Defiant Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Hello, On Black Friday i purchased a Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone. Its from US Cellular and I have a neat little option on the phone that turns my phone into a wifi hotspot. I thought i would give it a shot playing earth and beyond on my computer to see how well it performed on 3g. to my surprise it performed near flawlessly. I noticed that gating took a few seconds longer but overall the playability was good. just thought this would interest you. Defiant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemperor1 Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 I've played via USB tether with my moto Droid with similar results. Even dual boxed a bit without too much trouble. Looks like 3g is fast enough for EnB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimir[IS] Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 (edited) I've played via USB tether with my moto Droid with similar results. Even dual boxed a bit without too much trouble. Looks like 3g is fast enough for EnB In live I played on a 56k modem. I think you are close (double) to or double that with the 3g. ^ Left this out on original post Edited December 19, 2010 by Mimir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Del[IS] Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 In live I played on a 56k modem. I think you are close (double) to or double that with the 3g. ^ Left this out on original post In fact, 56k is so slow, you get more than double that with 2G. Hard to believe that's what we all used not too long ago. I would bet 3G is capable of supporting hundreds of EnB connections as bandwidth goes. Of course, latency would be an issue and we only allow three connections per IP. (Also, your phone would probably get hot enough to fry an egg fairly quickly ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrgy Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Thers no 3g or 2g where im at, last speed test was 764 down on Altell's laptop connect usb device. It runs just as good as my 8 meg cable connection. What really surprises me is how little bandwith the game uses. The Altell account has a bandwidth meter and I played for an hour and 20 minutes killin drones in bbw and only had a little over 6 megs of data tranfer up and down combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell [BT] Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 In fact, 56k is so slow, you get more than double that with 2G. Hard to believe that's what we all used not too long ago. I would bet 3G is capable of supporting hundreds of EnB connections as bandwidth goes. Of course, latency would be an issue and we only allow three connections per IP. (Also, your phone would probably get hot enough to fry an egg fairly quickly ) Yeah that's something, not to mention networks being upgraded to 4G already. Wonder how it will be when 4G service is nationwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Del[IS] Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yeah that's something, not to mention networks being upgraded to 4G already. Wonder how it will be when 4G service is nationwide. Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting some 4G action, but the US is always so slow with rolling out new data technologies, especially in less urban areas. I just this year got two-way cable internet and only two or three years ago got 3G coverage in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrell [BT] Posted December 19, 2010 Report Share Posted December 19, 2010 Yeah, I'm looking forward to getting some 4G action, but the US is always so slow with rolling out new data technologies, especially in less urban areas. I just this year got two-way cable internet and only two or three years ago got 3G coverage in my area. I think I'm in one of the cities where Verizon has started it's 4G, as of early this month, but as far as I know, there aren't any 4G phones available on VZW yet. Would be nice for some to choose for given I'm eligible for 2yr upgrade next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defiant Posted December 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Evo is a 4g phone and i know there is another phone out there cant' remember the name. Sprint has 4g in dallas but i don't know how fast it is they say its as fast as your average cable internet 6-8 megs i think...but yea i was surprised how little data it used i played for 30minutes and used 1 megabyte. but i surfed a few websites and used up 4-5 megabytes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garblesoup Posted December 20, 2010 Report Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yeah that's something, not to mention networks being upgraded to 4G already. Wonder how it will be when 4G service is nationwide. Just for snicks I disconnected by broadband and tethered to my Evo 4G. Worked great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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