Neobroadband Wireless 10mb adsl

[RuanKeyser]

Hi guys,

So I moved into a new house with some extensive internet users (gaming and streaming) and was wondering how this package will suit us? I see it has a contention ratio of 25:1, will this be enough or is it too high? I really don't want to sign a contract for something that won't fit my needs. Basically if I'm playing a game online and someone else decides to stream youtube, will this affect me in any way?

Can anyone provide me with some more insight please?

Thanks

 

[SideWinder]

Hi RuanKeyser,

The insight is actually pretty strait forward. No matter what type of connection you have (even on Fibre), if the requested payload equals or exceeds the capability of your service, you are going to start to have problems.

E.g. Let's say you have a 4 Mbps service. If you stream Netflix or Youtube, Hulu, Pop Corn Time etc, (one at time), the service should adjust to the available bandwidth, nl. 4 Mbps - assuming you have selected the AUTO quality setting. Thus the picture quality will be good (HD - 1080p). Now if you start a second session of the same , or something else, e.g. Gaming, you will have to sacrifice some bandwidth somewhere. This normally manifests itself by down scaling the speed of the video stream, say to 2 Mbps (typically enough for HD - 720p - like what DSTV HD channels broadcast). One can always force the video source to give you a set quality, depending on you needs /wants/ capability of your line.

Netflix of the 2 Mbps NeoWireless works, but even if you open up a browser session, Netflix will continue without buffering, but browsing gets noticeably slower. On 4 Mbps Netflix quality improves, and an extra browsing session doesn't hurt Netflix, and the browsing feels a little more snappy. On the 10 Mbps service, you can just about throw the book at it, 1 x 1080p movie, 1 x Gaming & couple of people browsing no problem.....until 4K movies become mainstream, then you start the upgrade thing again, but by then we will all have fibre to our homes....

Btw, afaik gaming gets hurt when pings increase. Fibre will give you the best pings (couple of mS), then ADSL, then Wireless. However, Wireless technologies have advances to such a degree that 4g or LTE almost rivals fixed line pings (15 - 30 mS). A ADSL user at the end of a congested DSLAM (Telkom exchange) or overloaded IP Connect service from your ISP e.g. Afrihost/Vox etc. or the ISP's local and international peering congestion can stuff up the best last mile 6-0.

Obvious, if you have a uncapped service like NeoBroadband Wireless, you will need a lot of time to watch enough movies/play games before the FUP kicks in. Will only hurt if you are on the lower speeds for movies etc.

Hope this helps.