| Most people have broadband at home to play things | | | | hour. On a 5 gigabyte connection, this means you |
| like online games amongst other uses for that type of | | | | can get about 100 hours of playtime out of that type |
| speed. Some have considered using the cell phone | | | | of device. If you are playing an online game, use a |
| services and USB devices that all you to have a | | | | bandwidth management tool to find out how much you |
| faster connection while on the road. Are these good | | | | are downloading and uploading. Add these two |
| enough to actually use for online gaming? | | | | numbers to get an idea of how much you would really |
| The first issue that you are going to run into is actual | | | | be using. |
| bandwidth. Many of these types of connections are | | | | There is another factor to consider. When you are |
| limited to about 5 gigabytes of total transfer per month. | | | | playing a game online there is latency. This is the |
| This means that you do have a cap on your | | | | measurement of time between your keystroke and |
| connection that you will either run into or you will go | | | | the action appearing on the server. For example, |
| over costing you considerably money in extra fees if | | | | when you jump there is a time difference from the |
| you make this mistake. | | | | moment you press the key and when the character in |
| Many online games like the popular World of Warcraft | | | | the game actually jumps. |
| can take up to about 50 megabytes of transfer in an | | | | |