xbox live 1st time user

cojomo2

hi, im buying a 360 on friday and just had a quick question..

my broadband connection with ntl it 3meg down and about 275 kbs up..


is that ok for live?

thanks

Mister Robinson

Thats reasonable enough.I know people who where on the 1MB line and worked fine.Might have some lag for hosting games online though.

grizzly

cojomo2 wrote: »

hi, im buying a 360 on friday and just had a quick question..

my broadband connection with ntl it 3meg down and about 275 kbs up..


is that ok for live?

thanks

Your ping that will determine how good your gaming experience is. Go here (http://www.speedtest.net/) and test your connection. You want your ping to be as low as possible. Under 50 is good, much over 100 and you will have laggy matches.

RobertFoster

That's fine. I'm on crappy 1Mb and it still works, I don't notice the lag. I think the minimum is 512k.

cojomo2

thanks for the feedback..correct me if im wrong, some people here say they have the crappy 1 meg package and it works fine..but for xbox 360 live i would have thought that it would be the upoad speed that would be the important one, not so much the download ??

also for any1 on ntl 1meg shouldnt u be able to get upgraded to 3 meg free?or maybe i am wrong , just thought they upgraded their services and that 3 was the min. now..

Vyse

cojomo2 wrote: »

but for xbox 360 live i would have thought that it would be the upoad speed that would be the important one, not so much the download ??

It's the ping (response time) that is the most important thing for playing live. I mean I use to play Phantasy Star Online on my DC with a 33kbps modem and notice very little lag.

With regards to XBox Live I started with BTs 1/2 meg package years ago. Had no issues playing. Also used NTL 1,3, 6meg packages and, again, no issues. You won't have any problems.

grizzly

cojomo2 wrote: »

thanks for the feedback..correct me if im wrong, some people here say they have the crappy 1 meg package and it works fine..but for xbox 360 live i would have thought that it would be the upoad speed that would be the important one, not so much the download ??

Think of upload/dload speed like the top speed in a car, and the ping like the acceleration; the top speed is going to count for much if the race is over before it can be reached.

dunworth1

hello i was wondering would a 1mb down 128kb up with a ping of 80 be ok

xbox36016

ya i have 8mg with bt 856kbs down

Rev. Kitchen

Im supossed to be on a 8mb/s dl line with digiweb but when i did that test on the link above it says my connection speed is 316kbps and upload of 618kbps .

Thats not right is it ? shouldnt it be up nearer 800 ? or am i wrong

ping is 56

xbox36016

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