things to do on a 384 line

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So after my pain in discovering that i now only have a 384 line after a 4mb after i move i sit a cry a little inside everything i use the internet.
suggestions on what is fun or exciting to do on a 384 line?
 
gumpie said:
So after my pain in discovering that i now only have a 384 line after a 4mb after i move i sit a cry a little inside everything i use the internet.
suggestions on what is fun or exciting to do on a 384 line?
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LoL dude, it's not that bad! You can game no hassles, not sure of PC, but PS3 runs hundreds. You can download SD eps, about 2-3 a day. So not so bad.
 
Well, you can only do one thing at a time. Either browse or download or game. Trying to do more than one thing at time is a nightmare. My 4mb upgrade is around the corner. Just waiting for Telscum! :)
 
Use a download program to schedule all downloads during the periods you are not gaming or browsing.
 
ponder said:
Use a download program to schedule all downloads during the periods you are not gaming or browsing.
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Exactly. You'll be surprised how much you can pull down with unlimited - especially if you use torrents and download managers.
 
as said earlier--do one things at a time. If others at home are also browsing, then it is about competing for the line. It works well if you are alone and do downloads automatically. Otherwise it is a good start to DSL life from dial-up.
 
Synaesthesia said:
Exactly. You'll be surprised how much you can pull down with unlimited - especially if you use torrents and download managers.
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Whats a good download manager?

How do you go about using torrents? I have uTorrent, and tried to download a few things, but i had no luck.
 
Wasp_21 said:
LoL dude, it's not that bad! You can game no hassles, not sure of PC, but PS3 runs hundreds. You can download SD eps, about 2-3 a day. So not so bad.
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Unless you want to host for more than 1 player, 384k is fine for any game on any platform. I used to play Battlefield 2 on a 192k line with full servers. If I'm not playing a game or someone isn't using Skype I let my downloads run. I pull 3.4gb a day.
 
Torrents are hopless at that speed. Try googling in tv shows if that's your thing. Try these search terms: put in your tv show's name then MKV and finally MEGAUPLOAD. This will give you shows max in size about 100-150mb which wont take forever to download.
 
chrismiller1985 said:
Torrents are hopless at that speed.
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Not sure what you mean? My torrents are the same speed as any other download. Perhaps your upload speed is set to high in your client.

And I wouldn't download much from sites such as Megaupload or Rapidshare unless you have a premium account. Just use usenet like everyone else instead.
 
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HerZeLeiD said:
Not sure what you mean? My torrents are the same speed as any other download. Perhaps your upload speed is set to high in your client.

And I wouldn't download much from sites such as Megaupload or Rapidshare unless you have a premium account. Just use usenet like everyone else instead.
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wait wut?

you talking about capped or uncapped 384kbps?

Uncapped torrent speeds are horrible
 
dude its not that bad, you can browse and download at the same time (I using new servers right now running at 40-50kb/s, download a HD episode in a few hours) only thing is when you gaming let nothing else use that connection, and for a download manger use Flashget, best ever
 
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