When giving advice and information to gamers on selecting their broadband service and making the most of it, an industry expert has suggested a traffic light system indicating network flow.

In an interview in the Guardian, editor of ThinkBroadband Andrew Ferguson explained that internet service providers could use a red light to show a congested network, amber for close to congested and green for no problems.

Mr Ferguson added that this could be adapted for people who use their broadband service for different activities, as gamers tend to require a larger bandwidth.

His advice included specifying that those who game online would benefit from "an upstream connection speed of 448Kps or faster" and he also suggested that cheap unlimited deals were often not beneficial for gamers.

Meanwhile, the demand for greater bandwidth from gamers could increase in the future with Sony set to announce a range of new games that will be launched within the next year for the Playstation network.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe will be revealing the plans at a London press day in early May.


Friday, 2nd May 2008

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