2006 - (10/18/2006) All Worlds Maintenance

Oct. 17, 2006 06:00 [PDT] From: FINAL FANTASY XI

All Worlds Maintenance (Oct. 18)

At the following time, we will be performing FINAL FANTASY XI maintenance on all worlds. During this period, FINAL FANTASY XI will be unavailable.

Thank you for your patience.

• The client software will also be updated at this time. Once this maintenance is completed, the client update will start automatically after logging back into FINAL FANTASY XI. Please follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

• You may receive errors such as "POL-1160" or "POL-0010" during the download process due to heavy server traffic. If you are unable to access the update, we ask that you please wait a while and then try again. Thank you for your help in making this a smooth version update.

• For the update details, please refer to "Topics" on the official PlayOnline.com web site or PlayOnline Viewer which will be available on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2006.

[Date & Time]

Oct. 18, 2006 from 10:00 to 15:00 (PDT)

• Maintenance completion time may be subject to change.

[Affected Services]

FINAL FANTASY XI

• Below are the estimated file size and download times.

[File size for clients with "Chains of Promathia" and "Treasures of Aht Urhgan" installed.]

PlayStation 2(R) Version

Download file size: 21.3MB
   >>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
     Volume check: 8 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 23 minutes
     Installation: 3 minutes               
     Total: About 1 hour, 34 minutes
   >>DSL (1Mbps) users
     Volume check: 5 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 18 minutes 
     Installation: 3 minutes
     Total: About 26 minutes

Windows Version

Download file size: 39.9MB
   >>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
     Volume check: 8 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 2 hours, 21 minutes
     Installation: 1 minutes, 40 seconds 
     Total: About 2 hours, 30 minutes, 40 seconds
   >>DSL (1Mbps) users
     Volume check: 5 minutes, 30 seconds
     Download / Unzip: 10 minutes
     Installation: 1 minutes, 40 seconds 
     Total: About 17 minutes, 10 seconds

Xbox 360 Version

Download file size: 47.2MB
   >>DSL (1Mbps) users
     Volume check: 4 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 12 minutes 
     Installation: 2 minutes
     Total: About 18 minutes

[File size for clients without "Chains of Promathia" and "Treasures of Aht Urhgon" installed.]

PlayStation 2(R) Version

Download file size: 15.6MB
   >>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
     Volume check: 7 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 17 minutes
     Installation: 2 minutes, 30 seconds  
     Total: About 1 hour, 26 minutes, 30 seconds
   >>DSL (1Mbps) users
     Volume check: 3 minutes, 30 seconds
     Download / Unzip: 14 minutes
     Installation: 2 minutes, 30 seconds   
     Total: About 20 minutes

Windows Version

Download file size: 27.5MB
   >>Analog modem (56Kbps) users
     Volume check: 7 minutes
     Download / Unzip: 1 hour, 42 minutes
     Installation: 1 minute, 30 seconds   
     Total: About 1 hour, 50 minutes, 30 seconds
   >>DSL (1Mbps) users
     Volume check: 4 minutes, 30 seconds
     Download / Unzip: 7 minutes, 30 seconds
     Installation: 1 minute, 30 seconds   
     Total: About 13 minutes, 30 seconds

• Please note that the above times are for reference only. Download times depend on individual users' network environment and may vary from those shown above. Additionally, this update will require more time if previous version updates were not completed.