03-26-2013, 02:02 AM
Taem,
Minecraft is limited on upload speed, and it won't really be affected by your family's download usage.
Keep in mind what you've listed is the download speed, not the upload. The upshot is you have to figure out how much your ISP's upload speed is capped at. It is typically 10% of the download, but that's not always true. You must investigate what their upload speeds and caps are.
For minecraft in particular, a quick google shows two major factors. Upload speed and ram.
http://canihostaminecraftserver.com/
This calculator is highly conservative in its estimate though
and
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1190...-per-user/
The forum user listed a 3 mb upload hosting 20 people with no major issues. Later posts showed the math behind it, vs typical player usage (majority of them standing in place / running as opposed to flying).
How big's your family? I'd be more concerned about how well your router handles the different streams. Depending on what is wired and what is wifi, that's a potential wifi mess for the router.
If I were you, I'd be upgrading to the 50. If I were your son, I'd be paying for my own dedicated ip and enjoy my own seperate streams. I have a 50 mb connection, and it is really nice for steam and other things.
Minecraft is limited on upload speed, and it won't really be affected by your family's download usage.
Keep in mind what you've listed is the download speed, not the upload. The upshot is you have to figure out how much your ISP's upload speed is capped at. It is typically 10% of the download, but that's not always true. You must investigate what their upload speeds and caps are.
For minecraft in particular, a quick google shows two major factors. Upload speed and ram.
http://canihostaminecraftserver.com/
This calculator is highly conservative in its estimate though
and
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1190...-per-user/
The forum user listed a 3 mb upload hosting 20 people with no major issues. Later posts showed the math behind it, vs typical player usage (majority of them standing in place / running as opposed to flying).
How big's your family? I'd be more concerned about how well your router handles the different streams. Depending on what is wired and what is wifi, that's a potential wifi mess for the router.
If I were you, I'd be upgrading to the 50. If I were your son, I'd be paying for my own dedicated ip and enjoy my own seperate streams. I have a 50 mb connection, and it is really nice for steam and other things.