Hey, I'm looking to get Xbox Live at uni, and my laptop has a 3 mobile broadband USB stick. Will that be fast enough to allow me Xbox Live, if I use the laptop as a router to run it?

I've tried this with a PS3 and had no luck, gone round in circles on various techy nerd sites & even with the internet cable running from the PC to the PS3 with the Dongle in the PC I've had no joy.

I have a T-Mobile dongle and, to be honest it can just about keep up with the PC so I think console gaming could be a bit much.

I feel your pain.

Let me know if you do sort anything out.

Anthough the speed of those cards is quick enough (In the realm of a megabit with AT&T 3g), the latency is atrocious. You'd be very lucky to be able to do it, unfortunately.

I think you could do it, but as to how well it works...

I'm no expert but it seems like a lot of trouble for lacklustre results.

Yep. A dongle, in my admittedly limited experience, seems to crap out as often as it connects.

xbox connections are so finnicky using just a standard wireless router or even the ethernet cable. i don't think a dongle would be useful at all.

Any alternative? Don't suppose it'd run through the uni's internet...probly need validation, or it'd be too slow...curses. Guess I'll need a new subscription.

AlexanderAstartes:
Any alternative? Don't suppose it'd run through the uni's internet...probly need validation, or it'd be too slow...curses. Guess I'll need a new subscription.

It would really depend on how it's set up, but it should work through their network. Unless they require a validation page or something any time you sign on you should be able to do it. Now the other question is if their network is high speed or not, cuz if it's shit dial-up your screwed. Though I don't think any respectable school now doesn't have high speed. As long as you can at least get DSL speeds out of it you'll be fine.

AlexanderAstartes:
Any alternative? Don't suppose it'd run through the uni's internet...probly need validation, or it'd be too slow...curses. Guess I'll need a new subscription.

Did you need to register your MAC address for your laptop? If so you could clone the MAC address and leave your laptop off while you are gaming.

I don't start till the 13th October I'm afraid, so I wouldn't know. I'm sure it is fairly high speed, but what's a MAC address, and how would I clone it?