Craig Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 And loving it. Just checked my phone bill online for year end planning, and discovered an extra $40+ charge for internet access. Up here in Buttcrack, SK, we pay extra for time on the net, and I seem to have spent many, many hours reading posts about CM. Don't get me wrong, this is the best money I have ever spent, but I am deathly afraid of what my wife (financial manager) is going to do when the bill comes in the mail. Any suggestions? Craig (the only wargamer within 800 klicks of Enematown) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_PanzerLeader Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Easy take her the mall buy her something nice - say I got this for you because I did something for me and it jsut seemed fair SS_PanzerLeader...out [This message has been edited by SS_PanzerLeader (edited 12-19-99).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlichtingen Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Damn SS, you're devious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SS_PanzerLeader Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Just gotta master the game man SS_PanzerLeader..out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Captain Foobar Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 is there any way you can get a cable modem or dsl? It costs more upfront, but there's no charge for the time online...(ie phone bill) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Approach it like any other battleplan. You gotta strike fast, get inside their decision cycle, make feints to keep their minds off of whatever might get you in trouble and MOST of all, flatter them. Flatter, flatter, flatter. ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Fionn, I will have to try this tactic in my PBEM games. "Why, Mr. German soldier, that was a great shot you made to take out my Sherman. I say, your Feldwebel must be proud." DjB (typing while a cat hangs on one arm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 19, 1999 Author Share Posted December 19, 1999 Great ideas all, I'll try them (and pray). As far a a faster connection goes, I'm screwed. My current record for download speed is 3.5Kb/sec. We might get cable modems in 2025 if we're lucky. (no cable at all on the farm, satellite downloads might start in 2000 - waaay behind the US in this area) Craig (snowed in and hating it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindan Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 I invite all of you to Germany to share the experience of our telephone costs over here. Since reading the threads in this forum my monthly telephone bill went up from ~120 to ~270+ DM. Thanxalot BTS! I agree the money was well spent btw. *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Not to be blunt or impolite, Craig, but where the hell are you? DjB ps at least you'll have a White Christmas. The best we're gonna get here in central NJ is IndustrialSoot Christmas [This message has been edited by Doug Beman (edited 12-19-99).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 19, 1999 Author Share Posted December 19, 1999 I live on a farm close to Rosetown, in the west central part of Saskatchewan, Canada. I'm guessing about 600 miles north of Great Falls, Montana, as I don't have a map handy. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Davie Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Craig; from one Canuck (Winterpeg) to another....Hello. Yep, the current storm system that swept over the prairies is a bugger. We're getting it right about now Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Beman Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Holy crap, Craig. DjB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zulu Posted December 19, 1999 Share Posted December 19, 1999 Lol Craig, At least you don't live in Climax, SK (it's a real town guys. So is Moose Jaw!). Run her into Saskatoon (real town ) and like suggested go to the mall and get her somthing nice. Flowers work real well too. Plus you can go to the puter shops on the sly. Look forward to Canucks kicking butt when CM comes out in 2000! That is is the crazies don't screw up the world on Jan 1. We had an idiot take nitroglycerine and detonators on a ferry to Seattle already. I think he was trying a new way to cook the turkey. Peace to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 19, 1999 Author Share Posted December 19, 1999 There, had to plow some snow, now I can elaborate a little on my posts. I'll tell you a few secrets about me: 1) I tend to run off at the mouth 2) I like to poke a little (lot of?) fun at where I live 3) I have a very poor and warped sense of humor (Fionn can attest to this, I think), and it is usually in bad taste 4) In a different post, I was kidding about the sheep (there aren't any within 100 miles - too far to drive ) ROFL about the soot Doug, and don't worry about being impolite, as I have very little respect for where I live. This town is the only one I know of in the world that sends its sewage upstream of where it draws its drinking water from. (but we do have a lovely water treatment plant) Zulu, I think I curled in Climax way back in high school, or am I being a little premature here? Thomas, just quit snowing about noon here, and yes I'm sure we Canucks will rule the CM world when it comes out, eh!! Craig (currently filtering his water) ps Fionn, I never did get a reply via e-mail, no matter if you didn't send one, just checking. (still having serever probs here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 Sorry, In 5 days I've managed to get 282 messages in my inbox which need answering ;(... Most of the others are just deleted without even reading (if they're from mail lists). I'm replying now though, before something else comes up ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Maragoudakis Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 3.5 kbs/sec? Yeesh, I'm hitting 140 kbs/sec on extremely good servers. 70-80 kbs is good. Under 20 and it better be good to spend so much time downloading. Heaven is downloading 30 megs in 5 min. You know you have a great connection when it the file transfer feels like water pouring into a glass. Here in Montreal all it costs is 29 dollars a month, no time limit. There is added charges if you download more than 5 gigs a month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compassion Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 one of the nice things about the old days was BBS system that would allow compressed downloads of a particlar forum and using an offline reader to make replies and then uploading the replies... Under the Mustang method, I would make several under 5 minute download/uploads a day... In the modern age I tie up the phone for hours and still blow the same hot air! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted December 20, 1999 Author Share Posted December 20, 1999 Heh, I actually downloaded the CC4 demo (big mistake - crap) and I think it took almost 7 hours. Hmm, come to think of it, that could be another reason why my bill is that big. Could also be why the wife was so grumpy then (phone withdrawl) Craig (staying off the coffee) [This message has been edited by Craig (edited 12-20-99).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Maragoudakis Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 I downloaded the settlers 3 amazon demo from ZNet(fast site) my download speed tapered off at 207 kbs/sec. In 4 min, I had downloaded the 48 meg demo. Cable is worth every penny. IMO it is worth demonstrating for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 I'm lucky to hit 3Kb.. ;(... I feel like challenging everyone with a cable modem to a PBEM to make me feel better . Ya might be faster but ya won't win ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Maragoudakis Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 As soon as the game ships, I'll make your wish come true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eridani Posted December 20, 1999 Share Posted December 20, 1999 Fionn, that challenge go to ADSL subscribers too??? I mean, we ONLY top off at around 50-75kbps when downloading. (Cable modems in my county suck, they are almost 100 a month for half-duplex lines)... I pay 50 a month for a 640kbps dedicated line (not shared like cable)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionn Posted December 21, 1999 Share Posted December 21, 1999 Eridani, Yup, I'm pencilling you into my hit list right now ------------------ ___________ Fionn Kelly Manager of Historical Research, The Gamers Net - Gaming for Gamers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goanna Posted December 21, 1999 Share Posted December 21, 1999 I'd like to climb on that bandwagon for a bit of whoop ass from Fionn. Nothing like setting a benchmark early to compare other players to. I just hope I can run into some of the 13 yr olds who handed me my ass when I started trying games like Starcraft on-line. Yeah, that's right, rush on in here you over-hormoned, jolt swilling little swine. ------------------ desert rat wannabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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