PS1/2 PSN and bandwidth consumption

Maz7006 · Jan 23, 2010

So after the banning of my beloved 360 i finally decided to set up my PSN ID and go a ahead and just convert to Sony for online gaming.

Not as smooth as Live, but still free none the less

My main question here is that how much bandwidth does well lets say MW2 suck up.

My ISP only gives me 4GB Down and 4GB Up every month...so hence my concern.

After extensive googling i never got ONE answer and if i did it wasnt from a trusted source.

I would go ahead a play for an hour or so and see how much bandwidth it will take up, but its nearing the end of the month and ive only got 500mb left so i really wouldn't want to gamble it.

I would greatly appreciate it if someone can personally monitor it for me as in play an hour or so and monitor how much bandwidth it takes up.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

ComplicatioN · Jan 23, 2010

Well, i play CoDMW2 everyday, for about 2 hours in the afternoon, i check my usage later in the afternoon and it took about 90mb

Maz7006 · Jan 23, 2010

Hmmm, so 50mbs for an hour on average...hmmm so im guessing the game seems to suck up 30kb/s down and about 20kb/s up ... thanks, guess ill just buy more bandwidth, there's no way then 4GB a month will by enough.

Thanks again !

ComplicatioN · Jan 24, 2010

xD no problem, i really think it depends on the map you are on when you are playing, checked today i used 70mb

Maz7006 · Jan 24, 2010

Hmmm.... but then be an average of anywhere between 70-100 then.

Anyway i greatly appreciate it.

Niteblood · Jan 29, 2010

You need more than 4gb bandwidth...
i have 6 on my phone xD, 60 on my computer

ZeWarrior · Jan 29, 2010

Unlimited FTW.

jalaneme · Jan 29, 2010

thats nothing demos and psn games are 2gb+ per download! plus you have updates for games aswell.

fryguy · Jan 29, 2010

Is that mobile broadband? Can't you get a better ISP ?

Niteblood · Jan 30, 2010

ZeWarrior said:
Unlimited FTW.

unlimited is rarely actually unlimited.
there is likely a cut-off point in the fine print

nitrostemp · Jan 30, 2010

unlimited = you get capped instead of paying for data

megabug7 · Jan 30, 2010

nitrostemp said:
unlimited = you get capped instead of paying for data

Yup with my ISP between 7pm and midnight there is a cap, and it's pretty hefty

70GB in a quarter is not uncommon for me.

Satangel · Jan 30, 2010

I've got 35 GB of bandwidth for 1 month, just a fucking disgrace.
Belgium really sucks on the telecommunication side.

nitrostemp · Jan 30, 2010

i get 50 gig during 9am-1am and 75 during 1am-9am

Maz7006 · Jan 30, 2010

Niteblood said:
You need more than 4gb bandwidth...
i have 6 on my phone xD, 60 on my computer

Well if you can see what kind of country i live in you'd understand.

I mean YES there is unlimited, but its too latent and thus out of the question for online gaming. Few ppl take the limited planes, hence much better pings.

ZeWarrior said:

Unlimited FTW.

WE have "unlimited" internet which only comes if you take the 256kb/s plan... yes i know 256kb/s lol, how much can you download with a fucking 30kb/s download speed.

jalaneme said:

thats nothing demos and psn games are 2gb+ per download! plus you have updates for games aswell.

Click to expand...

I dnt download demos or anything, i only play MW2 online so im all good.

QUOTE(fryguy @ Jan 30 2010, 01:46 AM)

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Is that mobile broadband? Can't you get a better ISP ?

Trust if i could i would. There is only one ISP here, called Ogero, it sells connections to other smaller private companies so essentially its all the same.

Lebanon is known for its over priced internet which at the same time is pretty crap.

The fastest you can get to your home is 2mb... and that will cost you a fucking fortune were talking about 200$ USD if not more per month.... also comes with a limit of 12GB (6 Down and 6 Up) ... believe it or not. HEck my line can only take 512 kb/s... just goes to show what a fail country this is.

shadowkillerdrag · Jan 31, 2010

lol iuno how much my bandwidth is but i could care less rofl cuz my neighbors are too dumb ( no offence to neighbors) to have a password or anything higher that a WEP encyrption rofl
So i just cracked the pw and in i go rofl im bound to hit the cap eventually

Minox · Jan 31, 2010

Niteblood said:
ZeWarrior said:

Unlimited FTW.

unlimited is rarely actually unlimited.
there is likely a cut-off point in the fine print
No.

QUOTE(nitrostemp @ Jan 30 2010, 11:06 PM)

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unlimited = you get capped instead of paying for data

No.

This applies to most if not all ISPs here in Sweden. As I've understood things though, this kind of situation that we have here (and in the neighboring countries) is really unusual. Most other countries does not have real unlimited Internet connections and has annoying limits of various magnitudes in place.

ZeWarrior · Jan 31, 2010

Niteblood said:
ZeWarrior said:

Unlimited FTW.

Click to expand...

unlimited is rarely actually unlimited.
there is likely a cut-off point in the fine print

Nope.. I don't think there is. Downloaded over 50GBs in one month, never got capped and I'm paying regular price.

Maz7006 · Feb 2, 2010

ZeWarrior said:
Niteblood said:

ZeWarrior said:

Unlimited FTW.

Click to expand...

unlimited is rarely actually unlimited.
there is likely a cut-off point in the fine print

Click to expand...

Nope.. I don't think there is. Downloaded over 50GBs in one month, never got capped and I'm paying regular price.

Lucky

anyway just came back to see all the replies

you guys seriously dnt understand how bad it is here, but at least im getting consistent pings. Like i said the bandwidth is available (but extremely Limited) but the latency is a great issue here. If you want the unlimited bandwidth plans you sacrifice the ping rates and vice-versa.

I honestly don'y mind ending up pay 30$ for the extra bandwidth i go over ( its 10$ for every 1GB over).

Anyway thanks again for all the feedback.

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