50mbps

[legend8887]

My parents are paying for 50/50 internet speed from Verizon. I only get about half that, however, because I live in a two story house. The router is downstairs and my computer is upstairs. When I buy powerline adapters, however, I expect to get the 50/50 my parents are paying for. Is 50/50 good enough for gaming?

[CoolBeans]

Yes, 50Mbps is plenty. I game on 3Mbps

[The Crazed Child]

Do you have the ISP's router? Wireless speeds are usually slower on their hardware than on a well-known brand's router (Netgear, ASUS, D-Link).

 

But powerline is better by far.

[renz62]

5Mbps is already fine. Ping is what determines the "good enough for gaming" part.

 

I have 3Mbps down and 1Mbps up and I get pings of up to 40ms - 90ms. which is fine for me.

 

The lower the ping, the more responsive online multiplayer there is.

[legend8887]

Do you have the ISP's router? Wireless speeds are usually slower on their hardware than on a well-known brand's router (Netgear, ASUS, D-Link).

 

But powerline is better by far.

Yes, lol. Verizon's router they sent us.

[Thebman712]

maybe get a new router instead of the stock one, i find that makes connections/speeds better, and powerline should still be fast

[Lord Gaben]

Yes, 50Mbps is plenty. I game on 3Mbps

JESUS, even my old slow ADSL connection was not that bad I used to get 5mb/s

[CoolBeans]

JESUS, even my old slow ADSL connection was not that bad I used to get 5mb/s

I'm pretty sure I have had the same speed for atleast 7 years 

[legend8887]

maybe get a new router instead of the stock one, i find that makes connections/speeds better, and powerline should still be fast

Would powerline speeds be faster if I got a different router?

[Lord Gaben]

I'm pretty sure I have had the same speed for atleast 7 years 

That sucks :\ , luckly I recetly got fiber in my area so now I get 100mb/s down and 50mb/s up, with 25 ping

[ForsakenLive]

With powerline (if the cables inside the wall are properly routed), you are going to get really good speeds, but don't expect to get to that exact 50mbps, sometimes interferience may eat up a small couple of megs.

[AMICLG]

Yes, 50Mbps is plenty. I game on 3Mbps

 

Wow, I though I had it bad with my 50/5 connection which is the max TWC has in my area.

[legend8887]

With powerline (if the cables inside the wall are properly routed), you are going to get really good speeds, but don't expect to get to that exact 50mbps, sometimes interferience may eat up a small couple of megs.

Nowhere near as bad as wireless, though.

[CoolBeans]

Wow, I though I had it bad with my 50/5 connection which is the max TWC has in my area.

3Mbs is the highest I can get from Telus where I live

[ForsakenLive]

Nowhere near as bad as wireless, though.

powerline is much faster than wifi, I know, but sometimes you can get into trouble, for example, the power switch box can have a set of cables going to one room, and then other set going to the rest of the house, Powerline cannot go across converters,  voltage adapters, batteries, or switches. The signal only runs over that cable.

[AMICLG]

powerline is much faster than wifi,

Not true when compared to AC even with the overhead it's still faster but you pretty much have to be sitting next to your router due to the wavelength of 5GHz being ~60mm so it doesn't travel far with the small amount of power that routers are limited too.