Gaming Bros

Well, topic of current date is of course Omantel’s new ADSL packages. Which can be found on Omantel’s website. Do note that the upload speeds are not mentioned and that is very important for online gamers (WoW anyone!). Though checking around from various sources, it seems that the 512kbps, 1mbps, 2mbps will have an upload speed of 128kbps while 4mbps and 8mbps will have upload speeds of 256kbps. Which is really bad if you are considering upgrading to one of the higher packages for better online gaming experience. So you either stick with 512/128kbps or just go straight to 4mbps/256kbps.

Personally and from various friends who play online, it seems the move to 512kbps did fix the latency issue that was plaguing many gamers for months. Not because the speed has been bumped up but I think there has been a change in the network setup/configuration that made the latency better. So latencies are in the range of 150-300ms for various online games. Naturally, that depends also on Omantel’s network traffic! With more people moving to the higher packages, the network will be more strained and hence many hops will start dropping data packets leading to higher latencies.

So have latencies improved? yes! Will it stay like this? Only Omantel can decide.

UPDATE: The 8mbps has a 512kbps upload speed. If you are rich and have cash to burn, then go for it.

Tags: ADSL, gamers, internet, latency, network traffic, Omantel, online games

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