Viewing Thread:
"Getting Live"

Getting Xbox Live this Christmas, but first I have to get Broadband - so some advice would be much appreciated from the forum experts. I would primarily like to know which ISP offers the most powerful broadband package, and which are compatable/work best with Xbox Live.

Thanks for any help.

Actually 2 512k connections cost about as much as a 1mb line so I may aswell go for that option if 512k works fine.

Just had a look and 2 1mb lines cost 5 pounds more than a single 2mb line so I think I'll start with 1 1mb line and try two xboxes on it. Then if it doesn't work I can always get another line for the 2nd xbox.

adrian wrote:
> Also what does
> Jersey offer in broadband? The same as mainland UK or do you get
> different, faster services?

Jersey Telecom are really good (7p for a 10 min phone call for instance or 45 quid per quarter for free local calls) I expect to be able to get a 2mb line as they are very up to date.

However if 2 1mb lines work out the same as a 2mb line then I might get 2 1mb lines.

DreamWarBird wrote:
> If you want to play on 2 Xboxs (at the same time) on one broadband
> line you must have two IP addresses.

Are you sure? As I would have thought it would have worked the same as sharing a PC where you only get 1 external IP address and then use NAT to have internal IP addresses. Me friend has 3 computers on at the same time using just 1 external IP address.

If you do need 2 IP addresses then thats not a problem as most ISPs offer more than 1 IP address as an extra option, some offer 8 Static IPs for a few extra pounds a month.

If you want to play on 2 Xboxs (at the same time) on one broadband line you must have two IP addresses.

Hedfix wrote:
> I guess aslong as the line can cope and the live accounts are valid
> that it should work - like having a few PC's down one broadband line
> (my friend has 4/5).

PC's are a bit different thought. XBox Live worked fine on a 512K connection but you wouldnt get 2 XBoxes working on it. If you have 1Mb then the download rate should be ok for 2 XBoxes at once, but if your on standard ADSL then the upload is still 256K, and this can be pretty much used up when playing or hosting a game. You should in theory be ok if you don't host games while playing 2 XBoxes. You might even be ok hosting a game on one XBox and playing on another. I think that you should be ok with 2 XBoxes on 1Mb. Also what does Jersey offer in broadband? The same as mainland UK or do you get different, faster services?

I guess aslong as the line can cope and the live accounts are valid that it should work - like having a few PC's down one broadband line (my friend has 4/5).

Yeah I'll email them tomorrow.

I can't really say to be honest. PS2 is OK cos you aren't connecting to a central server - you're going to the game's servers. But Xbox Live may cause a problem as it works a little differently.

Probably might be worth emailing the Xbox Live support team (should be a link on xbox.com). They (should) know more about this than anyone else...

Cool. I know xbox live needs quite a bit for downloading, do you think the actual xbox live setup could deal with 2 xboxes connecting from one line?