6mbps vs 10 mbps

[WaTaGuMp]

Ok tomorrow my ISP starts new pricing for high speed internet and the top of the line is 54 bucks a month, this is a 13 dollar a month increase over what I pay now and I was wondering is it really worth it to pay 54 to get the so called 10 mbps. I play WoW mostly and of course they advertise the highest priced as the online gaming connection. My question is simple do I really need the top of the line or do you think I can get away with the 6 mbps at 44 bucks and be fine, Time Warner is the company making the changes.

 

[marulee]

Originally posted by: WaTaGuMp
Ok tomorrow my ISP starts new pricing for high speed internet and the top of the line is 54 bucks a month, this is a 13 dollar a month increase over what I pay now and I was wondering is it really worth it to pay 54 to get the so called 10 mbps. I play WoW mostly and of course they advertise the highest priced as the online gaming connection. My question is simple do I really need the top of the line or do you think I can get away with the 6 mbps at 44 bucks and be fine, Time Warner is the company making the changes.

Do not pay more!

Yet..

wait till the promotion.

 

[vanvock]

If it's like Comcast it will double the upload speed which might be the real benifit. I've got the 6m & they offer 8 for $10 more but doing tests on Toast.net I've never seen over 5, it's usually around 2-4 so I don't see the need to give them any more money for more horsepower I won't use. They'll bump the rates up soon enough anyway.

 

[WaTaGuMp]

Originally posted by: vanvock
If it's like Comcast it will double the upload speed which might be the real benifit. I've got the 6m & they offer 8 for $10 more but doing tests on Toast.net I've never seen over 5, it's usually around 2-4 so I don't see the need to give them any more money for more horsepower I won't use. They'll bump the rates up soon enough anyway.

Comcast was the ISP then Time Warner took over for them and from what I can tell they use Road Runner. I had a feeling this is marketing and being done to get more money from people without actually seeing any hugh performance increase, thats why I thought I would ask here my gut tells me to stay with the 6 but I sure would like some more feedback.

 

[ch33zw1z]

6mbps is more than enough for gaming, it's the upload you need to check just like was stated...Ask yourself if you're happy with your current connection while playin WoW...

 

[antihero3zx]

Wow requires 5k or so a second for most things. Maybe a bit more for PVP or raiding. even the super cheap slow dsl is more then sufficient.

 

[antihero3zx]

for many people this would be a large speed increase. if you are dealing with large ammounts of data, like audio, video etc on a regular basis, this would make a lot of sense.

just doesnt make any sense at all for a gamer.

 

[cheesecurd]

Keep in mind that 10Mbps is a marketing number, not much more. You are eventually sharing your provider's bandwidth out to the Internet (i.e. buying a 100Mbps connection to the Internet, they would probably pay 35-40 bucks per Mbps themselves-- you do the math) with everyone in their network and then you're subject to sharing the bandwidth of whatever server you're trying to get to and every link in between.