is it fast enough for Xbox live?

[AMD6415]

I will be getting WildBlue satellite soon and i was wondering if it would be fast enough for Xbox live 512 down, 100 up thanks for any help

 

[m3trj]

Sattelite probably isn't good enough for gaming of any sort, as although it has quite a bit of bandwidth it is very laggy, more so than dial up.

 

[Sephz0r]

It's slow as **** compared to broadband and more expensive.

I've got 2272kbps down, 288kbps up and thats costing me £14.99.

I was quoted at a similar deal like you, for £30.00/mo it's crap, innit. Go with ADSL, mate.

 

[Hamiksaiaja]

why do you want to use Satellite/??

 

[NetAdmin71]

Satellite is also vulnerable to atmospheric conditions, so if it rains hard or something like that, the signal dips in and out.

 

[AMD6415]

Well I live out in the middle of nowhere and that is all i can get is satellite trust me i have checked, but what is ADSL?

 

[NetAdmin71]

I believe it's Asynchronis DSL. Think it's a faster version of DSL that businesses use.

If you're in the country though, satellite may be the best bet. It should be fast enough for Xbox live, but I would expect some issues now and then on connectivity.

 

[boo]

stick with 56k bro

 

[TheMajor]

ADSL is the type of DSL most people use. Not just companies. Companies would probably get T3 or SDSL or something.

 

[AMD6415]

I would stick with 56k but I do alot of file downloading and with the crappy connection that i ALWAYS get it takes most of the time an hour or more with alot of the files i download