online gaming

[Drop Test]

Good afternoon every one,

just a quick question.

I have notised that alot of you play online, forza 2, cod4 or gta4,
and i feel im missing out, i already have a bt line it just needs reactivating.


im at a loss to fugure out what BB provider to go for and what speed 2mb ,4mb. . . . .


what do you guys use and how do you get on with it?


Thank you
Ben

[ih8thisname]

Im on cable broadband and its showing as 8Mb.

But in all honestly that is far more than enough, i reckon going with the 4Mb would be acceptable enough!

[scooby wrx sti]

i'm using the bt home hub very easy to set up, will run upto 8meg but i have an old exchange so this limit's performance to around 4.

I have the XBOX and PC wired and the PS3 connected wirelessly with no problems at all, surf and play at the same time with no bother.

[Drop Test]

scooby wrx sti said:

i'm using the bt home hub very easy to set up, will run upto 8meg but i have an old exchange so this limit's performance to around 4.

I have the XBOX and PC wired and the PS3 connected wirelessly with no problems at all, surf and play at the same time with no bother.

How much is that a month if you dont mind me asking?

[scooby wrx sti]

Drop Test said:

scooby wrx sti said:

i'm using the bt home hub very easy to set up, will run upto 8meg but i have an old exchange so this limit's performance to around 4.

I have the XBOX and PC wired and the PS3 connected wirelessly with no problems at all, surf and play at the same time with no bother.

How much is that a month if you dont mind me asking?

Not to sure of the top of my head but i think it's around £17

i know they knocked loads of money off when we asked about cancelling and moving to SKY broardband, plus you get free evening and weekend calls using the internet phone.

[Mr E]

Peak throughput isn't as important as latency to be honest.

[tim2100]

mine is 1meg which is max possible at our house, and that is ok for Forza etc. Could do with being a bit quicker but not to bad.

[Maxf]

BT was about 3mb for me - it got pretty ropey if I played xbox while the Mrs surfed. I'm now on BeUnlimited which is about £9 a month cheaper but I'm seeing 13mb!!!

[Scraggles]

check out forums on dslreports and thinkbroadband

avoid these :-

tiscali, eclipse, talk-talk

any package that is too good to be true, like under £10

good companies - Aquiss, Merula, Zen, Be (LLU)