CPT
MightyMuffinMan
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Phone customer support and ask them to check your tower.
my latest review is up, this time for eyepet on the psp: http://www.el33tonline.com/past_article/2011/1/18/eyepet_review
BrunoEdelinski
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In Vanderbijlpark CellC only offer Edge at the moment. Have any of you guys got 1st experience with the gaming on Edge. as far as i understand max d/l speeds are 1500mbps which i doubt would be good enough. Also i can't seem to get clarity of when CellC will be upgrading the infrastructure in this area. The local store says March 2011 , but i've been promised a lot of things before.