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Newworlds · 05-13-2011, 10:59 PM

It's not a dumb question. NWA has players in the military that play overseas on limited bandwidth (costly limited bandwidth). While yes, the amount of data is minimal, it is not so insignificant that it doesn't matter if you are on a per megabyte connection. You can reach a megabyte of data easily in a day on an active MUD like New Worlds. So the MP3 relationship is not true in my opinion. MP3's are 1 to 5 MBs depending on quality.

This is why in the olden days it was important for clients and MUDs to compress data. On a 300 baud modem it was a tight squeeze. Nowadays the only reason the net is so damn slow is because of all the morons watching YouTube all day.

05-13-2011, 10:59 PM	#5
Newworlds Legend Join Date: Aug 2007 Name: NewWorlds Home MUD: New Worlds Posts: 1,425	Re: A question. It's not a dumb question. NWA has players in the military that play overseas on limited bandwidth (costly limited bandwidth). While yes, the amount of data is minimal, it is not so insignificant that it doesn't matter if you are on a per megabyte connection. You can reach a megabyte of data easily in a day on an active MUD like New Worlds. So the MP3 relationship is not true in my opinion. MP3's are 1 to 5 MBs depending on quality. This is why in the olden days it was important for clients and MUDs to compress data. On a 300 baud modem it was a tight squeeze. Nowadays the only reason the net is so damn slow is because of all the morons watching YouTube all day.