is a 15 GB data plan enough for online gaming

lukeforrest

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I have 15 GB per month plan and am building a new computer soon which I will be using for semi-regular gaming

will be playing 2 - 4 days a week

For 1 - 4 hours on those days.
 
How much do you want to spend on your internet mate? I would avoid capped net like the plague for a couple of reasons.

1. Game patches and updates.
2. Digital distribution games.

For example I just downloaded AC3 tonight which was just over 15gb. That alone would use up all your plan.

Shop around and you will find an uncapped service. For example I've got 24meg with no download limit or throttling. Worth every penny.
 
For just playing the average online game uses approx 60MB an hour - however as above you will quickly eat up 15GB with patches, updates, DLC if you make use of that let alone buying and downloading games online.
 
15gb is a bit low by todays standard....surely you will want to watch video reviews, youtube and do other stuff too and if you have some steam games installed then you will be downloading updates every other day.
 
Depends how many games you have installed that receive frequent patches. That alone could eat up your allowance. Want to buy a new game? That will usually be most of your allowance too.

I certainly wouldn't go for it.
 
Is it a mobile dongle/mifi by any chance - if so, any 'fast motion' games that rely on low ping you can forget. Eve, World of Wallies or similar games will normally be fine.
 
Yes it is a dongle

I have been with BT and talktalk but both dramticly increased price at a point so I turned to a dongle

If anyone knows if BT or Talktalk (or any others) do a suitble internet only plan (no landline's ECT) can you let me know please
 
Rabtech said:
Is it a mobile dongle/mifi by any chance - if so, any 'fast motion' games that rely on low ping you can forget. Eve, World of Wallies or similar games will normally be fine.
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HSPA+ should be around 65-80 ms, LTE around 45-60 ms. It's easily playable. That said, cable is cheaper for internet only. Or sky.
 
Myshra said:
HSPA+ should be around 65-80 ms, LTE around 45-60 ms. It's easily playable. That said, cable is cheaper for internet only. Or sky.
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That's very optimistic for indoors. My S2 on Three H+ just now got 159ms ping and 461K down, 239K up. Sure, max theoretical would be fine, and outdoors during non-peak times my ping and throughput are massively better, but for indoors peak-time gaming, a dongle simply isn't going to cut it unless you're playing turn based strat games.
 
15GB will soon disappear, especially once you get into the realm of downloading games, DLC etc.

I genuinely can't even imagine being on a limit that low any more; in the past 29 days my router's received 201GB.
 
yeah, i just bought max payne and it was 29gb, not sure what i would do if my internet is capped :O im always uninstalling/downloading my games when i stop playing them.
 
Sky is the future ;)

Gaming will suck on a mobile network. I had a mate who tried to use XBL on a MiFi. He lagged so badly he was lucky to last 5 minutes without getting disconnected or kicked. That's if he could get in due to the lack of port access.
 
no 15gb is not enough. I can use that with a single download. Ring your ISP and ask how much your usage is, or if your router has traffic monitoring facilities see how much you or your family uses.
 
MrMarvelous said:
I'm on TalkTalk which is 8Mb down and 40Gb a month for something like £8 p/m. Not had any issues at all so far, been using them for the last 4-5 years.
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update for you mate .. go into account settings online .. you can select unlimted ... doesnt cost you a penny
 
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