Question about bandwidth

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

Well, I live in australia and we get 15GB of bandwidth usage a month, when we exceed that then we get to have dialup speed until the next month.

But, since I can log on first thing in the morning and stay on, I will just leave it on until I get home from school. However, if i leave it at the character select screen, will I get disconnected and will it take up a lot of bandwidth if it is sitting on that screen for around 6 hours?

TwelveEleven · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3806 **Location:** Heaven

Try this:

Login to the character select screen, shut down your internet connection. Get back home start internet connection select character and play. Dunno if it'll work.

VanTokkern · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 112 **Location:**

These kinds of games use up very little bandwidth, you could sit in Hotan all day long for decades before you use up 15gb.

If you want to be sure you could try a network monitor to see how much downstream SRO actually uses. Might be extra handy in your case to make sure you don't exceed the 15gb

VanTokkern · **Joined:** Jun 2006 **Posts:** 112 **Location:**

TwelveEleven wrote:

Try this:

Login to the character select screen, shut down your internet connection. Get back home start internet connection select character and play. Dunno if it'll work.

You'll get 'Disconnected from the server'

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

Even when I am already logged on and just need to select my character?

truez · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 1288 **Location:**

Once when u disconnect your internet connection, u lose ur data packets which means no internet activity.. so u will not be able to LOGIN to select ur character...

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

I won't disonnect my internet, but leaving it on the character screen won't disconnect me right?

ElMejorGlavie · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 577 **Location:**

Buy better internet. Buy a prem ticket. I'm a genius.

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

I don't agree on paying for an online game. Sorry, plus I am lazy and don't want to get a job and earn cash, plus I would rather go out and party like a normal 16 year old.

SuicideGrl · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2007 12:12 pm

SolidusRegime wrote:

I won't disonnect my internet, but leaving it on the character screen won't disconnect me right?

it may. you'll probably be the first one to go when a premium user tries to connect.

Black_Mamba · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 2888 **Location:**

SolidusRegime wrote:

will it take up a lot of bandwidth if it is sitting on that screen for around 6 hours?

I don't bother logging out unless I'm obviously dc'd or there's an inspection, I'm too lazy to type the stupid image thing everytime. The game hardly uses anything, less than 1mb a day, it would take 40 years running all day to use 15gb lol

Alfred · **Joined:** Mar 2006 **Posts:** 1545 **Location:** .se

Don't leave it at the character select screen. Every time I've dont that for a longer time, I've been disconnected from the server. Better log on and sit down at a secluded area in town.

TwelveEleven · **Joined:** Mar 2007 **Posts:** 3806 **Location:** Heaven

Black_Mamba wrote:

SolidusRegime wrote:

will it take up a lot of bandwidth if it is sitting on that screen for around 6 hours?

I don't bother logging out unless I'm obviously dc'd or there's an inspection, I'm too lazy to type the stupid image thing everytime. The game hardly uses anything, less than 1mb a day, it would take 40 years running all day to use 15gb lol

I think it'll take more than 1mb a day if you let it run 24 hours a day

. Especially since you need to upload a lot of info to the server and visa versa.

Black_Mamba · **Joined:** Jan 2006 **Posts:** 2888 **Location:**

That is 24 hours though, I don't log out, when I'm done grinding I sell my drops at night. I've used 7mb in 9 days all on sro. I use my other pc for everything else like music, films etc.

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

My stepdad is blaming the onlien gaming for taking up download space, so I want to know if I played roughly 3 hours a day, and didn't leave it running, if it would use 10gb in a month?

Necro-Mage · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 458 **Location:**

One time i got disconnected when I was on the character screen. So I played around and clicked Create new Character. And guess what? I got reconnected into Silkroad. Not sure if it will work all the time though.

SolidusRegime · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 60 **Location:**

I do not plan to stay logged on all the time anymore, since I just bought a premium. I just want to know if SRO is going to chew up my bandwidth.

CobbZ · **Joined:** Apr 2007 **Posts:** 817 **Location:**

Read the posts in this thread for fucks sake.

THEY ALL SAID NO.

MrFudge · **Joined:** Jan 2007 **Posts:** 5731 **Location:** None

ElMejorGlavie wrote:

Buy better internet. Buy a prem ticket. I'm a genius.

lol thats what i was thinking.

anyway i dont even think i use up 15gb in a month.
maybe half of that.

LockStar. · **Joined:** Jun 2007 **Posts:** 948 **Location:**

Well just go to your ISP provider's web page and there should be a place to log in with your account and stuff..atleast thats how mine is. And in there I can see the bandwith I have left for this month.

But as the others said...the ammount of bandwith sro uses is just...minimal.

[SD]Twysta · **Posted:** Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:55 am

Damn must be shit to have a limit on bandwidth usage, here in holland we don't have that

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