Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Anyone know if NTL's broadband starter package is good enough for Xbox Live?

  • 14-02-2006 3:54pm
    #1
    redtom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 261 ✭✭


    Looking at NTL's Broadband Starter - says it's suitable for network gaming, but when I rang them the guy says only the Broadband and Broadband plus packages can be used for that...

    http://www.ntl.com/locales/ie/en/athome/internet_cable.html

    Any NTL broadbanders out there?


Comments

  • #2
    wayne040576
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭wayne040576


    redtom wrote:
    Looking at NTL's Broadband Starter - says it's suitable for network gaming, but when I rang them the guy says only the Broadband and Broadband plus packages can be used for that...

    http://www.ntl.com/locales/ie/en/athome/internet_cable.html

    Any NTL broadbanders out there?

    You should be ok. You will still experience ping problems every now and then. I'm on the 3 meg line and I get problems with Xbox online the odd time. Check out the broadband board here and see if there are many complaints about game ping
    problems using NTL starter. But off the top of my head, it should be ok.


  • #3
    redtom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 261 ✭✭redtom


    ok, ta for that


  • #4
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,249 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    What is ping??


  • #5
    Clank
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 467 ✭✭Clank


    Yep you should have no problems on the starter line, Im on the middle package and can host a full PGR3 room, around 16 on Perfect Dark no problem,


  • #6
    wayne040576
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,498 ✭✭✭wayne040576


    Keyser Soze 5 wrote:
    What is ping??

    Pings are used to measure the time delay or 'Latency' between which packets or data are sent between your computer and the server that you are connected to. Do it using the "Ping" tool from the command line, The units are in milliseconds.So a ping of 200 means 200 milliseconds delay. The higher the latency, the higher the time delay and thus the longer it takes for the packets of data to be sent between you and the server. Higher delays are bad for online gaming.
    YOu can measure it by opening the command line and typing: ping <address of server>

    For example:
    ping boards.ie
    It will give a result like:
    64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.136.250): icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=26.9 ms
    64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.136.250): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=45.9 ms
    64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.136.250): icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=26.0 ms
    64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.136.250): icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=24.6 ms
    You can just use the ip address of the server as well. If you know the address of the gaming server that you use, it is quick way to test. There are better ways to do it if you more exact figures


  • Advertisement
Advertisement