I live in North Yorkshire in the middle of no-where, we use broadband, and my internet is fine, but we have a bad telephone exchange which can raise my ping. Want my solution? 1. wait a while until the gorvernment rolls out a fibre optic circuit round the UK (which they might be going to do) 2. Get off dial-up, if you use it for gaming then...why? 3. I do support people coming in from different countries to play in one server, equality n' all that. But if there is an australian server available, go dere. I like criticism, so flame on!