Crazy thought, Video Game ISP from the console companies!

Ok before I get chewed out by people for this radically crazy idea I'd like people to remember I'm not crazy... I've been tested. This is an idea I came up with a while ago while getting chewed out for lagging an online game because I'm Australian and the ping rate between Australia and America is pathetic.

Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft. Here's my proposed idea. Create your own exclusive internet connection that is worldwide and subscription based. Make it a lag free connection that even if you are on 1 side of the world and your playing with people on the other side of the world. Keep your current services you have but make it a separate but interconnected service so people choose their preferred service and price it reasonably. My full idea will be detailed properly below using Microsoft as my main target because they seem like the ones who could benefit the most with the least costs. Sony, Nintendo you can use the model I make too but it's easier for me to explain using Microsoft.

Ok my idea is either a 4G modem that has a proprietary connection or coding that only allows Xbox consoles to connect to it(preference) or a proper telecommunication service. Configure it so there is no lag between anyone on any game if they connect with other people using the same service. The device or connection can only work with the Xbox and nothing else and is dedicated to the Xbox Live service.

When it comes to the online play my lag free idea is that the service is configured so that only those who have the service can get the lag free play regardless of game they play and have an update to all the online games that has a search option specifically for people on the lag free service. Also allow you to still play with normal internet service users. Reason for this idea is because of people who use there internet while playing game who lag out matches with extreme bandwidth strangulation.

Now here's the part that gets a little annoying for the company but hear me out. Charge a subscription fee that is a little higher then normal Xbox Live for it and using the Australian cost as the example AU$89.95 for a year(current XBL cost here is AU$79.95 per year) , don't meter people and encourage people to jump on the service with discounts on the XBL content eg. 1200MS content for 1000MS. My idea for the service name is Xbox Live Premium. Sell the modem for AU$149.95 or installation for a dedicated telecom service at whatever a phone connection costs.

So what do you think? How many people like the idea of lag free console company run ISP specifically for online video game services? I give this idea to the console companies now to consider and iron out by the time the new console come out and all I ask is a discounted version of the services in exchange for the idea at like 40% or something. I'm not a very greed person but am compassionate about my gaming. Also sorry Sony and Nintendo for using Microsoft as my model for it, as I said it's easier to use them for it but still consider the idea.

[Emilio_Estevez]

Good idea in principle with lag free, but likely not practical. Also, adding more cost is almost never approved by the average gamer. Unfortunately living in AU, this is not likely to be resolved soon.

[Godmars290]

Dude, general providers are shy to maintain and invest in the in the actual physical infrastructure of the internet. What makes you think Sony, MS and especially Nintendo are going to make world wide networks from scratch?

[ultimablackmage]

It's just an idea I thought of to improve the gaming experience for all and I figured by giving them this idea they may find a way of doing it if they want to improve both loyalty and cash flow.

Also considering they have offices in every region they should be able to pull it off, especially Microsoft since they have the capital and resourses to pull it off and properly with the smallest cost.

[mindedone]

What you are proposing is a VERY expensive endeavor with very little return. A personally know that a particular U.S. company's fios rollout is being subsidized by its copper/dsl services. Without its dsl, the company would be losing money on every fiber optic installation. And think, this is a company who potentially has a larger consumer base and product offering than a gaming company would have. In short, it would not work.

[Ducky]

Latency is always a factor when playing online.

In most cases, it's a geographic factor. The closer you are to the server, the better your latency... and the person living closest to the server will usually have the advantage.

Maybe if they moved all their servers to the center of the earth, things might balance out then.

[coryok]

thats not how the internet works, you can follow your connections with traceroute (typed tracert) and you can see where your connection takes a lot of time, call your isp and ask them not to go through there, but likely it wont be possible; if its a problem for all (or most of) australia than its a geographical problem, there just arent many ways for your connection to travel and the ones that they can travel are usually filled up

a new ip probably wont help

[rob6021]

I think we'd need a breakthrough on Satellite technology so they could distribute it evenly and cover everyone. Satellite internet currently has a very high ping time - we'd need a very low ping time.

It's a great idea, most isps have little incentive to lower latency. I hope it is the future, it's just a long ways away.

[coryok]

if standard users had first priority for satellite time and the signal traveled at light speed than the ping would still be about 250 ms, there will never be fast enough internet from satellite to fit these needs.

japan has launched a satellite than can transfer at 1.2gb/s and i think its the fastest program of its kind, but its not something that will become mainstream anytime soon, the 250ms wait time (which is actually an ideal wait time) is too slow

better fiber optics are the way to go, in japan they also have fiber optic lines running at 100mbs for anyone who wants to use it (thats full movies in seconds). japan can do these things because its so small, running fiberoptic lines across the whole of the US is very expensive and after your finished you still have to hook them up to individual houses/apartments

[ultimablackmage]

With the idea I figured since the service is dedicated to just the online services of the consoles it would reduce the strain on it. It also would mean no internet browsers in the consoles could be used. Also I thought with a globel 4G service they could conquer the ping issue along with a system that balances the connections at a central server. I also mention only the console of said company could use the service which will reduce the amount of devices using it and releave some pressure, seriously how many of you are the only ones using the internet connection in your home? Probably none of us. How many of us have more then 1 of 1 particular console? Not many I bet. How many devices are hooked up to your connection? Guarenteed more then 1, probably 3 on average.

Like I said Microsoft is the most likely to be able to pull it of considering their PC experiece and their capital.

[Abrianna]

Make it a lag free connection that even if you are on 1 side of the world and your playing with people on the other side of the world.

[ZombieAssassin]

Lol what you're talking about is what I thought Xbox LIVE was back when I first heard about it. It's not a bad idea I'd prolly go with it if it was only about 20$ a month with no additional fee's...especially if I could still use my ps3 browser to surf the net (depending on bandwidth speed).

[toaster]

There is no fix for being xxxx number of KM away from someone you are playing with and having high ping.. even with a dedicated network infrastructure.

[SilentNegotiator]

Well, if the rumors about MS's virtual cable service is true, then you never know....

I hope any such ventures (cable, isp, etc) is unsuccessful. It's too monopolist. Not MS, not Sony, not Nintendo, need to add ISP or Cable company to their resumes. MS and Sony specifically are already in too many different businesses and not doing much innovation in any of them.