Neotel for gaming

Keldarza

Keldarza

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I see that on the mybroadband forums from way back last year Tinman had neotel and was benchmarking some games.

Anyone here have neotel today? From what I've read their service has taken a bit of a downward spiral, but the myBB users are generally very negative on things.

In particular, I actually need a phone and seeing as telkom have forgotten how to lay down copper lines to complexes these days, I'm forced to look for alternatives. I'd want to get the Prime as an "backup" internet - for WoW and GW and also to use it to download the patches (of TF2, and all my other steam games). Getting nailed slightly this month on usage, and the 8c/MB is tempting just downloading extra if needs be.

In short: Whats the lag like for WoW (and GW) using neotel, and how is the neotel connection speeds for downloading?
 
Well from what I have been told.... Neotel is a definite no go for gaming as their structure is just unstable at this point in time... I think Sharkbait and Mephisto will agree with me on this one... i was gonna get Neotel a few months ago just to play COD online and people stating going into flat panics...

So at this current moment I wouldn't suggest it. :)
 
I intend to keep my 3G for my gaming needs [served me well]

So COD, or TF2 or any low latency required games will go via the 3G or course.

Problem comes in that I cant stand the rates of phone calls on cellphones and need a cheaper alternative.
 
You know what I can see a gaming solution in site for Neotel but with their current infrastructure its just not safe becoz you can guarantee ur Latency to increase or drop due to alot of issues that side... just give it until next year and we should soon see improvements :)
 
In PE wireless and gaming just DO NOT work. I went from HSDPA to a 384 line and the latency was 100x better.

How ever my trusty 4 meg line is awesome... chicks dig it ;) haha
 
Well I dunno really hey, Neotel does suck. Had it for 3days gave it back :p

I have HSUPA and I have on avg 200ms on an international server, which is pretty damn good. so i dont have any issues :)
 
What about iBurst? I use an iBurst connection for online gaming, and it's not bad at all. Average local pings around 70-90ms. I seem to remember they were doing something with static IPs for WoW players too, although I'm not sure of the significance.
 
Azimuth said:
What about iBurst? I use an iBurst connection for online gaming, and it's not bad at all. Average local pings around 70-90ms. I seem to remember they were doing something with static IPs for WoW players too, although I'm not sure of the significance.
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I have to agree with you on that one however the only problem is the area that you live in there are some people that have major signal issues and all that but im considering getting Iburst to play world of kung fu :)
 
When I used Neoflex for gaming it was not bad at all. I remember sitting with around 100ms in local cod 4, and the WoW latency was slightly higher than my previous 512ADSL shaped SAIX connection.

I have not used it since then, but we do have a unti sitting at the office. I can take it home and give it a go. My WoW account is not active though so I will only be able to try out some local FPS gaming.

And for the record, the Neotel voice offering is terrible. I have one at my desk at work and the line quality is very poor.
 
I'm on a 5GB package for R600 / month. I usually use only 3-4GB or so, though. So it's more than enough for me.
 
Yes I agree with Birthday TM on this :D
Even though I used to get full strenght on the signal, the voice service was horrible :(
 
I reckon you should do a test and report on that Neotel now Tinman ..... just to out it out there if it's suitable still for gaming or not. Don't forget to include how far away the nearest tower is though.
 
Tinman said:
And for the record, the Neotel voice offering is terrible. I have one at my desk at work and the line quality is very poor.
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Hmmm, thats a problem for me :(

I have not used it since then, but we do have a unti sitting at the office. I can take it home and give it a go. My WoW account is not active though so I will only be able to try out some local FPS gaming.
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That would be great, thanks Tinman. Ive heard many murmurs that neotel quality has gone downhill in the past while so I'm very hesitant (considering no refunds on the device)
 
Nothing will tops a land line.... only down side is been linked to telkom :( .... but i must admit they have been behaving very well lately.
 
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