Gamer APN

[Bedford]

Gaming on the new woosh is great, but it can be so much better. I thought of idea that i would love Cell C to implement and that is a Gamer dedicated APN.

The bases is that gaming related ports would get priority, but this would exclude:

1. the ports related to updating games
2. Any form of downloading
3. Limited browsing


Would include:

1. Ports for most popular games
2. Teamspeak, vent, mumble

I would happily even pay a monthly fee for something like this, but we need to see the improvement to warrant it.

But let me know what u guys think, maybe we can even expand on the idea. Not sure how difficult it is to set something like this up.

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

I'm for this idea. Think the Cell C rep should take note.

 

[Cell.C-Guru]

I'm for this idea. Think the Cell C rep should take note.

I did take note how could it be possible not to. @Bedford did you get my PM

 

[RichardG]

I did take note how could it be possible not to. @Bedford did you get my PM

Did you get a gamer apn sorted out already - that was fast Joking

 

[Bedford]

alright gents we need our thinking caps on now! I need to put together a plan for trademark C.

If you play any online games i need name of game and port number. Ill update the thread as we go along and then hopefully send them something by end of the week

 

[Bedford]

Game / Port numbers

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Eve online

87.237.38.200 port 26000 when using TCP/IP
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Call of Duty

TCP 80 yes
TCP 443 yes
TCP 5223 yes
TCP 9293 yes
TCP 10070-10080
UDP 3478
UDP 3479
UDP 3658
UDP 10070
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Call of Duty: Black Ops uses the following ports:

UDP: 53, 81, 88, 3074, 3075, 3478
TCP: 53, 80, 81,443, 3074, 5223

In addition, your PS3 will use:

TCP/UDP - 8443

TCP: 10010, 10020, 10030, 10040, 10050, 10060, 10070, 10080

UDP: 3479, 10070
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[Windpomp]

Call Of Duty

TCP 80
TCP 443
TCP 5223
UDP 3478
UDP 3479
UDP 3658

Remote Play & Gaming Required Ports:

TCP 80 yes
TCP 443 yes
TCP 5223 yes
TCP 9293 yes
TCP 10070-10080
UDP 3478
UDP 3479
UDP 3658
UDP 10070


Call of Duty: Black Ops uses the following ports:

UDP: 53, 81, 88, 3074, 3075, 3478
TCP: 53, 80, 81,443, 3074, 5223

In addition, your PS3 will use:

TCP/UDP - 8443

TCP: 10010, 10020, 10030, 10040, 10050, 10060, 10070, 10080

UDP: 3479, 10070

# For voice / video chat and online game play, direct communication with other Playstation 3 systems is used for data transmission during voice / video chat and online gaming. The port number used for this is UDP: 3658

 

[Cell.C-Guru]

Thanks for the posts guys. Cell c has shown possible interest in this. I would like any info that you guys think might be valid like the info that Bedford and Windpomp have poted will try organise it and present it to cell c and see what would be needed this to implemanted. So bare with me keep the posts going and i'll see what cell c has to say

 

[MightyMuffinMan]

Thanks for the posts guys. Cell c has shown possible interest in this. I would like any info that you guys think might be valid like the info that Bedford and Windpomp have poted will try organise it and present it to cell c and see what would be needed this to implemanted. So bare with me keep the posts going and i'll see what cell c has to say

I dont really have much fact but have some ideas that might help:

Popular Games:

Heroes of Newerth
Warcraft 3
World of Wrcraft
Warhammer
Battlefield Bad Company 2 (the patches are what really kill the games)
COD: Black Ops


Steam (not a game but many users would prefer buying and playing thier games but bandwidth remains an issue)

Other: Xbox Live or PSN.


Zero rated game patches would be awesome, maybe hosted on a Cell C mirror that requires a user to use thier data sim web access info (you know the cell c site registration).


I, like many users understand that Cell C can't give away thier bandwidth however there are many users who would be willing to fork out maybe around R 250 a month for a dedicated APN idea like this. Where gamers are given priority for gaming on gaming ports. kinda like reverse shaping in a way. Of course torrents should be blocked on this APN.

Updates could be hosted locally on a Cell C server to alleviate international bandwidth usage and thus decrease the overall cost.

 

[plbartie]

I'm In!

 

[Bedford]

yip ill update the info this evening, had a crazy day yesterday. If this works, man ill never need to go back to telcum.

 

[saffakanera]

This is an excellent initiative!

 

[d0b33]

Excellent idea, and thanks for listening CellC!

 

[xera]

Would you be able to switch gaming mode off, to give you normal priority to browsing and downloads again?

 

[Cell.C-Guru]

@xera if they don' allow it to be turned off there is an excuse to always game

There are 2 other threads ongoing about stream usage and cellc+igames. Check them out as well and post your thoughts

 

[cvwyk]

Hi

I have mailed some of the okes there at Cell C with the port details for Black ops on PS3. Seems they have made some changes there. I can sometimes find a game now to play but still mostly have to join friends in a lobby to play online. When looking for a game it would normally go straight to waiting for players to join. Nat type is moderate indicating that they are blocking some of these ports for online gaming.

 

[cvwyk]

Ok

Update I need to login and play while they check on their side this is for Black ops on the PS3. Hopefully this can bring some change for the other guys aswell.

 

[saffakanera]

Like 10 people probably use the ps3 with cell C for gaming, they should focus on PC gaming and pc gaming related ports first with the Gamer APN.

 

[cvwyk]

You obviously are not a PS3 Fan but there is a lot of gyus playing witht the data card at the moment. For the gaming APN they should just go for unrestricted.

Any ways comment from the Cell team

Okay die port is ge-add…

Sal jy so gaaf wees en vir ons toets en dan laat weet……

Groete

 

[Bedford]

An unrestricted apn is not the answer. A game requires a constistent connection to the internet and from what the cell-c told me this saturates the network. So where opening the relevant ports is important, its providing that consistent connection which is the priority.