Xbox Live Download limit?

Ecw-Original

Hey guys,

Wondering if you could help me with something,
I've had people telling me that when you play games on xbox live it doesnt use up any of the download limit (Guy who works in gamestop), where in other forums they say that if you have say a 5 gig limit (:(), it eats it up in next to no time?

Which is the truer statement?


So, to reiterate, When on xbox live:
1. Playing games uses up a chunk of your limit. OR
2. It uses up NONE of it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

rizzla

Playing games online uses very little, such is the nature of online gaming. Downloading items from the market place can eat up download liimits depending on the file size.

Cow Moolester

Microsoft's live team caclulated all this when asked about it and came up with some nice results.
If you were to play for 24 hours online with constant talk and its a game where a lot of information is exchanged, it will only use 300mb.

Now thats nice It translates to about 12.5mb every hour

Y2J_MUFC

Playing the games themselves uses up very little bandwidth. The problem comes when you start downloading stuff left, right and center from the marketplace.

As far as I know, for a full days gaming (and I mean, a proper session), you'd use somewhere between 100-200mb, which is pretty good.

My mate played a full day on Live and used up 120MB.

Ecw-Original

OK, so to bring this altogether,

The 360 will use up some limit, but not loads.
Unless I download demos, trailers etc etc?

Is there any truth in the idea that you need a connection over a 3mb?

tomred1

When i started on Xbox live i was on 1mb, now im on 3mb there only difference is that you download demos etc. quicker but no differnce when gaming online.

Shiminay

Game traffic's small enough overall, but if you're that worried about it, get a proper ISP with an uncapped service

my Smart 8 meg line

Cuddlesworth

Kharn wrote: »

Game traffic's small enough overall, but if you're that worried about it, get a proper ISP with an uncapped service

my Smart 8 meg line

Problem seems to be a cap on x-box live rather then a cap with the ISP. Something I was not aware of tbh.

Ecw-Original

Kharn wrote: »

Game traffic's small enough overall, but if you're that worried about it, get a proper ISP with an uncapped service

my Smart 8 meg line

Wish i could just do that
But i got myself into a contract at the start of the year with no intention of getting an xbox, now i do.

And i cant change my server who has given me a stingy 5 gig limit(which i have hit and came very close to it last year) :mad:

dazftw

ntl 20mb no limit - €40 a month

demo goodness I downloaded the too human demo in like 20 mins its a friggin gig

Ecw-Original

dazftw wrote: »

ntl 20mb no limit - €40 a month

demo goodness I downloaded the too human demo in like 20 mins its a friggin gig

Wow!
You serious? Whats the catch?

dazftw

Ecw-Original wrote: »

Wow!
You serious? Whats the catch?

I dunno yet.... lol everyones broadband was upgraded depending what package you were currently on, and the price stayed the same. There is a fair usage scheme though :rolleyes:

Cuddlesworth

dazftw wrote: »

ntl 20mb no limit - €40 a month

demo goodness I downloaded the too human demo in like 20 mins its a friggin gig

Its capped at 60 gigs a month. There is a limit but the package is called Unlimited. And they are anal about people exceeding the limits.

Ian Beale

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Its capped at 60 gigs a month. There is a limit but the package is called Unlimited. And they are anal about people exceeding the limits.

There isn't a cap of 60gb's on the 20mb package.

Ecw-Original

Ok time for a new topic me thinks

dazftw

Cuddlesworth wrote: »

Its capped at 60 gigs a month. There is a limit but the package is called Unlimited. And they are anal about people exceeding the limits.

The package is called Broadband Ultra!

If you can find something to do with 60gigs there post it up. Im downloading a good bit now and dont want to be charged extra!

http://www.upc.ie/internet/