Need help trying to figure out a way around my one horrible internet option.

Davycrocket · May 16, 2017

So I recently moved out of the city limits and long story short, my at&t dsl is terrible (5 down, 1 up) it's ok for gaming but the second that anyone loads a web page on a phone or another computer it causes lag and packet loss.

I 've never gamed off of a tethered connection from a phone, is it reliable?

Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get better internet?

Any and all information is helpful!

Also about how much data would it take to play games like wow for say 20 hours a week?

dudio · May 16, 2017

Davycrocket :

So I recently moved out of the city limits and long story short, my at&t dsl is terrible (5 down, 1 up) it's ok for gaming but the second that anyone loads a web page on a phone or another computer it causes lag and packet loss.

I 've never gamed off of a tethered connection from a phone, is it reliable?

I can't imagine it would work well at all

Does anyone have any other ideas on how to get better internet?

Have you reset the router?
Can you hardwire to it ( I assume you're doing wireless) ?
Have you ruled out your own system? Run MalwareBytes?

Any and all information is helpful!

Also about how much data would it take to play games like wow for say 20 hours a week?

"WoW uses very low bandwidth; it has a highly optimized and efficient system that generates small packets of information to make it usable on a variety of different connections. This also makes latency much more important than bandwidth when playing WoW.
It’s hard to say an exact number because that depends on many factors, like # of actions from other players, number of adds/bosses, pets, etc…

If you want to be sure about the values you can always check the current usage at any given time without using any 3rd party software, at least you can if you’re running Windows 7, all you have to do is go to the Task Manager-> Click on the Performance Tab -> Resource Monitor -> Network Tab , and there you should be able to see the bandwidth usage of every active application, including WoW."
note: make sure you turn that sharing/streaming option thing off

sirstinky · May 16, 2017

You really can't do much with DSL, other than to make sure you're getting the absolute fastest DSL uplink from the ISP aka. phone company. I have CenturyLink and have their highest non-fiber optic/1 gig package and still only get around maybe 12 down and 4 up. It's barely enough for gaming on consoles when others are using like YouTube or web browsing simultaneously. Other than that, I really like it.

Here's the other part, get a good router with 2.4/5 GHz bands and gigabit Ethernet. They help with minimizing issues caused by wireless. Always plug into your router/modem if you can and avoid WiFi because it will give you the fastest connection consistently.

For tethering a broadband connection... don't unless it's an emergency as it will absolutely gobble your data and it won't be much faster than your DSL.

Davycrocket · May 16, 2017

Thx for your quick answers. I don't like wifi so I am routed via Ethernet.

I have reset the modem etc and worked with my isp on configuring the modem. Originally I was only getting 3 down of the 6 I was paying for.

I also have a netgear dualvand n600 modem/router.

The only option I have found that is considerable is at&t's wireless 4g LTE internet but I am very worried that because it is wireless, I'll have ping issues but I have read where people use this and have very low ping so maybe I'll get lucky. I doubt I can improve my dsl internet, I'm just Looking at possible routes I can take. Thx for your feedback!

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