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Optimising your network for games

Tired of being beaten in online games because of lag? You’re Australian – of course you are. Due to geography we generally have a pretty poor experience with online gaming – but there are some things you can do to help the situation, and this month we’re going to look at a few.

What is (and isn’t) important for games

Games have somewhat unique needs. Unlike streaming, downloading or browsing, their bandwidth needs are typically not very high (unless you’re actually streaming games, as with Stadia or Cloud Gaming With Xbox Game Pass, in which case the bandwidth needs are extremely high). A 25mbps connection should be more than enough for

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