Unless you're hard wired to each other (LAN), there is always going to be some lag, and bad programming can even make lag on a LAN.
The internet's not a truck you just dump something on, it's a series of tubes, and if something gets jammed in those tubes, the internet slows down!
Also, I thought most residential cable/DSL services were only 156-300kb/sec, and Residential T1 lines were ridiculously expensive, and at least on my campus, our T1 shared connection had more closed ports than France during a British Naval blockade.
Fighting games it's extremely important that it's as lag free as possible, especially since Virtua Fighter is touted as the true fighting game, since it's hard to counter when all reactions and commands are .2 seconds late.
See Ya George.
"He did not die - He passed Away"
At least following a comedians own jokes makes his death easier.
