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Thu 12 Dec 2008Slow broadband deprives web users of online gaming
THE MAJORITY of Irish web users are unable to take full advantage of online gaming and phone services as rates of broadband responsiveness are too slow, a new report has found.
Internet gamers in Ireland must deal with average ping speeds - the time it takes for data to be sent, replied to and then received - which are only about half the speed seen as the maximum for game programmes, the report by internet monitor Epitiro states.
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