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i think xbox live will be the best thing out for xbox but to the fact how many people can afford 50 for it and if you havent got broadband the money for that i dont think alot of people can well i know its going to be really hard for me anyway and what if the games arent that good cant microsoft make a better deal with a company or give away a bit more with it at least. well tell me what you think
i think xbox live will be the best thing out for xbox but to the fact how many people can afford 50 for it and if you havent got broadband the money for that i dont think alot of people can well i know its going to be really hard for me anyway and what if the games arent that good cant microsoft make a better deal with a company or give away a bit more with it at least. well tell me what you think
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They added 15% extra free of Speed to the 512 service making it 600k/s.
gamezfreak wrote:
> I'll have to try and persuade my parents, And get the 600k/s service.
> Its very unlikely we'll get it though £25 a month is quite alot.
> If NTL lowered the price to £14.99 a month - that'd be more
> reasonable.
Well £25 is the standard going price for the 600k service. Any way I think that the 600k service is really the 512k service as every where else on the site it says 512k. Unless they've only just replaced the 512k service with the 600k and havent updated the site properly.
I dont think NTL will lower the price as if the 128k is £14.99 then there not going to lower all the prices. NTL prices are the standard sort of price you would pay for that service.
> I'll have to try and persuade my parents, And get the 600k/s service.
> Its very unlikely we'll get it though £25 a month is quite alot.
> If NTL lowered the price to £14.99 a month - that'd be more
> reasonable.
Well £25 is the standard going price for the 600k service. Any way I think that the 600k service is really the 512k service as every where else on the site it says 512k. Unless they've only just replaced the 512k service with the 600k and havent updated the site properly.
I dont think NTL will lower the price as if the 128k is £14.99 then there not going to lower all the prices. NTL prices are the standard sort of price you would pay for that service.
adrian wrote:
> Yeah like Tom said, its too slow. XBox live will need at least 128k up
> and your only doing around 42k. You should consider upgrading from the
> 128 service and getting the 512 service.
I'll have to try and persuade my parents, And get the 600k/s service. Its very unlikely we'll get it though £25 a month is quite alot. If NTL lowered the price to £14.99 a month - that'd be more reasonable.
> Yeah like Tom said, its too slow. XBox live will need at least 128k up
> and your only doing around 42k. You should consider upgrading from the
> 128 service and getting the 512 service.
I'll have to try and persuade my parents, And get the 600k/s service. Its very unlikely we'll get it though £25 a month is quite alot. If NTL lowered the price to £14.99 a month - that'd be more reasonable.
gamezfreak wrote:
> Erm my upload speed is 41.9 kilobits per second
> Downstream is 112.6 kilobits per second
Yeah like Tom said, its too slow. XBox live will need at least 128k up and your only doing around 42k. You should consider upgrading from the 128 service and getting the 512 service.
> Erm my upload speed is 41.9 kilobits per second
> Downstream is 112.6 kilobits per second
Yeah like Tom said, its too slow. XBox live will need at least 128k up and your only doing around 42k. You should consider upgrading from the 128 service and getting the 512 service.
That'll be too slow. My downstream about 450kbs and upstream about 250kbs works on xbconnect well, but that's without anything like the voice communicator.
Erm my upload speed is 41.9 kilobits per second
Downstream is 112.6 kilobits per second
Downstream is 112.6 kilobits per second
I doubt 128k will work as its not Broadband. NTL are selling it at broadband, but really its narrow band. XBox live will need a 512k connection minimum. This is basically for getting the information to a from your XBox very quickly. The voice commander will need a high rate of upload speed to transfer your voice over the internet.
So with 512k connection you have the 512k down and 256k up. Microsoft will support the lowest broadband available any where in the world and thats found in America. They have a low 384/128 for there minimum connection so that would probably be the lowest speed at which XBox live can run at.
The 128K Ntl are offering is basically ISDN. So I expect the rate is 128K down and maybe 32k or 64k up. If you do have Ntl 128 try doing a speed test at www.adslguide.org.uk, and see what speeds you get for the upload. I really think that a 128k upload is needed for XBox live and I dont think that the 128k Ntl connection will provide that.
So with 512k connection you have the 512k down and 256k up. Microsoft will support the lowest broadband available any where in the world and thats found in America. They have a low 384/128 for there minimum connection so that would probably be the lowest speed at which XBox live can run at.
The 128K Ntl are offering is basically ISDN. So I expect the rate is 128K down and maybe 32k or 64k up. If you do have Ntl 128 try doing a speed test at www.adslguide.org.uk, and see what speeds you get for the upload. I really think that a 128k upload is needed for XBox live and I dont think that the 128k Ntl connection will provide that.
Im not sure, I have the NTL 128k/s broadband speed....
Daveus wrote:
> so...which brodbands gel well with Xbox Live? i thought they all do,
> but please let me know.
Theres only 2 types of broadband common over here and they are Cable and ADSL. ISDN 128 or 64 is NOT broadband.
Both will work fine with XBox live.
> so...which brodbands gel well with Xbox Live? i thought they all do,
> but please let me know.
Theres only 2 types of broadband common over here and they are Cable and ADSL. ISDN 128 or 64 is NOT broadband.
Both will work fine with XBox live.
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