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[Guy182]

calling all xbox 360 live users, does anyone here have it runing on a bt broadband or sky broadband or similar connection.. i.e. the 'upto8mb' ones? i currently run mine on a virgin 20mb line, however im moving to a village that isnt a cable area. my ister has btvision at her house in that village and i tested the speed with newsgroup download at 3.5mbps which isnt ''too'' bad i guess. has anyone succesfully ran live off a similar connection? dont want any lag!! cheers

[skidsharples]

Got mine running using btvision and the basic bt braodband and there is no lag at all. My connection has upto 8meg download speeds though, however I normally only get about 4 or 5. You should be ok. It will depend upon how many other people are using the exchange as well and how far you are away from it. I'm sure someone more technically minded in this field will assist.

[Guy182]

''I'm sure someone more technically minded in this field will assist.'' to be honest its one of those questions where peoples own experiences will be the only reliable source! its looking promising then. cheers

[siztenboots]

the lag is related to how many items of kit the packet has to pass through to get to the destination and how busy or congested the link / server , only a small part of the whole journey for the packet could be delayed with connection speed between your modem ( speed of light for electrical impulses ) and the local exchange which is typically just 1 of 20 hops I do not have lag problems with my 2400kbps download / 700kbps upload , but for hosting a game server it would be better to have as much upload as possible traceroute would give you a better idea of the delays on each hop and how many

Edited by siztenboots, 04 February 2009 - 12:57 PM.

[walkes]

Lag is due to the amount of ms it takes to respond to your host. Cable is massivly laggy due to the Coax cable into the house(half-duplex). it will be better on ADSL even if it's not as fast download speed. For best results get your line switched onto FAST channel rather than interleaved. This will reduce the latency of your ADSL line.

[Guy182]

For best results get your line switched onto FAST channel rather than interleaved. This will reduce the latency of your ADSL line.

who would do that?? how is it done and does it cost?
the place we are buying is in a village quite out in the sticks and im guessing the exchange is very old and shite or is this available on any line?

[VXJON]

I've been using the top BT package for the last 4 years and TBH the connection speeds in my area are terrible. Very noticeable at times on xbox live esp during peak hours

[walkes]

I've been using the top BT package for the last 4 years and TBH the connection speeds in my area are terrible. Very noticeable at times on xbox live esp during peak hours

What is your distance from the exchange ?

I live approx 2.71 km from the exchange.... and still manage approx 5Mbps. Mind you have change to these guys www.adsl24.co.uk as I have 21CN exchange.

Edited by walkes, 13 February 2009 - 03:19 PM.

[Guy182]

I've been using the top BT package for the last 4 years and TBH the connection speeds in my area are terrible. Very noticeable at times on xbox live esp during peak hours

do people jump across the screen?? my mates ps3 via wireless on a 20mb virgin connection suffers dead bad from it on cod world at war but my xbox is fine. i do use mine wired though.


are you using wireless or using it wired jon?

[VXJON]

Wired XBOX I get on average .5mb Not sure how far from the exchange but IIRC its about 2mile

[Guy182]

Wired XBOX


I get on average .5mb Not sure how far from the exchange but IIRC its about 2mile

jees that seems a bit... sh*t? you sure thats megaBITS and not megaBYTES?

newsgroups connection test the gfs parents house is around 1.5mile away from exchange and she gets 6megbit on an 'upto 8 meg' bt system.

[walkes]

Wired XBOX


I get on average .5mb Not sure how far from the exchange but IIRC its about 2mile

Try http://www.samknows....nd/checker2.php enter postcode and bobs your uncle will tell you what you should be getting.

Edited by walkes, 13 February 2009 - 03:57 PM.

[Guy182]

the hous eim buying: ''According to BT Wholesale, houses at your postcode should be able to support a 4Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max. '' ''You are approximately 2.16km from the exchange. Note that this is the straight line distance - the actual cable length will be longer!'' ''19/10/2006 BT have set a target date of Q4 2010 for the switch to 21CN''

Edited by Guy182, 13 February 2009 - 04:01 PM.

[VXJON]

Yep really really sh*t I had some problems with the broadband dropping off intermittently due to a fault on the line into the house, so Ive been checking the line speed From the recent logs on the speedtest app on the iphone 09/02/09 20.44 down .38 up 0.10 18/01/09 08.07 down 0.53 up 0.18 11/01/09 00.26 down 0.97 up 0.20

[walkes]

the hous eim buying:


''According to BT Wholesale, houses at your postcode should be able to support a 4Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max. ''


''You are approximately 2.16km from the exchange. Note that this is the straight line distance - the actual cable length will be longer!''


''19/10/2006 BT have set a target date of Q4 2010 for the switch to 21CN''

What your postcode as the BT checker is very conservative on the speeds... Mine say I should only be getting 3.5 Mbps

[VXJON]

From the sam knows page

According to BT Wholesale, your phone line should be able to support a 3Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max.


You are approximately 1.46km from the exchange. Note that this is the straight line distance - the actual cable length will be longer!

[walkes]

From the sam knows page

According to BT Wholesale, your phone line should be able to support a 3Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max.


You are approximately 1.46km from the exchange. Note that this is the straight line distance - the actual cable length will be longer!

Do you use a USB modem or do you have lots of phone extensions

[VXJON]

From the sam knows page

According to BT Wholesale, your phone line should be able to support a 3Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max.


You are approximately 1.46km from the exchange. Note that this is the straight line distance - the actual cable length will be longer!

Do you use a USB modem or do you have lots of phone extensions

Nope BT home hub plugged straight into the master socket and all cabling in the house brand new cat5, No other sockets

[JG]

I run mine on the free sky (2mb) contract. Runs great most of the time, unless i'm downloading.