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Connecting to XBox Live

  • 15-10-2009 9:09am
    #1
    sleepysniper
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭


    Well gaming guru's!

    As online seems to be the route most game developers are taking I am now looking to get online.
    Problem is I only have a 1MB broadband connection at home (tbh were lucky to have the internet atal where I live!)
    Would this speed be capable of running Live? Also the other concern is I am capped by a download limit of 24GB, not sure if this matters when using Live?

    If some one could make things a bit clearer for me it would be much apprieciated.


Comments

  • #2
    sleepysniper
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭sleepysniper


    ...anyone know?:confused:


  • #3
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    You will be able to run live but you'll suffer from lag, but you can play it's just frustrating at times, i had a similar connection until i moved to galway this year and got the 20mb line (horray!)


  • #4
    mwin80
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 45 ✭mwin80


    Microsoft and your internet service provider will tell you it will work fine on 1mb. However, i'd recommend you think carefully before signing up. A big factor to think about is the population of your general area and how many others there have broadband. IE: if lots have broadband then you probably won't even get the full 1 mb at peak times due to contention issues. I used to play on line with a 2mb connection - it was good sometimes but most of the time it would just get really frustrating - i'd have hassles just gettign into an online game and then once i was in 'd experience lag and broken up gameplay. It got so annoying that i stopped using it which was jsut a waste of a years membership. I'm on 10mb now and online play works fine although i still don't use it that much to be honest.


  • #5
    sleepysniper
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭sleepysniper


    zero19 wrote: »
    You will be able to run live but you'll suffer from lag, but you can play it's just frustrating at times, i had a similar connection until i moved to galway this year and got the 20mb line (horray!)
    mwin80 wrote: »
    Microsoft and your internet service provider will tell you it will work fine on 1mb. However, i'd recommend you think carefully before signing up. A big factor to think about is the population of your general area and how many others there have broadband. IE: if lots have broadband then you probably won't even get the full 1 mb at peak times due to contention issues. I used to play on line with a 2mb connection - it was good sometimes but most of the time it would just get really frustrating - i'd have hassles just gettign into an online game and then once i was in 'd experience lag and broken up gameplay. It got so annoying that i stopped using it which was jsut a waste of a years membership. I'm on 10mb now and online play works fine although i still don't use it that much to be honest.

    Thanks for the replies lads, looks like I'll be holding off getting Live until better braodband becomes available in the area.


  • #6
    bryaner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭bryaner


    Generally a 2meg connection up would be best but a decent 1 meg should

    work but could suffer lag especially on Gow2, as for usage Gow2 uses around

    30meg per hour so its not really a problem


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  • #7
    Lab_Mouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,219 ✭✭✭Lab_Mouse


    I have a 1 meg line and very rarely have a problem with lag.You get a free months gold sub to xbox live when you create your gamertag so use that to check what your ping etc is like.

    If you have used up the free months subscription just create another profile to get another free months sub to test drive your games on live.

    Can you go to www.speedtest.net and let us know what your ping,upload and download speeds are?

    Lab


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