poor signals in UK

My freind and I live approx 30 miles away and use the same service provider

however, in Xbox Live we cannot hear each other speak but the rest of the
world can!

In Midnight Club 2, I can race araound but on my mates screen, I'm stood
still.

If I set up my own game, checking the signal meter in MC2 I appear to my
mate to only have
1 bar as opposed to people in the US with 3, sometimes 4

Any ideas why we should have such a poor signal? I play against some Scots
who have
full 5 bars regularly, so it must be a setting or conflict somewhere??


Any ideas teccie heads out there ?

thanks

Mark

You don't by anychance use BT do you?

I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL service
provider cannot always hear each other.

I think its just something you have to live with tbh.

Yep BT

"Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> You don't by anychance use BT do you?
>
> I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL
service
> provider cannot always hear each other.
>
> I think its just something you have to live with tbh.
>
>

Do you think NTL is a better way to go?

"Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bg8j46$ljl7g$1@ID-110619.news.uni-berlin.de...
> You don't by anychance use BT do you?
>
> I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL
service
> provider cannot always hear each other.
>
> I think its just something you have to live with tbh.
>
>

I have no experience with NTL but as I've subscribed to Plus.net now
I cannot change
Xbox support are going to talk me through some xbox settings tonight

If this fixes the problem, I'll reply here to advise all

Cheers

Mark


"xboy" <xboy@xbox.net> wrote in message
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> Do you think NTL is a better way to go?
>
> "Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bg8j46$ljl7g$1@ID-110619.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > You don't by anychance use BT do you?
> >
> > I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL
> service
> > provider cannot always hear each other.
> >
> > I think its just something you have to live with tbh.
> >
> >
>
>

Ouch. I didn't know about the 128K up limit.
xboy

"Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "xboy" <xboy@xbox.net> wrote in message
> news:ujzdN36VDHA.2212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > Do you think NTL is a better way to go?
> >
>
> Hmm, err, no and yes.
>
> It has its advantages (600k rather than 512k and true always on) and its
> disadvantages (only 128k up).
>
> I would rather have the higher upstream rate, but i can live with 128k, it
> just stops me from hosting.
>
>
> > "Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:bg8j46$ljl7g$1@ID-110619.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > You don't by anychance use BT do you?
> > >
> > > I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL
> > service
> > > provider cannot always hear each other.
> > >
> > > I think its just something you have to live with tbh.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

There's your problem.. BT isn't exactly a fan of xbox live for some reason
and if you ring them up to ask for assistance they just say "BT Openworld
does not support xbox live", and thats it.

You'd probably be better changing to another ADSL company.

"mn" <_NOSPAM_mark.nalder@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Yep BT
>
> "Pinko_Commie" <matt_elk(REMOVE)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:bg8j46$ljl7g$1@ID-110619.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > You don't by anychance use BT do you?
> >
> > I have noticed this with my mates, the ones who use BT as their ADSL
> service
> > provider cannot always hear each other.
> >
> > I think its just something you have to live with tbh.
> >
> >
>
>

"PT 52 FRS" <paul2eREMOVE@efc-online.net> wrote in message
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> There's your problem.. BT isn't exactly a fan of xbox live for some reason
> and if you ring them up to ask for assistance they just say "BT Openworld
> does not support xbox live", and thats it.
>
> You'd probably be better changing to another ADSL company.

None of the people I know who use BT have had any kind of problem with Xbox
live. I suggest that you look elsewhere for the source of the problem.

And just hope they don't because you won't get anywhere with BT if they
develop problems.


"Graham" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
> "PT 52 FRS" <paul2eREMOVE@efc-online.net> wrote in message
> news:bhm4of$u9b3$1@ID-152086.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > There's your problem.. BT isn't exactly a fan of xbox live for some
reason
> > and if you ring them up to ask for assistance they just say "BT
Openworld
> > does not support xbox live", and thats it.
> >
> > You'd probably be better changing to another ADSL company.
>
> None of the people I know who use BT have had any kind of problem with
Xbox
> live. I suggest that you look elsewhere for the source of the problem.
>
>