PAL DCs came with a 33.6kb/s modem and when I asked on Dreamarena years ago I was told there was no point importing a US 56kb/s modem because PAL DCs (at least with PAL games and DK3) were 'fixed' to run at no more than 33.6kb/s anyway.
Some time later I bought a job lot of DC accessories from the US which included two 56kb/s modems. I tried them online using DK3 and the connection speed I was getting, according to the test site I used, was no different from the standard modem.
However just today I came across a thread on another UK forum only posted about a year ago where the guy said that he had found an improvement when using the 56kb/s modem. He didn't say he was getting more speed just that when going onto US servers (presumably to play the few online DC games still available) he was getting a smoother experience with less disconnections.
Does anybody here know anything about this or indeed whether I was informed correctly about PAL DC/games online being fixed at 33.6kb/s?
Just interested really.
Some time later I bought a job lot of DC accessories from the US which included two 56kb/s modems. I tried them online using DK3 and the connection speed I was getting, according to the test site I used, was no different from the standard modem.
However just today I came across a thread on another UK forum only posted about a year ago where the guy said that he had found an improvement when using the 56kb/s modem. He didn't say he was getting more speed just that when going onto US servers (presumably to play the few online DC games still available) he was getting a smoother experience with less disconnections.
Does anybody here know anything about this or indeed whether I was informed correctly about PAL DC/games online being fixed at 33.6kb/s?
Just interested really.
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