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Online Gaming Data Usage

assassin_ie · 2005-01-06 15:27:36

Can somebody tell me how much for my data limit would an hour of online play use? Would first person shooters use more than other games etc? Is eircom realy as bad as it sounds?4gig seems like nothing compared to Iols 8gig. Also could anyone who has bb on the west side of Galway city tell me if they get could connection…

06-01-2005 3:27pm

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assassin_ie

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Can somebody tell me how much for my data limit would an hour of online play use? Would first person shooters use more than other games etc? Is eircom realy as bad as it sounds?4gig seems like nothing compared to Iols 8gig. Also could anyone who has bb on the west side of Galway city tell me if they get could connection speed?

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#2 06-01-2005 3:41pm

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Gaming isn't that extensive - I doubt you'd break 4GB by playing an hour a day.

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#3 06-01-2005 3:45pm

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Fps's use 15-25 megs per hour. I don't know about strategy, but I'd presume it's less.

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#4 06-01-2005 3:52pm

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RobertFoster wrote:

Gaming isn't that extensive - I doubt you'd break 4GB by playing an hour a day.

NTL said that an Xbox uses only 500MB in a 24 hour period.

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