The whole point of a LAN is to play on locally hosted servers <_>
As much as I like BFBC2 and as epic a LAN game it could be, it really shouldn’t even be an option since DICE doesn’t allow local or privately owned dedicated servers.
Below are the metrics I took from Atari BEFORE the new filter. I retested a few and the numbers are, well, terrible. Take what’s below and triple the latency and cut the bandwidth in half. Keep in mind these are raw metrics and do not take into account datacenter-induced lag, which for most gaming datacenters is an additional 20-50ms.
FROM WCU:
To Charlotte – 6ms, 47.51M down x 28.31M up
To Atlanta – 23ms, 25.32M down x 32.02M up
To New York City – 28ms, 39.82M down x 32.58M up
To Miami – 51ms, 37.49M down x 24.82M up
To Las Vegas – 72ms, 12.41M down x 19.52M up
To Aberdeen – 121ms, 7.70M down x 3.87M up
To Paris – 111ms, 10.47M down x 11.26M up
To Frankfurt – 125ms, 8.92M down x 4.64M up
To Moscow – 301ms, 5.33M down x 2.13M up
To Sydney – 472ms, 3.05M down x .75M up
Remember ping = x3 and BW = x .5
I smell another cancelled tournament 