Xbox bandwidth usage?

zoombini · 27-07-2004, 10:06

Does anyone know what the bandwidth use of the Xbox is?

Supposing say 6 hours a day, what would the months use be?

I'm about to sign upto Plus-net & have the option to either sign up to 512k unlimited or 1mb at 2gb PM.

The_real_dj · 27-07-2004, 23:57

its hard to say but to be honest i think 2GB will be no where near enough.
Recently I have downloaded 5 rainbow 6 maps (each about 20-30MB each) and the car pack for project gotham which was close to 50MB.

So thats about 10% of your bandwith gone. but from what ive been told is that the xbox pulls around about 50-60Kbps downstream, with the odd burst to 100-150Kbps.

With that fact in mind, if your xbox pulled down a constant 75kbps over 6 hours a night 7 days a week over 4 weeks you would download 5.40444944 gigabytes (that came from a bit of faffin with the google calc i think its correct but if anyone wants to correct me please do)

After all that i think the simple answer is just to go for the 512mate!!!

TigaSefi · 28-07-2004, 09:23

512K is ample enough for X Box, I rarely have problems with lag or anything like that. I didn't know maps and stuff were so big. That why i wanted earlier a program where I could monitor my xbox speed and stuff via my router.

zoombini · 28-07-2004, 12:25

Its not the speed that I'm concerned with, its the bandwidth.

I know 512 will do me, although I'd prefer 1mb as I can then run 2 boxes much better.
I wanted to guage the bandwidth usage.
Which looks to be high enough to keep me on the 512K unlimited scheme.

Thanks.

Zorilla · 28-07-2004, 12:27

The problem with any download spec, is that the figure quoted is the maximum download speed. The NTL 600K download SHOULD be ok for xbox, but I have had serious lag problems in the past, purely because there were too many people in my area/street, all pulling data at the same time. When I measured my download speed, I was only getting 150K

Recently it has improved, and I'm getting 250K to 550K (depending on time of day)!

Another thing to take into consideration, is whether you want to be able to surf the web at the same time as playing on Xbox - if you do, then 512K may not be enough! (But I guess you already know this!)

ian@huth · 28-07-2004, 12:37

Don't forget that the 2Gb includes both download AND upload bandwidth used.

Neil · 28-07-2004, 15:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zorilla

The problem with any download spec, is that the figure quoted is the maximum download speed. The NTL 600K download SHOULD be ok for xbox, but I have had serious lag problems in the past, purely because there were too many people in my area/street, all pulling data at the same time. When I measured my download speed, I was only getting 150K

Recently it has improved, and I'm getting 250K to 550K (depending on time of day)!

Another thing to take into consideration, is whether you want to be able to surf the web at the same time as playing on Xbox - if you do, then 512K may not be enough! (But I guess you already know this!)

XBOX Live is more likely to be affected by upload problems than download ones TBH.