Post Your Connection Speed - Page 2

roughneck0101 · 05-14-2009, 09:38 PM

Glad to hear that my speed is up to par, I'm always a little skeptical of timeWarner.

mekid21 · 05-14-2009, 11:43 PM

I just saw an ad on TV for Optimum Online Ultra. Up to 100mbps down. *drools*

hyghwayman · 05-29-2009, 01:48 PM

Rockk · 06-01-2009, 08:50 PM

mekid21 · 06-02-2009, 11:41 PM

You hear that the 1080p streaming movies on XBL will require a connection speed of at least 7mbps (measured like netflix does, at the start, so when there's any kind of traffic, it'll be lower than what you're getting with the speedtests)

Rockk · 06-03-2009, 03:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mekid21

You hear that the 1080p streaming movies on XBL will require a connection speed of at least 7mbps (measured like netflix does, at the start, so when there's any kind of traffic, it'll be lower than what you're getting with the speedtests)

Didn't hear that, but I don't stream movies usually anyway. Plus, my tv doesn't support 1080p.

***Col Blair*** · 06-03-2009, 08:22 AM

There seems to be a lot of things MS is not letting us know about this. I am hearing that the 1080p is when used with the Zune HD? Want to find out exactly is going to be added fr everyone or what you need. I have a ton of thoughts about the MS E-3 press conference some great things and things that may sound great now but will it be a smart move for the console?

As far as connection speeds it would make sense that it would require a higher speed but I did not hear MS say this yet?

roughneck0101 · 06-03-2009, 03:31 PM

Here is a thought..all this stuff sounds great..a lot of it does require a higher speed and rightfully so, we lag behind countries like europe and japan, but with comcast and now Time Warner wanting to cap the data we use now with limits that the majority use in 1 day, Is it a smart move? Until The government or the people or even MS Puts pressure on the cable companies to stop with the bandwidth caps, I as a consumer would be worried about how much data all this will end up using.

mekid21 · 06-04-2009, 08:48 PM

I have some sympathy for capped bandwidth users, and even more so for people still on DSL. But I'm spoiled, and want more streaming data, and more web connectivity. Just look at phone's now-a-days. I switched from an old Motorola, to a blackberry. With the moto, I'd use maybe 1mb of data per month, and that was almost always by accident. Now with my BB, it's constantly checking e-mail, updating my location to google latitude, checking the weather, etc. I've passed the 100mb data usage mark in a month! This is progress, and yes, pressure needs to be brought on that garbage isp comcast to shape up. The problem is, cable companies in many markets enjoy a comfortable monopoly. Verizon's been feverishly working to solve that with FiOS, but progress is slow, and doesn't reach the majority of Americans.

TheZ · 06-05-2009, 11:39 AM

My speed is horrible! I'm using a sprint broadband device. Its a piece of junk to be honest.