Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


Forums › 2degrees › [Snap] Whats snap like for gaming in Auckland?


17 posts

Geek


# 108260 28-Aug-2012 09:57
Send private message

Hello,

I'm thinking about signing up a Snap VDSL2 connection in Auckland.  I just wanted to find out what Snap are like for gaming.  Do they prioritize gaming traffic at all and do they have enough international bandwidth to support good overseas gaming?

I mostly play GuildWars2 and Dota2 on US West servers.

Thanks
Chris

Create new topic
341 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

  # 678032 28-Aug-2012 10:23
Send private message

To the best of my knowledge, snap don't do any shaping. Everything has equal priority.

I don't know any US-West Dota2 or GW2 servers for testing, but from our Snap VDSL connection in Auckland to our Chicago-based web server is 188ms.

105 posts

Master Geek


  # 678047 28-Aug-2012 10:32
Send private message

I haven't had any issues with Snap for gaming. I've gone to them with a few weird routing issues such as traffic to some Australian servers going via Hong Kong or whatever which they've resolved within hours which is freaken awesome :)

+1 to their support.

 
 
 
 


105 posts

Master Geek


  # 678050 28-Aug-2012 10:34
Send private message

Also i get 175 ms to my VPS which is in Oregon so pretty good latency really.

1927 posts

Uber Geek

Subscriber

  # 678074 28-Aug-2012 11:29
Send private message

Like everyone else, gaming on my ADSL2+ connection is fine, 9ms pings to Auckland servers, 35ms to east coast aussies servers and 280ms pings to the UK... It's all good here!

200 posts

Master Geek


  # 678078 28-Aug-2012 11:34
Send private message

Use caution if you're getting VDSL and your primarily a gamer. 



VDSL will turn interleaving on and off as it's tuning and this will cause 30ms changes. 



17 posts

Geek


  # 678081 28-Aug-2012 11:44
Send private message

McGee: Use caution if you're getting VDSL and your primarily a gamer. 



VDSL will turn interleaving on and off as it's tuning and this will cause 30ms changes. 


Oh ok, is there no way to disable interleaving totally?

Thanks for all the feedback everyone.

478 posts

Ultimate Geek


  # 678123 28-Aug-2012 12:33
Send private message

I can't see any interleaving on our VDSL2 line. I can ping servers at Snap at about 6ms

 
 
 
 


8035 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

  # 678277 28-Aug-2012 17:16
Send private message

Noodles: I can't see any interleaving on our VDSL2 line. I can ping servers at Snap at about 6ms


Depends on what profile the DLM (Dynamic Line Management) system assigns to your line.

Create new topic



Switch your broadband provider now - compare prices


Twitter and LinkedIn »



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when new discussions are posted in our forums:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when news items and blogs are posted in our frontpage:



Follow us to receive Twitter updates when tech item prices are listed in our price comparison site:





News »

Vodafone 5G service live in four cities
Posted 10-Dec-2019 08:30

Samsung Galaxy Fold now available in New Zealand
Posted 6-Dec-2019 00:01

NZ company oDocs awarded US$ 100,000 Dubai World Expo grant
Posted 5-Dec-2019 16:00

New Zealand Rugby Selects AWS-Powered Analytics for Deeper Game Insights
Posted 5-Dec-2019 11:33

IMAGR and Farro bring checkout-less supermarket shopping to New Zealand
Posted 5-Dec-2019 09:07

Wellington Airport becomes first 5G connected airport in the country
Posted 3-Dec-2019 08:42

MetService secures Al Jazeera as a new weather client
Posted 28-Nov-2019 09:40

NZ a top 10 connected nation with stage one of ultra-fast broadband roll-out completed
Posted 24-Nov-2019 14:15

Microsoft Translator understands te reo Māori
Posted 22-Nov-2019 08:46

Chorus to launch Hyperfibre service
Posted 18-Nov-2019 15:00

Microsoft launches first Experience Center worldwide for Asia Pacific in Singapore
Posted 13-Nov-2019 13:08

Disney+ comes to LG Smart TVs
Posted 13-Nov-2019 12:55

Spark launches new wireless broadband "Unplan Metro"
Posted 11-Nov-2019 08:19

Malwarebytes overhauls flagship product with new UI, faster engine and lighter footprint
Posted 6-Nov-2019 11:48

CarbonClick launches into Digital Marketplaces
Posted 6-Nov-2019 11:42


Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.


Support Geekzone »

Our community of supporters help make Geekzone possible. Click the button below to join them.

Support Geezone on PressPatron


Updates »

Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.

Alternatively, you can receive a daily email with Geekzone updates.