Right off the bat, I want to make it clear this is not intended to be a moan and gripe post although it might turn out to be one. and for that I sincerely appologize..
Appart from the problems that most all folks playing the game are experiencing, i.e. rubberbanding, server not responding and so on, there is a problem that I would appreciate if attention was given to.
I have Played my fair share of MMO's through the years, from SWG, WoW & AoC. yet STO is the only game that I have played that uses up my 2GIG internet usage cap.
Let me explain.
I live in South Africa, which apart from being the TRIBBLE of planet Earth, is also rife with overcharging for services. We unfortuantely do not have many options when it comes to "FIXED" line ADSL. There is only one company in South Africa that offers you a physical line connection, after which you can choose from a number of ISP's but the line rental itself can only go through a parastatel company by the name of Telkom. I have chosen to go wireless and use HSDPA, my ISP (MWEB) runs on a cell phone network.
The problem here is, and forgive me people, but, I have purchased a bandwidth booster of 2gig (for the patch) and it is the 22nd of the month and I can no longer play as the game takes up so much bandwidth.4gig so far this month i have played out on sto. And befor you comment, yes I do use Vent as i have done for years, No I do not post or watch youtube on my home machine ( thats what work machines and internet is for ) I am not allowed pron anymore as it upsets my wife, so long and short is the only thing that i use my internet for is STO & Vent, Vent consists of at most 3 people of which only two will talk and one will lurk...
If this post gets through to one of the devs, please take a look into why the bandwidth is so excesive, I would appreciate it tremendously.
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