ok my problem isnt with FF XI its with PLO. I havent been able to log in since before the damn update and i have no idea y. its not my hardware because i called comcast to check it and its fine so my question is, do any of u guys have this problem with PLO and cant even log in to PLO or is it just my computer? i want to fricken play, i can wait for the update but im getting pissed at PLO.

Is soe even checking it own staff for the Ddos attack i think it was from there

1 hour and 39 minutes total time, and that includes all updates since March 27, since I haven't played in that long. :P

i got no problem im getting tons of reading done ^^

still updateing >< 6 hours and 30mins ><

HELLO I CAN LOG ON BUT AFTER I GET IN I DC 2MIN AFTER AND THIS IS EVERYF???IN TIME I LOG ON WTF IS GOING ON

Well, at peak times, I have seen 6K users on Bismark... lets say the average is 4k, which could mean as many as 8K people are subscribed to that one server.

32 x 8,000 = 276,000 users. So lets say that's just 250,000 users total.

Just think of the 15Kb per sec limit. With a max of 4K users per sec, that's 60,000Kb, or roughly 50Mb per sec per server at peak. So multiply that times 32 servers, that makes 1600Mb... or 1.6Gb per second to maintain all 32 Servers.

An OC-48 transmits at 2400Mps, or 300MB per second, half of a cd per sec. a T1, which is 1.5Mb per second, coast 400 to 1500 dollars, depending on if it's dedicated or burstable, and if it's guaranteed.

So to maintain optimal speeds for users, SE needs around 1400 T1's... and if at a bundled rate (more rate means less per bit) lets say they are getting 2Mb for 200 dollars a month, and they probably are using a full OC-48 for full speed. Usually you can get an OC-45, dedicated, for an average of 90 dollars per 1Mb, so for this arguement we will say they are getting it for 75 dollars per 1Mb... that brings the total cost for connectivity to $180,000 a month. Well, the problem is, they are getting such a rate because they have multiple facilities, so one OC-48, but multiple OC-12's are used, and those are 600Mb's per second, which usally don't get the 75-90 dollar rate per Mb...

But, for kicks lets say they are getting their pipe for $200,000, but what about redundency, for they can't have a facility go down, that's $400,000.

Okay, so we have 8000 users per server, at 32 servers. That's 256,000 users, and at 13 dollars a pop, that's 3,328,000 dollars.

Okay, so after they pay for bandwidth, they have roughly 3 Million dollars a month.

So right now that bandwitdh is being heavily used, and probably being hit harder than the average gaming session period.

So they have 3 Million dollars KGO! Why aren't they buying me more bandwidth?

Rent on a hosting facility, and a dedicated facility isn't cheap. Rent, equipment and Utilities is possibly 500K - 1M a month.

Then there is all that administrative staff to make sure your credit cards get charged legally and properly. Multiple offices, europe, americas and asia, then all that support staff, not to mention all that staff that takes the time to design new changes to the game and to POL, not to mention GM's, Secrataries, support staff.

To run a organized structure of facilities like that, it could easily run into the 25M - 35M a year range, maybe 18 - 30M in some countries. Plu, not to mention cost of initial development. So if they are lucky, they are getting some profit, and look, SE is a company, and if a company doesn't make a profit, it can't grow, and it goes out of business.

Cant we all just get along! go bake some brownies or something... Go get drunk and stupid no one cares if you go to work tommorow with a hangover, just use the excuse that FF11 was being a *****, im sorry. lol

Hmmm... it says "please try again some time LATER. how much later? ive been waiting for 3 days for this damn thing to work and ive gotten the same error all three days, so if they cant set atleast a time period then that means they dont know how long it will take. haha i just thought of something... i bet they know y its down they just dont want to fix it to **** us off and take our money. just a thought...