I'm curious here, so lemme throw you an honest one: can a guy from Java or Sumatra play an online match with some dude from Borneo (like Kalimantan) with no hassles?

Best telemarketing call I ever got: I'd just moved into my first apartment. I didn't have a TV, didn't even have a table set up to put my computer on. My computer setup involved me sitting on the floor with the comp sitting on a plastic tub in front of me.

Phone rings, and the conversation with an Indian sounding guy goes something like this:
"Hello?"
"Hello sir. I'm with [whatever it was]. How many TVs do you have in your home sir?"
"None."
"I'm sorry?"
"None. I have no TVs in my home."
"Okaythankyougoodbye*click*"

Yes, there's an IIX ring (Indonesia Internet eXchange, local loop), so it is not a problem.

The problem is international link. Bad ping, low bandwith, low quota. Mix them together and it's a nightmare.

I've never understood that. Assuming you buy say, a $40 game, why turn it in and get $10 or so, so you can get another $40 but 25% cheaper? Unless the game was utter crap or had no reply value...

Maybe it's because we were raised before disposable electronics and games were available. Today it seems if something doesn't work, you throw it away and buy a new one rather than try to get it fixed. An example is the little LCD picture frame screens that's has a chip and SD card for showing off pictures, Ben Heck tried to salvage it (worth about $10) and due to the size of the wires he could only salvage one color and he couldn't get the timing quite right to make use of it. The sheer amount of time cost him a lot more than the screen's value, while another LCD screen of about equal size for $40 already had all the basic simple wires and hookups ready to go. --link--
Exactly how i feel...

Wow great to hear that!! Thanks!
Didn't know about the IIX ring. Now I wonder if other island countries have something similar...

I decided to try out PS Now (Vita), and...it was honestly better than I thought it was going to be. Tried it out with 2 games: Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z (don't play this) and Ninja Gaiden Sigma. There was some lag here and there (although some it due to PSN having issues, and during that time both games were completely unplayable), but when everything was running smoothly it was surprising good. Hell, I thought the service was restricted to 30FPS, but thankfully it wasn't (NG:Sigma played at 60FPS). The controls can be adjusted to (sadly it was mostly through the touchscreen, but it worked as far as the Vita went), which was a nice touch.

As far as pricing goes, yeah...no thanks. It's still expensive with the current setup they have (subscription and/or individual games), but some games have an option for 4 hours.

Overall it was better than what I expected, but it's not really something I'm not going to go back to anytime soon...unless it becomes the only way to play PS3 games (lol). Come on RPCS3, make some progress already.

Agreed. Adding Ps1 & Ps2 games - especially at a more reasonable price would make for an excellent library

Yes, my family prefers the disk/cartridge/GoG digital model where you own what you bought and you can play it on replaced hardware should the current console/PC go belly up - but IF they made a huge stable library available for much MUCH less a month AND broadband internet moved away from capping, I could see this plan working - sorta. Though probably my family would stick with the older model as long as possible. There aren't that many new console games that interest us and we replay the ones we do get continually.

I don't know that this will take off though, not if Steam users can get their games running over the big TVs - and that is very possible already through the current consoles & PCs. Steam's prices are reasonable and the 'lease' is very long term, which is a much more desirable state of affairs for many users. Hype/convenience bandwagons tend to run out of energy fairly quickly when decent alternatives exist

So many unplayed ps2 classics and true wild gems out there, even to this day, all yet to be discovered by most of us.
Just picture yourself getting home and cracking up some Ace Combat, Final Fantasy or Gta, whatever... but having the option of "renting" those obscurities like Chulip or, dunno, Battle Construction Vehicles.
Amazing deal if you're talking subscriptions.
This could be great and has potential, even now since we're talking nowadays tech, like hdtvs and wireless controllers.

If people can keep it smart for ease of use it may translate smoothly in the future and grow a community of it's own! cough cough