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Which connection speed is most friendly for Live? Also what speed is your broadband and how does Live cope with it?
I have the standard half meg as well - but it is as good as a one meg.
Reason for that is (with the exception of Bulldog and a select few exchanges) all ADSL has the same upload speed. So whilst I might be able to download twice as fast, my upload speed remains 256Kbps. That extra bandwidth doesn't actually do anything then.
In saying that, there is no harm in having a faster connection, indeed I want better myself. But the bottleneck is the upload speed and that's the main point. Considering the amount of people using cable, 128Kbps upload is perfectly OK.
Reason for that is (with the exception of Bulldog and a select few exchanges) all ADSL has the same upload speed. So whilst I might be able to download twice as fast, my upload speed remains 256Kbps. That extra bandwidth doesn't actually do anything then.
In saying that, there is no harm in having a faster connection, indeed I want better myself. But the bottleneck is the upload speed and that's the main point. Considering the amount of people using cable, 128Kbps upload is perfectly OK.
I'm on a half meg connection (standard broadband) - Live works fine in most games with 8 or so players but because I'm on a shared connection with my bro, I don't often host.
I'd love a 2 Meg connection - but can't see that happening for a while.
I'd love a 2 Meg connection - but can't see that happening for a while.
Which connection speed is most friendly for Live? Also what speed is your broadband and how does Live cope with it?