Topic: Is Verizondsl Good Enough For Xboxlive? (Read 161 times)

excaliburlives · « **on:** April 07, 2007, 09:44:00 PM »

Is VerizonDSL good enough for xboxlive? or is cable the best and only option?
Thnx

FCTE · « **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2007, 10:46:00 PM »

QUOTE(excaliburlives @ Apr 7 2007, 10:51 PM)

Is VerizonDSL good enough for xboxlive? or is cable the best and only option?
Thnx

Cable is much better, but DSL should be fine.

belke · « **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2007, 11:54:00 PM »

don't they advertise it specifically for gaming? if so then you could always complain if it doesnt hold up to it's name!

FCTE · « **Reply #3 on:** April 08, 2007, 12:22:00 PM »

QUOTE(cwegga @ Apr 8 2007, 04:11 AM)

That is not true.

Sometimes cable is better. Generally cable is offered at higher speeds. If you can get faster DSL go with the DSL. Also because cable is a shared connection and DSL is a dedicated line if you are in a high population area like a crowded neighborhood or apartment complex, cable could be slower during peak times even if it is advertised as faster.

To answer the OP, Cable is usually better, but DSL should be sufficient as long as you get at least 1Mbps or so. I play on 1.5Mbps DSL and it works great.

I've had both and Cable blows DSL away, I'm going by experience not by hearsay.

You conveniently left out the fact that if you are far from the DSL hub you will have horrible connections and speeds and the fact that you have to put unscramblers on your phones or else they run like crap.

excaliburlives · « **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2007, 05:20:00 PM »

Thanks for the reply's. I'm dumping my wireless DSL for cable at the end of the moth. I'll just go with cable this way i can always have tv to if directv goes out.
Thanks again.

unmach · « **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2007, 05:34:00 PM »

Just thought I'd throw this in because I thought it was interesting.
I have qwest DSL and get 330KB/s DL (speed test from broadband.com) where as my friend Nate who lives 15 minutes away has cox high speed (Cable) and gets a speed of 315KB/s (same speed test).
Blows me away since my qwest DSL comes throgh the phone cord.

throwingks · « **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2007, 05:38:00 PM »

330 > 315 doesnt matter where it comes from.

Both are fine for gaming. DSL is more consistent.

On a side note Verizon sucks, I will never use them again. If there are only 2 options Verizon and something else. Go with the something else. Every time. So all in all good move getting away from Verizon.

batmike1990 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 09, 2007, 04:51:00 AM »

im on 8 meg DSL (7.6 meg pops up with on my pc screen) and not once had any trouble, maxed my connection at 725kbps last night

Navillos · « **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2007, 06:01:00 AM »

I have AT&T DSL my bandwisth is 5761kbps downstream and 950kbps upstream. i havent had a problem yet. my buddy likes his DSL over Cable (RoadRunner) anyday.

grim_d · « **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2007, 08:45:00 AM »

DSL is fine, i play on a 1m line

nekkron99 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2007, 04:09:00 PM »

Yeah, DSL is fine. I used to have cable, but then I moved and wasn't in an area that offered that. So I went with DSL. No problems yet. No difference what so ever.

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