Fast Enough for Gaming?

[Dog--]

I have dial-up, I live in such a rural area that the most anyone has ever downloaded out here is 6KB/s, I usually average out at 3.5KB/s.

I just got news today that I can have wireless internet FINALLY installed out here, but I'm not sure if it's even worth it, it costs about $70 in total per month after taxes and all that.

At my old house I used to online-game ALOT (cable), it was fun, but I don't do it anymore, because of dial-up. I'd like to hook up my XBOX Live and give it a whirl with my 360, but I used to just PC-online-game.

It says it downloads at about 750KB/s - 1MB/s, is that fast enough for online gaming and XBOX 360 Live?

If it's not even fast enough for XBOX 360 Live, then I won't get it, not worth $70 per month...

 

[Asus]

I would think it would be fast enough. I don't use Xbox live though.

Any restriction for data downloaded per month?

 

[Stigmata]

Wireless internet? As in satellite internet?

If you mean satellite, it may be fast but your latency and upload speeds will be absolutely awful.

 

[giant384]

^ still beats dial up

where do you live exactly?
is it the new wireless internet that spans over 40miles or sattilite?

 

[Stigmata]

For gaming, I'd take 4kb/s and 200ms latency over 50kb/s and 1500ms latency.

 

[Asus]

For gaming, I'd take 4kb/s and 200ms latency over 50kb/s and 1500ms latency.

Agreed

Also could be wireless using line of sight with a transmitter on towers or grain elevators as a source.

 

[Dog--]

I got a tower (visible from my back-door) about a mile from my house.

Yes it's satellite.

My limit per month would be 10GB.

Upload speeds are I think 20kb/s.


I've also learned that a friend who lives in the same area got it, and it only goes about 50-60kb/s...

 

[Asus]

Is that 50-60KB/s (Bytes) or 50-60 Kb/s (bits)?
Basically are we talking download speed or connection bandwidth.

 

[Dog--]

50-60KB/s, like how I download 4 per sec, he downloads 50-60.

 

[giant384]

how much is the price difference between dial up?

 

[Dog--]

Dial-up is like $30 per month for us here. And the new internet would be $70 per month.

 

[giant384]

if you can afford it then go for it.