DSL: Uploading a bandwidth Hog or Not?

[GhandiInstinct]

Does simultaneous upload and downloading effect my overall dsl bandwidth using dsl?

In other words, if roomate A is uploading a file and roomate B, connected to the same router, is trying to download a movie or play an online rpg, is the bandwidth of the DSL being squeezed to hell?

 

[nigel5000]

Originally posted by: GhandiInstinct
Does simultaneous upload and downloading effect my overall dsl bandwidth using dsl?

In other words, if roomate A is uploading a file and roomate B, connected to the same router, is trying to download a movie or play an online rpg, is the bandwidth of the DSL being squeezed to hell?

I belive you need to clairify the sceniero...

I am roomate A, what we're really wondering is this.

We live in a dorm building with horriffic internet service, which at the moment is a very embarrasing 0.5 mb cable line being shared with the whole building, and we want to upgrade our services.

Roomate A runs a website and uploads 30-100 mb videos and plays online games that doesn't rely heavily on latency, except CS:S and sometimes splinter cell 3. He is also wired into the router.

Roomate B plays World of Warcraft and does extensive downloading of files mostly over 100 mb off of fileplanet and other gaming sites such as IGN. He is also accessing the router wirelessly.

roomate A, me, suggested that we get a semetrical 3.0/3.0 DSL line because while uploading files it would use up the uploading channel and not heavily interfere with the downloading channel. THerefore, roomate B would be able to download his files and play games without as much stress that is going though our cable line now.

However, roomate B is worried that symultaneous downloading and uploading on a semetrical 3.0 dsl connection would effect his latency in an mmorpg.

Basicly it comes down to a Cable loyalist VS a DSL loyalist...for our situation, would a 3.0 semetrical DSL line fix our situation? or is a faster Cable connection (which is currently failing us) the best way to go? Also, when using DSL, does your uploading or downloading directly effect the other?

We are in your house requesting for aid. Thank you for your time.

 

[CrispyFried]

When I had dsl, a 768/128 line, I noticed that if I hit about 80% of my max ul speed, download speed would decrease big time in p2p stuff, and game pings would go way up. . Ping didnt seem to be affected when downloading unless I hit about 80% of the 768 down limit.

So if you limit upload and dowmload speeds to about 2 megs you may be OK as far as game pings. But ymmv..

 

[Fardringle]

I've always been a cable guy so I couldn't tell you for sure on DSL, but any time I max out the upload on any computer on my 3MB down/384K up cable line, my pings in games on any other computer jump from less than 80ms to well over a second. The actual download speed doesn't change much, but the latency makes it impossible to upload and play games at the same time...

 

[nigel5000]

so basicly, with DSL, your upload speed doesn't effect your download speed unless you surpass the maximum bandwidth? EX: you have 3.0 down / 3.0 up DSL, and your uploading at 2.5 mbs to an ftp or soemthing, that woudlnd't have an effect then correct? The download and upload streams have their own channels that don't affect the other until you surpass that maximum bandwidth level?

thanks for everyones time =D