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Neato · 10-05-2003, 08:47 PM

I recently started college here in Superior, Wisconsin. I left a loving home... well whatever... with a loverly DSL connection. I got here and after almost 2 weeks they finally allowed me on their network.
Was I ever disapointed. Using Flashget I got a patch for a game I wanted to play online to download at 450 KBs. That's insain! So I tried to connect to my game, Medal Of Honor, and what do you know... I can't connect. When I do connect I get a horrible ping, like 999 all the time (it only displays to 999, so its more than 999.)

They limit Kazaa traffic somehow, damned if I know how. But I think it applies to everything else too. I can't play any games online, file transfers on Trillian (or AIM) are horridly slow. It appears that anything you can do besides browsing a website or downloading a file from a website is greatly limited.
Can anyone out there tell me more about this? I spoke with the network administration and they tried to help, or at least pretended to. I can't listen to internet radios or play the game my life revolved around (there's no need to post some anoying comment on how I should just find other things to do. That's rude and unhelpful, please refrain.).

My guess is that nothing can be done, but I can't just give up. If anyone can tell me more about this or help me, I would be very greatful.

10-05-2003, 08:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Neato Insane Location: The Oposite, Inverse of Hell (Wisconsin)	Help? School's crappy network. 56k speed on a T1... I recently started college here in Superior, Wisconsin. I left a loving home... well whatever... with a loverly DSL connection. I got here and after almost 2 weeks they finally allowed me on their network. Was I ever disapointed. Using Flashget I got a patch for a game I wanted to play online to download at 450 KBs. That's insain! So I tried to connect to my game, Medal Of Honor, and what do you know... I can't connect. When I do connect I get a horrible ping, like 999 all the time (it only displays to 999, so its more than 999.) They limit Kazaa traffic somehow, damned if I know how. But I think it applies to everything else too. I can't play any games online, file transfers on Trillian (or AIM) are horridly slow. It appears that anything you can do besides browsing a website or downloading a file from a website is greatly limited. Can anyone out there tell me more about this? I spoke with the network administration and they tried to help, or at least pretended to. I can't listen to internet radios or play the game my life revolved around (there's no need to post some anoying comment on how I should just find other things to do. That's rude and unhelpful, please refrain.). My guess is that nothing can be done, but I can't just give up. If anyone can tell me more about this or help me, I would be very greatful.