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considering digi web satellite for online gaming ?

  • 04-01-2012 2:25pm
    #1
    sls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭


    anyone using this basically im living as they say in the sticks
    and looking for a way to get both fast internet speeds and be very good for online gaming.
    would like to know of anyone using this service and how they find it
    or advice of companies offering same who i could go with
    dial up of any kind not available for my location at present
    ive tried them all
    currently on dongle works just enough 02


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  • #2
    T0mmyM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭T0mmyM


    Satellite broadband suffers from high latency, and this would make online gaming a nightmare.


  • #3
    Radharc na Sleibhte
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,535 ✭✭✭Radharc na Sleibhte


    Where are you?


  • #4
    Hingo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 299 ✭✭Hingo


    T0mmyM wrote: »
    Satellite broadband suffers from high latency, and this would make online gaming a nightmare.

    Would have to agree, even if you had a good connection (as good connection as a satellite can offer) you might get a half decent game of FIFA or that out of it. But if your a keen FPS gamer (call of duty/Battlefield,etc) like myself, the satellite wouldn't be ideal at all and will only frustrate you.

    Unless its your only option for broadband internet in your location, i'd try get in eircom or UPC or some form of hardlined connection


  • #5
    marvsins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 655 ✭✭✭marvsins


    Hi i was only talking to a friend earlier who has satellite internet and just got a ps3 for christmas. Every time he is online and someone in the house goes on the laptop his connection goes.


  • #6
    GEasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,692 ✭✭✭GEasy


    sls wrote: »
    anyone using this basically im living as they say in the sticks
    and looking for a way to get both fast internet speeds and be very good for online gaming.
    would like to know of anyone using this service and how they find it
    or advice of companies offering same who i could go with
    dial up of any kind not available for my location at present
    ive tried them all
    currently on dongle works just enough 02

    Just won't work. Have you tried three? I use them and a ping test normally gives me something around the 90ms mark. Not fantastic but certainly playable.

    Satellite pings are around the 800ms mark :(


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  • #7
    sls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭sls


    in county kilkenny
    and satallite is only option for fast internet
    currently on slow dongle type internet

    no hardline option available


  • #8
    sls
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 82 ✭✭sls


    currently on 02 dongle

    currently 229ms
    jitter 52ms
    server dublin distance 50 miles
    line quality d
    saying this i am very limited where i use lap top in house basically one location in sitting room and closer you are to window better it gets those reading are as fast as it gets

    so is this fast enough for online gaming
    too way with digiweb are sawing id get
    download speed 6mbps
    upload speed 1mbps
    4 weekly data included 4gb

    what are views on this ?


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