360 wi-fi question...

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-06-13 09:59pm

Ok, so I just moved to Boston, and the cable company is coming out tomorrow to setup my cable and broadband connection. However, I go the 5.0 Mbps Download/384 Kbps Upload service. Now, I'm not tech savvy, so will that be sufficient for playing my 360 online? Should I have gotten the 10.0 Mbps Download/800 Kbps Upload or higher? I couldn't find any recommendations online anywhere...

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-06-13 10:05pm

Is this 'lolz I have teh win netzor' spam, or is this a serious question for Americans? It makes me sad for crappy AU broadband.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-06-13 10:09pm

No.. I'm serious. I didn't know if that was adequate or not.

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-06-13 10:11pm

What kind of game could possibly need 5Mb down? It just... boggles the mind.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-06-13 10:17pm

What mbps does online gaming generally run at?

JointStrikeFighter · Post by **JointStrikeFighter** » 2006-06-13 10:19pm

In australia with its shitty broadband .5mb to 1.5mb

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2006-06-13 10:20pm

Max wrote:What mbps does online gaming generally run at?

You can do fine on online gaming at 640kbps down / 90kbps up (yes, less than 1 Mbps downstream), and probably even less. Connection quality (consistent low ping and minimal dropped packets) is more important than super high speed for the best gaming experience. (Higher speeds do tend to have better connection quality, from what I've seen. Though you can have high speeds with bad quality.)

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-06-13 10:28pm

So the 10 mbps would have been overkill... good to know, I was seriously contemplating it.

Master of Cards · Post by **Master of Cards** » 2006-06-14 10:29am

Max wrote:So the 10 mbps would have been overkill... good to know, I was seriously contemplating it.

I do my xbox on about a 1/5 the speed you have and I don't lag much

Netko · Post by **Netko** » 2006-06-14 11:41am

Seriusly now, its all about the length that your signal has to travel to the server (ping). Beyond that, even a basic DSL/cable line will probably be as good as a 10mbit line since the quality of the line is important. On local servers, Quake 2 had a big jump from analog modem (56k=analog=shitty connection quality) to ISDN(digital but slow, 64kbps both way), but the jump from ISDN to DSL is marginal (10 ms better ping). When I play I never see any diffrences in ping between people with 512/96kbps, 1mbps/192kbps or 2mbps/384kbps. Most games use very little bandwith. A whole day playing may download around 100MB, while when downloading I can easily get around 350MB per hour.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-06-14 04:36pm

Upload speeds are going to have more impact on games than download speeds.

That said, I'm on a crappy 512d/256u and I have no problems.

Xon · Post by **Xon** » 2006-06-15 01:17am

Stark wrote:Is this 'lolz I have teh win netzor' spam, or is this a serious question for Americans? It makes me sad for crappy AU broadband.

Speak for yourself. My AU broadband is 7mbps down, 1 mbps up. However the download quotas make are another matter

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2006-06-15 02:16am

Xon wrote:
Stark wrote:Is this 'lolz I have teh win netzor' spam, or is this a serious question for Americans? It makes me sad for crappy AU broadband.
Speak for yourself. My AU broadband is 7mbps down, 1 mbps up. However the download quotas make are another matter

Sad state of affairs for your broadband.

I have 12/9 now, in the autumn it will be upgraded to 100/100 and when the ISP releases their 1000/1000 service I will get an automtic upgrade.

And we have no quotas whatsoever.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-06-15 10:56am

What? Are you seriously saying that you'll have affordable, unlimited access to a gigabit internet connection?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-06-15 11:08am

Uraniun235 wrote:What? Are you seriously saying that you'll have affordable, unlimited access to a gigabit internet connection?

I used to be happy with my 2.5Mbit connection.

Now I feel bad.

Max · Post by **Max** » 2006-06-15 11:22am

Faram wrote:
Xon wrote:
Stark wrote:Is this 'lolz I have teh win netzor' spam, or is this a serious question for Americans? It makes me sad for crappy AU broadband.
Speak for yourself. My AU broadband is 7mbps down, 1 mbps up. However the download quotas make are another matter
Sad state of affairs for your broadband.

I have 12/9 now, in the autumn it will be upgraded to 100/100 and when the ISP releases their 1000/1000 service I will get an automtic upgrade.

And we have no quotas whatsoever.

Where do you get your service from?

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-06-15 11:53am

Sweden.