Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback
Hi all. I thought the max was 50 useres, not 25? Is this occurence where there are so many trying to get on a norm on weekends? Would lowering the quoloty be something that might be considderd at peak times to gain the amount of users that wish to partisapate in voicechat? Or is it Speed 2.
I think it might be an issue with the recent uping of the sampling rate from 22.5k to 44.1k that's causing the problem. I don't understand why we just didn't leave it low enough for dial-up users to access, since it's a voice chat server. I think even 22.5k is even overkill.
You mean the bit rate is low enough for dial up users now? I wouldn't have brought it up, since I am as old as I am, I wouldn't go in there often, but if it's low enough for dial up users, I might would go in there at least once a month as a change.
wonderwoman
no, that's what scot is saying. that it isn't currently accessable for dial-up users.
She'd have to go in the teen channal if she wanted good clean chat though. lol
We'll probably go round and round on this issue about weather t the server should be for dial-up users too... and probably never come to any sort of agreement. I say if it is accesibel to dial-down users, then it is accessible to all.
My mistake, sorry. I feel sort of silly now, because right after I clicked the send button on my post, I remembered a tutorial where I found out that the rate from 1 to 15 was good for dial up users, and higher numbers were for broadband. I posted too quick, sorry
wonderwoman
hmm i honestly think that dial up users should be able too access the server too its only fair
i agree with you. and every time i go to voice chat, i get this stupid thing that says password could not be authenticated. i've changed the server and everything.
I think VT should be for the dial up users too, and so show skyep
Skype can work for dial-down users though not as wel. I have never understood why the admins don't make the VT server for all, by lowering the sample rate. This is not to have another surver, just change the current one to sute all.
What is the current sample rate?
Because when I have vt sex on the zone's vt server i want good quality moaning, not dile up bullshit.
when the sample rate is dropped sufficiently to allow dial up users it sounds like everyone has no teeth. there are now other codecs which may be usable and I'd have thought that admin would have tested these to see if it was worth using.
If dial down users pay for a premium account then why not allow them access to the ventrilo server? I mean that only makes sense to me.
yep people can switch there sampling rate of recording to meet a good quality sound even if the server is accessible to all and i agree if people who use dial up pay for a membership they deserve it anyways people who have dial up support a lot around here and there are a lot of members with dial up ok, i am rambling but its almost four in the morning and i just woke up
See, here's the thing. Having the sample rates so high does not effect how many users can get on the server first of all. We can choose the number of slots. As for letting the server be used by dial-down? I personally don't like it much, because like Kev said, the people sound like they have no teeth. It's really horrible quality. I recommend lowering the rate down to...um, I think we had it at 22 before, but I don't think we should lower it to like 15, which I think, is the best quality that dial-ups can use...
Update: Ventrilo is staying the same as it is now, sorry folks who wanted dial-up, we can't help you there. Just talked to one of the admins about this, and he believes that it should probably stay the same...
hmm i sudgest that until the server is accessible to the whole site those with dial up not pay for memberships around here it is very unfair to those of us who have dial up to be locked out of something because some of us who have better connections want to be selfish and care more about how things sound to us than whether someone with dial up can have equal access
Thank you Jenny. I agree with you. Personally I believe even if the entire zone got together on the vintrillo issue admin still wouldn't change it. I realize you can set the slots, but having it aat a lower sample rate takes up less bandwith, which means you can have more slots open. Right?s elivee
People, Ventrilo is not a premium feature in the first place! Every premium feature on this site is useableby all! Just because some people aren't able to use a feature available to all users on the site, doesn't mean you all should go psycho and stop paying for premium. Premium features are useable by users with or without dial-up. when we come up with a "premium" feature that isn't useable by dial-up users, then, argue about it! Then discuss it!
Okay folks, I’m bringing this up, because I need to rant about this. Three words. Life is unfair! Let’s face it people, those with dialup are living in the passed. There, these days, is no reason why someone cannot have DSL, cable, or any other form of high speed, *including* cost issues. Verizon, anyone? In 2000 we had a broadband boom, and we’re starting to see a second one here in 2006. Oh, by the way, There are plenty of ventrilo servers usable by dialup folks. If you guys want to use ventrilo that much, google Dialup ventrilo servers, you might find something. And for those who want to protest, what good’s that going to do? Ventrilo is a privilege, not a right.
Guys, i agree with Nick on this one! Dile, up, is, shit, and, needs, to, die! Yeah, just get a desant connection for fuck sake!
While I agree that it's unfare to you dial-up users to not be able to use ventrillo it's also unfare for us who have hi-speed internet to have crappy quality.
For those of you that can switch, you may as well do so now.
Dial-up is crap anyway and I'd much rather pay more and have faster internet and be able to use the phone then to pay less for crap.
Maybe a separate surver should be set up for dial up users, though I doubt any broadband user would go on it.
Everything else is going to eventually go all broad- band anyway.