Originally Posted by robb
I do, and I don't entirely agree with the above.
I have certainly had problems getting that kind of download speed at all times, but, yes, for the most part, your problem will be on your upstream cap.
I went out of my way to buy extra upstream capacity (I get about 500k) just to support 3 Vonage phone lines, and the slingbox is a dream at those speeds. My partner hasn't complained of slow browsing, but I'm not entirely sure he would.
What type of broadband connection do you have and what speed are you getting up/down on it?
(BTW, the thing people at home will complain about is your taking over a TV at the house.
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I've got a 2.5m/256k cable connection. I run an FTP server which only sees use when my friends decide to leech from me. I notice a difference in overall Net performance when they are downloading from my FTP (using my upstream). That's the reason for my question about people at home noticing a performance drop at home while you are on the road using the Slingbox.
I also have a Packet8 phone (VOIP) running off this connection but I use QOS in my router to make sure that it gets priority.
I've been to MANY hotels where it's nothing more than a P2P fest causing the entire network to run slow. Which is the other reason why I asked the question about the perfromance of Slingbox while on the road.
Thanks for the input!!
Oh yeah, I have a ReplayTV so the only reason I'm looking at Slingbox is so that I can watch the shows that I've got on my Replay.
