5G Home Broadband and Gaming?

Ravensbane on 27/01/2024 - 15:35

Moving next week to a nearby suburb and unfortunately the house is far enough from the NBN node for it to only get average speeds of 40/10. House is only 350m from the 5G tower however and after doing a speed test there with my phone it was getting 750/20. FTTP upgrade isnt for 12 months.

Big issue is everyone in the house streams and plays games online so 40/10 wont cut it at all. Thankfully no one plays twitch based shooters where having the absolute best ping is a must. Its more some MMOs with US servers and other things like Roblox, Minecraft etc. Hear mixed reports which I guess will still come down to distance to the tower etc.

So the question is does anyone have 5G home internet and game and what are the pings like? Looking at Optus 5G simply as thats who we are with at the moment for mobiles and NBN.

Also heard a few mention CG-NAT as being a potential issue.

Cheers.

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Comments

  • deme on 27/01/2024 - 15:55

    Dude I played CS 1.3 on dialup, you'll be fine with 40/10

    • Ravensbane on 27/01/2024 - 16:17

      Given when everyone is gaming and streaming atm it uses around 60Mbps, no really wont be fine.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 27/01/2024 - 15:58
    -1

    Ping will depend on your location and area. Sign up for a month and see what the ping comes in at.

    • Ravensbane on 27/01/2024 - 16:16

      Ping test from my phone at the property was 15ms and jitter of 5ms. I imagine with a proper 5G modem it would potentially be better.

      • vodamerc on 27/01/2024 - 22:04

        Latency under load will be very different to static tests on 5G.

  • arms on 27/01/2024 - 17:08
    +2

    Ping is dependent on both your, and the games' server location.The ping from a speedtest is not necessarily indicative of the ping that you would get when connecting in game.

  • AndyC1 on 27/01/2024 - 17:14
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    5G has very bad latency for gaming. Great for download speed, but not good for chatty comms like games.

    • OMGJL on 27/01/2024 - 22:00

      Been gaming on 4g/5g mobile network for over a year. Latency is indeed not as good as nbn fttp but it's acceptable. Getting 20ms on CS2 Aus server and 110 on SEA server without network booster. But I am in Syd and cs server should also be in Sydney.

      PUBG is playable too even in SEA server.

      No issue with Apex either.

      I don't play console and I am almost the only one using the router (I live with my wife and she don't use internet in a bandwidth heavy way)

  • thatonethere on 27/01/2024 - 18:12
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    For gaming it is more about miminising latency, jitter and packet loss. That is worth test using eg Cloudflare Radar https://radar.cloudflare.com/quality

  • DASHCAM NOW DUDE on 27/01/2024 - 23:59
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    I wouldn't play competitive shooters but WoW, Lost Ark, FFXIV have been fine.

  • geekcohen on 28/01/2024 - 07:19
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    Depending on your property, what about Starlink? Here was a speed test from yesterday.

    Going to have a more consistent latency than probably 5G.

  • tonyhawksbargains on 28/01/2024 - 10:54
    +1

    5G for gaming is fine, 30-35ms on COD on Series X
    5G modem connected to mercusys mesh system, i’m using Wifi at one of the points. 200mbps at the point, 600ish at the modem.

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