Good connection speed?

BigA12989 · 09-11-2008, 10:18 PM

I'm planning on living with 3 other people in an apartment next year and was wondering what a good cable speed to order was. I'll probably be the only one using the connection for online gaming/downloading things, although they will likely be online frequently and will occasionally game and whatnot. I want the connection to be good so I can game lag free and have good download speeds on things. The options are as follows:

768 Kbps download/128 Kbps upload
2 Mbps download/384 Kbps upload
7 Mbps download/512 Kbps upload
15 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload

Thanks

clyde123 · 09-12-2008, 08:37 AM

Well obviously you buy the best available within your budget.

**johnwill** · 09-12-2008, 11:22 AM

I'd probably be looking at the 7mbit or 15mbit connections. For your games, the upload speed is also significant, so the faster speeds there would probably make a difference.

boen747 · 12-16-2008, 08:39 AM

The 2 Mbps download/384 Kbps upload might do what u want it to, but it may lag if u download heeps.

If i was you I'd go with the 7 Mbps download/512 Kbps upload as it would not lag while hosting or playing online games at the same time, unless u got a **** computer of course lol. Also if u'd be saving money since the 15 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload connection would cost alot more.

good luck with that, hope i helped :)

09-11-2008, 10:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
BigA12989 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 28 OS: Vista 32bit	Good connection speed? I'm planning on living with 3 other people in an apartment next year and was wondering what a good cable speed to order was. I'll probably be the only one using the connection for online gaming/downloading things, although they will likely be online frequently and will occasionally game and whatnot. I want the connection to be good so I can game lag free and have good download speeds on things. The options are as follows: 768 Kbps download/128 Kbps upload 2 Mbps download/384 Kbps upload 7 Mbps download/512 Kbps upload 15 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload Thanks

09-12-2008, 08:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
clyde123 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 398 OS: xp sp2	Re: Good connection speed? Well obviously you buy the best available within your budget.

09-12-2008, 11:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
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12-16-2008, 08:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
boen747 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 1 OS: xp service pack 2	Re: Good connection speed? The 2 Mbps download/384 Kbps upload might do what u want it to, but it may lag if u download heeps. If i was you I'd go with the 7 Mbps download/512 Kbps upload as it would not lag while hosting or playing online games at the same time, unless u got a **** computer of course lol. Also if u'd be saving money since the 15 Mbps download/768 Kbps upload connection would cost alot more. good luck with that, hope i helped :)