Xbox LIVE Labs announced

[Goli]

As a part of our ongoing commitment to improve Xbox LIVE, we are rolling out an optional testing program called Xbox LIVE Labs. Xbox LIVE Labs performs a number of network tests from your console to Xbox LIVE. These results are recorded solely for the purpose of testing and improving the service. Although we want your support, participating in Xbox LIVE Labs is entirely optional and voluntary. These results are recorded solely for the purpose of testing and improving the service and will not be used to identify you.

If you choose to participate, each completed test rewards you with a cool Avatar item and a zero point achievement as a thank you for your contribution.

There are a total of three Avatar items and three zero point achievements that you can earn for each completed test, including a lab coat, brain helmet, and crazy mad scientist hair!

Xbox LIVE Labs runs from March 10-27 and is open to all Xbox LIVE members living in the United States.

You will not be able to participate in other Xbox LIVE activities, such as gaming, watching movies or downloading music, while running Xbox LIVE Labs, and your Internet connectivity may be slower than usual. Sound good? Sign into Xbox LIVE and head over to the community channel where you’ll see the Xbox LIVE Labs panel. Click on it to download the testing app and the rest is pretty much self-explanatory.

The Xbox LIVE Labs testing application is currently available in the US only. After this round of testing, we’ll evaluate when and how we’ll roll this out to other Xbox LIVE regions.

Thanks for your help

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The crazy mad scientist hair reminds me of Einstein.

 

[notmeanymore]

Makes me want to packet sniff the data being transferred. Not the kind of thing I usually do though...

 

[Joe88]

its like they are trying to give me rrod again D=

but anyway I completed the first 2 test since it only took 1 hour but the last 5 hour test...

 

[soliunasm]

I like how they give you some free achievements and Avatar Awards for this. Otherwise I wouldn't have even bothered.

It's also interesting to note that your internet can disconnect constantly but as long as Xbox Live doesn't kick you off it keeps the counter going down. My internet disconnected at least 4 times during the "30 minutes consecutively" portion and I still got the award and achievement.

It will be interesting to see how they can apply this to their service as well, but I've personally never had a problem with 360 online, hell, I get paired up without any lag on tons of games and I'm at a 300KB/s max.

 

[Maz7006]

I get paired up without any lag on tons of games and I'm at a 300KB/s max.

more of a latency than bandwidth issue.

 

[Zorua]

Why not India!

I've been a part of almost all testing programmes so I don't know why I can't be a part of this. This is so unfair.

Looks like it's time to mod my Xbox.

 

[6HyPeR9]

It isn't on the community channel for me.

 

[notmeanymore]

Why not India!

I've been a part of almost all testing programmes so I don't know why I can't be a part of this. This is so unfair.

Looks like it's time to mod my Xbox.

After the US test, they'll see how easily they can make the test international and how best to do it. Major Nelson stated that somewhere.

 

[zeromac]

Only for USA

 

[Ace Overclocked]

I like how they give you some free achievements and Avatar Awards for this. Otherwise I wouldn't have even bothered.

It's also interesting to note that your internet can disconnect constantly but as long as Xbox Live doesn't kick you off it keeps the counter going down. My internet disconnected at least 4 times during the "30 minutes consecutively" portion and I still got the award and achievement.

It will be interesting to see how they can apply this to their service as well, but I've personally never had a problem with 360 online, hell, I get paired up without any lag on tons of games and I'm at a 300KB/s max.

lucky i'm ay 100kb max