O2 Broadband

[Keydogg]

Hi guys, after having O2 broadband (only the 8mb ADSL1) for about a month now I was beginning to get pissed off with my pings on Xbox Live games as compared to my mates I seemed to be about 1 second behind.

I decided to try online gaming on my PC to find my actual pings, and I was getting 150ms to a local CSS server, I was astonished!! I used to get 40 with my last ISP, I hadn't realised it was so bad because Xbox games dont show u true pings, just green lines or whatever.

Anyway, to investigate further I did a traceroute to said CSS server and guess what.... the traceroute was taking 100ms to get to my router! (Computer wired directly "O2 wireless box") I couldn't believe it, so I hooked up my old Netgear Wireless router and tried gaming on my PC again, and straight away 40ms! Wtf! Now Xbox games are as smooth as silk too.

So just a warning to you guys with O2 broadband, if you're having connection issues try a different router, as mine was obviously massively bottlenecking my connection.

 

[H182]

I don't use my o2 router either as it kept dropping the connection every hour. Also had that ping issue too.

 

[rory182]

interesting, i have the o2 wireless box and get a great connection but now and again it slows down. Might be worth getting a better router if I ever get an xbox 360

 

[Keydogg]

interesting, i have the o2 wireless box and get a great connection but now and again it slows down. Might be worth getting a better router if I ever get an xbox 360

It wasn't just the xbox, it was any type of gaming which it was effecting, however download speeds and surfing was fine!

 

[FlamingMonkey]

I just got o2 after coming from Be* and the router and speeds are excellent, I am getting almost 1mb more on o2, which I find strange as they are technically the same company?

 

[sneeks]

EDIT: Wrong thread.

 

[cli0 172]

I just got o2 after coming from Be* and the router and speeds are excellent, I am getting almost 1mb more on o2, which I find strange as they are technically the same company?

Heh ,i done the same ,had problems with Be then moved to O2 & never had a problem & i run an xbox too .

 

[Vish]

We had problems with o2 disconnecting and reconnecting every 20mins or so. Gave them a call, they noticed our settings weren't correct, so sorted it, lost less than half meg in speed but connection is solid and has been ever since.

 

[Keydogg]

For me I put it down to the O2 router being a Thomson and my other router being a netgear. Thomson routers are a bit notorious for problems with lines without very good noise margins and such.