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1st July 2013, 12:58
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BT Infinity
Hi guys,
Currently i have BT Broadband (Averaging 7mb d/l speeds, terrible) and gaming on Xbox LIVE is becoming a pain.
Sometimes its ok and i can play fifa and cod fine, however if i play Battlefield 3 i get a LOT of lag.
So, has anyone got BT infinity? obviously this is fibre optic at higher speeds and should be better (I had virgin media 100mb up north, insane)
anyone have this/ know what its like for gaming?
cheers
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1st July 2013, 13:16
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I haven't got fibre optic but mine is fine.
Did you have any issues with it before the Infinity install?
Have you forwarded ports on your router?
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1st July 2013, 13:19
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I havent got infinity, thats why im asking if its any good mate.
I've always had a few lag issues with the internet where im living now.
Yeah i've forwarded all the correct ports on the current BT homehub and it still isnt good enough.
What sort of speeds are you getting?
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1st July 2013, 13:24
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Ah shit I read the first post and ended up reading it as I thought it was instead of how it is.
I don't have BT broadband but I do have Sky Unlimited and many say Sky are very slow, I don't tend to get any issues tbh.
Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.
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1st July 2013, 13:33
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Originally Posted by Hazmanscoop
Hi guys,
Currently i have BT Broadband (Averaging 7mb d/l speeds, terrible) and gaming on Xbox LIVE is becoming a pain.
Sometimes its ok and i can play fifa and cod fine, however if i play Battlefield 3 i get a LOT of lag.
So, has anyone got BT infinity? obviously this is fibre optic at higher speeds and should be better (I had virgin media 100mb up north, insane)
anyone have this/ know what its like for gaming?
cheers
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Should think yourself lucky. I'm lucky if I get 1 mb/s where I am...
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1st July 2013, 13:38
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Ah shit I read the first post and ended up reading it as I thought it was instead of how it is.
I don't have BT broadband but I do have Sky Unlimited and many say Sky are very slow, I don't tend to get any issues tbh.
Sorry I couldn't be of any more help.
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No worries mate 
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Should think yourself lucky. I'm lucky if I get 1 mb/s where I am...
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What?!? REALLY?  im sure 95% of Africa has a better service than that! (Not literally) but thats terrible.
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1st July 2013, 13:39
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What?!? REALLY? im sure 95% of Africa has a better service than that! (Not literally) but thats terrible. |
Well I live in the countryside about 40 miles from a major population area so it's not really a priority for communications 
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1st July 2013, 13:42
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Ah, thats awful.
I would say im living in the countryside down here like!
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1st July 2013, 14:20
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you shouldnt be getting lag on that kind of connection...
Im on bt infinity and its been great. Very constant speeds and i havent had any real down time. When i use XBL i havent noticed any real lag on my side.
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1st July 2013, 17:49
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That's what I mean Scott, it's sooooo frustrating!
It gives me 7mb d/l sometimes, but it has went as low as 4 at times. It's just not a consistent speed.
Checking their website shows me I'm only half a mile away from the exchange box as well!!
Nothing worse than trying to play online and it just isn't playable at times.
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1st July 2013, 19:42
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Just to add I'm playing wireless and I have the old Xbox wireless adapter.
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1st July 2013, 19:55
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Originally Posted by Hazmanscoop
Just to add I'm playing wireless and I have the old Xbox wireless adapter.
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i have same problem and i get 8meg, when i had my ps3 i had no problems so i think its the old adapter my self
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1st July 2013, 20:02
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Ring them up and ask to speak to a third line support department. I had problems on virgin media for about 6 months, the problem lay with hardware based in the town centre where I live
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1st July 2013, 21:05
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Literally just been playing battlefield there and it was fine. So frustrating!
Yeah ill try mate, cheers
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1st July 2013, 23:44
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I have infinity. And get my full speed (75mbit) as I'm 400ft from the cabinet. It's flawless. Mega pings, fast download, no noticeable packetloss.
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2nd July 2013, 09:07
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I have infinity. And get my full speed (75mbit) as I'm 400ft from the cabinet. It's flawless. Mega pings, fast download, no noticeable packetloss.
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Ever so tactful there Ross
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2nd July 2013, 09:19
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Eh? I wasn't taking the piss or anything. What I done?
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2nd July 2013, 09:44
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Eh? I wasn't taking the piss or anything. What I done? |
He's saying how piss poor his connection is and then you tell him how great yours is 
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2nd July 2013, 10:11
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This is why i play my xbox with a wired connection.. Wireless is unpredictable depending how far you are from the router
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2nd July 2013, 14:20
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have you done a pingtest or speedtest?
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