xbox live and lag problems

moondog24 · 23-11-2006, 11:29

hello guys im having alot of problems with lag on xbox live first off on testdrive if there is more than 4 people on the same server as me everyone keeps tellin me im laggin all over the screen and the same goes for ghost recon if i host a match with anymore than 6 people in it ti lags like hell and most people drop out of my room i was on the 10 meg but i downgraded to the 4 meg because of this problem and its the same on 4 meg when i ring ntl all they say to me is WE DO SUPPORT XBOX LIVE? anyways anyone having the same problem as me?
any help would be great thanx

**Russ B** · 23-11-2006, 11:33

Moved Xbox Live Discussion

moondog24 · 23-11-2006, 11:43

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Originally Posted by Russ B

Moved Xbox Live Discussion

sorry about that i didnt see the xbox live discussion area

moondog24 · 23-11-2006, 14:25

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Originally Posted by moondog24

hello guys im having alot of problems with lag on xbox live first off on testdrive if there is more than 4 people on the same server as me everyone keeps tellin me im laggin all over the screen and the same goes for ghost recon if i host a match with anymore than 6 people in it ti lags like hell and most people drop out of my room i was on the 10 meg but i downgraded to the 4 meg because of this problem and its the same on 4 meg when i ring ntl all they say to me is WE DO SUPPORT XBOX LIVE? anyways anyone having the same problem as me?
any help would be great thanx

sorry i ment to type WE DO NOT SUPPORT XBOX LIVE for some reason i can not edit it

deadite66 · 23-11-2006, 14:33

NTL == lag (depending on area)
too many ppl on the network, i moved to DSL months ago becouse of it.

Uncle Peter · 23-11-2006, 17:52

Lag in Warrington area is particularly bad.

When you join a game or host a game of 6 or more players your upstream traffic increases due to the p2p nature of Xbox live games network code.

When it hits a certain point: I've measured about 18k/sec, your connection to the UBR gets hobbled. Thing is, I can hold several FTP sessions open and max out my upstream bandwidth without causing any latency problems. Looks to me like there is some kind of dodgy UDP rate control management going on at the UBR.

Druchii · 23-11-2006, 23:28

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Originally Posted by deadite66

NTL == lag (depending on area)
too many ppl on the network, i moved to DSL months ago becouse of it.

NTL Cable is DSL, you mean ADSL surely?

Uncle Peter · 24-11-2006, 00:55

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Originally Posted by Druchii

NTL Cable is DSL, you mean ADSL surely?

urrrrrr no, NTL cable is a HFC network

**Graham M** · 24-11-2006, 01:28

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NTL Cable is DSL, you mean ADSL surely?

LoL please don't post nonsense and confuse the point!

Have a read here if you want to learn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dsl

NEONKNIGHT · 24-11-2006, 19:26

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Originally Posted by deadite66

NTL == lag (depending on area)
too many ppl on the network, i moved to DSL months ago becouse of it.

Finally saw the light myself and moving to BT Total Broadband this friday. Bye,bye NTL, watch the door doesn't hit your slow saggy a*** on the way out!LOL!

SnoopZ · 26-11-2006, 17:46

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Originally Posted by NEONKNIGHT

Finally saw the light myself and moving to BT Total Broadband this friday. Bye,bye NTL, watch the door doesn't hit your slow saggy a*** on the way out!LOL!

Careful what you say mate, it's possible BT might be worse than NTL for you, just ask Bill C!

What speeds are they saying you will get, and is there a download cap?

NEONKNIGHT · 26-11-2006, 21:08

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Careful what you say mate, it's possible BT might be worse than NTL for you, just ask Bill C!

What speeds are they saying you will get, and is there a download cap?

Told by BT that it will be Unlimited !!!! As for the speed better than I'm getting with NTL and it will be reliable.

NTL = Turnip

SnoopZ · 26-11-2006, 21:14

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Told by BT that it will be Unlimited !!!! As for the speed better than I'm getting with NTL and it will be reliable.

NTL = Turnip

I dread the day my NTL turns crap, but it couldn't be better at the moment.

According to this page there isn't an unlimited option? It's a bit naff really if all you get is 40gig a month download on option 3. Also hope you don't live to far from your exchange.

I hope it works out anyway and is better than NTL for you.

NEONKNIGHT · 26-11-2006, 21:45

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I dread the day my NTL turns crap, but it couldn't be better at the moment.

According to this page there isn't an unlimited option? It's a bit naff really if all you get is 40gig a month download on option 3. Also hope you don't live to far from your exchange.

I hope it works out anyway and is better than NTL for you.

As you've seen from the forum, the amount of complaints about NTL broadband has risen to astronomical proportions. I'm not going to pay 'em anymore of my hard earned cash for a complete load of rubbish. The problem of slow speeds and dropped connections won't go away, ever! Over subscribed, capped and none existent support, that's whats on offer.

At least BT offer Full support, and BT have confirmed to me that the broadband is Unlimited for the top tier. Also get a few nice little extra's including a free official wireless xbox adapter.

As for the distance from the exchange I will still be getting better, faster, more reliable speeds than NTL ever could manage to supply me.

Best of luck to everyone who stays with NTL, I do hope that the problems will be sorted for you

but I for one am not waiting around any longer or giving any more cash to what I think is a lost cause.

Uncle Peter · 27-11-2006, 16:24

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Originally Posted by NEONKNIGHT

As you've seen from the forum, the amount of complaints about NTL broadband has risen to astronomical proportions. I'm not going to pay 'em anymore of my hard earned cash for a complete load of rubbish. The problem of slow speeds and dropped connections won't go away, ever! Over subscribed, capped and none existent support, that's whats on offer.

At least BT offer Full support, and BT have confirmed to me that the broadband is Unlimited for the top tier. Also get a few nice little extra's including a free official wireless xbox adapter.

As for the distance from the exchange I will still be getting better, faster, more reliable speeds than NTL ever could manage to supply me.

Best of luck to everyone who stays with NTL, I do hope that the problems will be sorted for you

but I for one am not waiting around any longer or giving any more cash to what I think is a lost cause.

Keep us posted on how it goes - I always thought BT had usage limits. I work at home quite a bit as well as doing a fair bit of gaming so I've been looking at the Officemax package from Griffin Internet. It's 70 quid a month for a no limits unshaped 8Mb connection but I pay not far off that for NTL anyway once you put the TV on top.