5G Viable for gaming?

[BradleyKZN]

Not sure about the Full FUP but I know they throttle p2p downloads between 5 am to 11 pm

They do? On 5G?

 

[Impala]

They do? On 5G?

This is from their Terms and Conditions https://www.rain.co.za/legal
See 11.1.4

The Customer acknowledges that Rain is unable to exercise control over the data passing over the infrastructure and the Internet, including, but not limited to, any websites, electronic mail transmissions, newsgroups or other material created or accessible over its infrastructure. Therefore, Rain is not responsible for data transmitted over its infrastructure, but may terminate the Services:

11.1.1	Where Rain infrastructure may be used to link into other networks worldwide/locally and the user agrees to conform to the terms and conditions of their acceptable user policies (AUP) of these networks;
11.1.2	Where the Customer may obtain and download any materials marked as available for download off the Internet, but is not permitted/restricted to use their Internet access to distribute/copy any copyrighted materials unless permission for such distribution/copy is granted to the user by the legal owner of the materials, Rain may terminate the Service immediately and without any penalty or liability; and/or
11.1.3	Where the user is prohibited from obtaining, disseminating or facilitating, over the Rain network, any unlawful materials, including, but not limited to: 11.1.3.1 copying or dealing in intellectual property without authorisation; 11.1.3.2 child pornography; and/or 11.1.3.3 any unlawful hate-speech materials Rain may terminate the Service immediately without any penalty and/or liability.
11.1.4	Where Rain needs to ensure that all Customers have fair and equal use of the Services offered by Rain and to protect the integrity of its network, Rain reserves the right, and will take necessary steps, to prevent improper or excessive usage thereof. The action that Rain may take includes, but is not limited to: 11.1.4.1 limiting throughput; 11.1.4.2 preventing or limiting service through specific ports or communication protocols; and/or 11.1.4.3 automatically throttling all 4G/LTE and 5G data traffic that directs towards Peer-to-Peer sites or uses torrent applications between the hours of 05:00 and 23:00. 11.1.4.4 complete termination of service to Customers who grossly abuse the network through improper or excessive usage.
11.1.5	This Policy applies to and will be enforced for intended and unintended (e.g. viruses, worms, malicious code or otherwise unknown causes) prohibited usage. Where online activity will be subject to the available bandwidth, data storage and other limitations of the Services provided, Rain shall, from time to time, revise its policy at its own discretion and provide notice to the Customers.

 

[BradleyKZN]

Where Rain needs to ensure that all Customers have fair and equal use of the Services offered by Rain and to protect the integrity of its network, Rain reserves the right, and will take necessary steps, to prevent improper or excessive usage thereof. The action that Rain may take includes, but is not limited to:

11.1.4.1	limiting throughput;
11.1.4.2	preventing or limiting service through specific ports or communication protocols; and/or
11.1.4.3	automatically throttling all 4G/LTE and 5G data traffic that directs towards Peer-to-Peer sites or uses torrent applications between the hours of 05:00 and 23:00.

This is from their Terms and Conditions https://www.rain.co.za/legal

Oh, so a just in case then. Would be really surprised if they didn't have one of those. Haven't seen it happen yet though.

 

[Impala]

I saw some other users complaining about p2p being slow on rain and Telkom. So this is quite standard on most ISP's like you say for just in case

 

[NeonNinja]

But who still hoards series onto their hard drives?

 

[cavedog]

Not sure about the Full FUP but I know they throttle p2p downloads between 5 am to 11 pm

p2p is not throttled at all on 5G. I mean I downloaded a 80GB torrent at 50MB/s

 

[Impala]

p2p is not throttled at all on 5G. I mean I downloaded a 80GB torrent at 50MB/s

Is good to hear. Hoping it stays this way as we are getting the 5G as the improvement from ADSL will be huge.

 

[BradleyKZN]

Is good to hear. Hoping it stays this way as we are getting the 5G as the improvement from ADSL will be huge.

The only way I see us getting FUP'd is if people invite friends and family over to fill there HDD's overnight. If its only 1 person or a small family, I cant see this being abused, as the storage needed for that would be massive.

 

[NeonNinja]

The only way I see us getting FUP'd is if people invite friends and family over to fill there HDD's overnight. If its only 1 person or a small family, I cant see this being abused, as the storage needed for that would be massive.

Nothing wrong with that, they have a problem 5AM - 23PM.

 

[cavedog]

The only way I see us getting FUP'd is if people invite friends and family over to fill there HDD's overnight. If its only 1 person or a small family, I cant see this being abused, as the storage needed for that would be massive.

Yeah but still you are downloading at 45-60MB/s. That means 1 hour you downloaded ~200GB. 1.2TB in 6 hours. 2.4TB in 24 hours. So how much can you realistically hog.

 

[BradleyKZN]

Yeah but still you are downloading at 45-60MB/s. That means 1 hour you downloaded ~200GB. 1.2TB in 6 hours. 2.4TB in 24 hours. So how much can you realistically hog.

Depends on how many friends you have

 

[lmatthews]

With regards to jitter... not sure if this helps.

I am downloading in the other window as well.

 

[cavedog]

Is good to hear. Hoping it stays this way as we are getting the 5G as the improvement from ADSL will be huge.

20:11 and downloading torrents at blazing speed.

 

[cavedog]

This is what Apex legends shows tonight. Not bad for 5G latency wise.

 

[Swa]

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but how does NAT influence online gaming? And further, is anyone who is using the 5G close to the edge of the coverage? If so how is the experience?

I also want to know.

But who still hoards series onto their hard drives?

That isn't what p2p is for.

 

[Impala]

20:11 and downloading torrents at blazing speed.

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That speed is something to dream of.

 

[Raven007140]

With regards to jitter... not sure if this helps.

I am downloading in the other window as well.

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Thanks, this is very helpful.

What server is that?

 

[SauRoNZA]

Hold on a minute, did someone say Cape Town?

And what’s the story with the NAT? Will I be able to host some private services and get to my Duckdns over 5G?

 

[TechnoChicken]

This is what Apex legends shows tonight. Not bad for 5G latency wise.

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Those pings are good, thanks for the screenshot.

How is your experience on it though, any lag spikes or weird phantom bullet, dying around corners or anything wireless lag related that you could notice?

 

[lmatthews]

Thanks, this is very helpful.

What server is that?

This isn't technically a server, I was just testing the jitter to NY and back. Sorry, I'm not much of an FPS gamer, so I don't know if MMO and D3 times are going to mean anything anyway. Rather trust @cavedog for that!