Re: Can you multi-table on a dial-up connection?
I have played 4 tables on Party on a dialup at 26.6 K with no problems. Online poker doesn't really take much badwidth. They need to transmit cards and other players' actions from server to client, and your actions from client to server. If this data is encoded even semi-efficiently, it should be no more than a few hundred bytes per hand (much less with a really efficient coding scheme). Note that most poker clients store card images, sounds, etc. on the client. The RNG, dealing, etc. is handled by the server and displayed on the client. The main issue with dialup, IMO is that you do get more disconnects, but this is dependant on quality of phone lines, modem and ISP.
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