XBox 360 Live-Internet Speed

[kirby145]

Hello, I have two options from Qwest, a 1.5 mb/s or a 7mb/s

The 7mb one is a lot more expensive though, so I go with 1.5mb/s.

Is that good enough for live though? Because their ad says you need 7mb/s for gaming.

Could you say your opinion, especially if you have a qwest package.

Thanks.

[mr ryles]

1.5 will be fine

[kirby145]

What about the lag? Will it be fine at 1.5 are you sure

[mr ryles]

well I know 7 is over kill. My current DSL is only at 3MBS and it works fine, the only other package AT&T offered was like a 756kbs speed, which the guy I was talking to when getting mine set up said it should work fine for XBL.

So I will say a 1.5 will work, there may be some lag possibly. I run at 3 and it is perfect. 7 is overkill.

[kirby145]

But I dont want lag D:

[mr ryles]

go with 7 if you can afford it, you'll love the download speeds. Do you not have any other companies to go with for your DSL? look around and see if you can find one that offers a 3mbs.

[fullmetalfan720]

I have 1.5 Mbps DSL from Qwest and it works very well with XBL.

[Malik112099]

But I dont want lag D:

If you think you will have lag with 1.5 and wont take our word for it then why the hell did you ask the question?

[richierich]

Even my crappy arse 768/256k DSL works fine with XBOX LIVE! I can't wait to upgrade though, though I'd hate to go with comcrap.

[dafoomie]

1.5 is more than adequate. Once you're beyond a certain point, latency becomes the primary factor in lag.

[velvet396]

upload speed is really more important... or at least often overlooked

[omgu8myrice]

who cares about all this speed crap.. just plug in your 360 and have fun

[badboy175]

if your going to have a computer and xbox live running at the same time no, but if your going to have just xbox live running alone it will be perfect, you will get absolutely no lag but the download speeds of demos, videos and stuff may be a bit slow.

[kirby145]

Thank you for your replies im goin for it :lol:

[menikmati]

I use jank 768/256 DSL and it works fine.

[retail sucks]

What about the lag? Will it be fine at 1.5 are you sure

I'm running at 1.5 UP & 800 down on DSL and my brother and I play on LIVE (COD4, Forza2, &etc) at the sametime with no problems, but we definetely can't run the PC while we're both on. You should have no problem running one 360, but I wouldn't recommend hosting.

My IP is a cable franchise to compete with Comcast both are installing fiber optic next year so hopefully I'll have a better option soon.