4G/LTE for gaming?

PaulLloyd · 12 Feb 2014 at 14:18

Hey guys,

Sorry if this has already been done. But Im on the network 3, Im getting great download speeds around 30+ mb/s.

I generally tether this to my PC and play games when my house internet is going slow (my flat mates usually go on demand with the tv and suck up all the bandwidth).

I should be getting 4G soon, anyone had any experience trying to play online with it?

My ping on 3G/HSDPA is often around 100, so not the best.

tom_e · 12 Feb 2014 at 14:38

It all depends on the ping, and line stability once you get over a couple of mb speed no longer really matters.
Mobile broadband unfortunately at the moment isn't known for great pings for nice stable lines with no judder.

meandu229 · 12 Feb 2014 at 14:52

4G pings are much better,, bringing averages down to like 50ms,, but whether or not it will be consistent over minutes/hours im not sure.

Suarez7 · 12 Feb 2014 at 15:23

I'd imagine the jitter will be horrendous.

Terminal_Boy · 12 Feb 2014 at 15:29

Suarez7 said:
I'd imagine the jitter will be horrendous.

This.

At the moment, all LTE is traffic has a 'best effort' Quality of Service class; so there's no guarantee of bit rate, packet loss, jitter or latency.

Which is why dedicated radio bearers with 'Conversational" class QoS will be needed to do VoLTE.