512 or 4MB line

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surreytj

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I currently have a 512 line with uncapped MWEB account. I play a lot of online gaming and was thinking if its worth the upgrade. Then move from uncapped to an unshaped capped account.

Just want to know if the latency will be much better or if it won't make any difference. Main reason to upgrade is for the latency.
 
Yes, latency would be improved seeing that its an unshaped account. The 4mb line would improve your latency a tiny bit as well.. On local games, my latency on a 4mb shaped uncapped mweb account is between 29 - 39ms at most. Cant comment on international gaming
 
The MWEB uncapped account is unshaped anyway isn't it?? Most of my gaming is international on Xbox so the international is what counts
 
You shouldn't see any real difference in latency from a line upgrade, however you may get better latency from the uncapped account. However there is work being done to unshape all gaming data that is running through the MWEB uncapped accounts. Look around for the thread.
 
Scooby_Doo said:
You shouldn't see any real difference in latency from a line upgrade, however you may get better latency from the uncapped account. However there is work being done to unshape all gaming data that is running through the MWEB uncapped accounts. Look around for the thread.
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unshaped, you mean :)
 
Scooby_Doo said:
You shouldn't see any real difference in latency from a line upgrade, however you may get better latency from the uncapped account. However there is work being done to unshape all gaming data that is running through the MWEB uncapped accounts. Look around for the thread.
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Isn't MWEB uncapped unshaped?
 
Which 4meg unshaped account are you looking at?

I think it might be worth it, if its primarily for gaming, since gaming doesn't use a huge amount of data anyway so uncapped isn't really necessary.
 
Id say stick with the 512. Latency is lower if your closer to the exchange afaik? So getting a faster line wouldnt make much of a difference.
 
Ono'rach said:
Which 4meg unshaped account are you looking at?

I think it might be worth it, if its primarily for gaming, since gaming doesn't use a huge amount of data anyway so uncapped isn't really necessary.
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I was thinking maybe the Axess unshaped Lite
 
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