Hand-Typed from The New Paper (Wednesday, 4 Oct 2006)
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Non-SingNet broadband users also face online gaming lagI REFER to Mr Ong Kian Seng's letter, "SingNet broadband users face gaming glitch" (The New Paper, 21 Sep).
SingNet understands the needs of online gaming enthusiasts, especially for their demand for low latency.
Hence, SingNet introduced PingPower, which enables local gamers to access game servers and enjoy as low as a 10-millisecond latency when they play online games hosted by PingPower.
Since its launch in July this year, we have received very positive feedback from gamers.
Many factors affect online gaming performance, including the bandwidth between the game server and the party providing the hosting service, as well as the game server capacity.
Contrary to the headline given to Mr Ong's letter, we understand that non-SingNet gamers have also experienced lags while playing the popular online game MapleStory, which is not hosted with SingNet.
For the benefit of the gaming community, we hope that MapleStory's publisher, Asiasoft, can quickly resolve this issue with its hosting service provider.
SingNet looks forward to assisting them to enhance our gamers' experience.
- Chia Boon Chong
deputy director
corporate communications
SingTel
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