Posted March 11, 2017 Howdy, I live in a rural area and currently on Frontier DSL which is getting worse and worse. No other internet options are in my area besides satellite and that's definitely a no no. Main thing this would be for is multiplayer PC gaming but how would the ping/latency be? Decent? I'm guessing certain phones only work w/ 4g lte and not backwards compatible correct? Help a newb out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 You can actually buy proper 4G internet modems but the ping is going to be pretty bad. Just did a speedtest on my phone, I live in the City Centre (where you'd expect amazing 4G coverage) and it's 3AM too which helps. Ping is 34ms which isn't really amazing or terrible. Thing with all mobile internet is that it's variable, so at some parts of the day you could be getting 100ms ping and sometimes 10ms. In the country, expect worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 Author Sometimes my internet is 60ms and I'm fine with that, sometimes its 200ms and I'm still okay with it. When its 500ms+ that is when I rage. Everyone suggestions are welcome - cause I know nothing on phones or 3g/4g lte. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 im on a 4G modem and my ping is 60ms but in my area ADSL is also 60 on gaming servers. 4G is shit loads faster than the local ADSL and 1/2 the price so it works out for me ☼ ψ ︿_____︿_ψ_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 Author @SCHISCHKA What name brand modem? I might look into that. If 4g ran at a solid 150ms at all times I would be well satisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 11 minutes ago, MusicMayne said: @SCHISCHKA What name brand modem? I might look into that. If 4g ran at a solid 150ms at all times I would be well satisfied. Its a cheap huawei provided by the ISP ☼ ψ ︿_____︿_ψ_ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 11, 2017 22 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said: im on a 4G modem and my ping is 60ms but in my area ADSL is also 60 on gaming servers. 4G is shit loads faster than the local ADSL and 1/2 the price so it works out for me Usually ADSL is fast enough for gaming but anything else like streaming or updating games. Nope. Magical Pineapples
