My opinion on Wireplay (powerplay and openplay) and cable decisions etc

[Broo (IB)]

In my opinion its a long long time until anything happens about powerplay - expect wp to in the end decide to scrap powerplay and openplay and become one big joint venture - similar to how mplayer or heat work except in the wp software.

thats my guess but for that to happen wp need! to heavily upgrade there equipment.

BT still have some hold over wp tho - this website is owned by BT and wp whole net link system is BT.

hence the old "sorry for the pl, its the bt net link"

be a year or so till anything happens

[MrVista]

This website (the domain and the stuff on it) isn't owned by BT, although BT are contracted to provide the networking at the moment.

[This message has been edited by MrVista (edited 21-09-1999).]

[Broo (IB)]

hehe close enuf a vista http://www.wireplay.co.uk/ubb/tongue.gif

altho that seemed a bit of a frosty response http://www.wireplay.co.uk/ubb/smile.gif

[MrVista]

sorry, forgot to stick a http://www.wireplay.co.uk/ubb/smile.gif at the end

http://www.wireplay.co.uk/ubb/wink.gif

[Verdi]

Don't think so - what's in it for them - if we all play on CM's??

WP is company.
Companies are there to make profit for their owners.
WP makes it's money from your phone call.
-Even on an 0845 it get 0.6p/min while you are online.
There is nothing techically stopping you playing on WP with a CM or ADSL.
However WP won't get their 0.6p/min - it's not 0845 is it?
So, they have put extra hardware in the way (a firewall to the cognosenti).
This is why you can't see the servers from GameSpy etc. - even if you have the IP addresses.
You need to be running the WP server software that can talk thru the firewall.
Even if you are running WP software and you haven't dialled in on a WP/BTclick/BTinternet line, you will only see a very small selection of Open Servers - ie open to the massses. Just a teaser...

This is why WP will NEVER support CM or ADSL.
Not if they want to stay in business anyway...

Geddit???

Verdi!

If you have the time and the expertise, why not hack the WP powerplay software, and fix it so it thinks it's DDI??? It could be the way forward.

[Broo (IB)]

derrr

adsl is on btinternet at the moment

hence wp is available to adsl just not cable http://www.wireplay.co.uk/ubb/tongue.gif

[mikkyT]

That is bollox as i said in the other post...

[Dirtbird]

Looks like he did cut and paste it...

I mean, using 'cognosenti' yet using it's for the possessive - ffs!

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