Quote Originally Posted by kevindd992002 View Post
You don't need fast download or upload speeds when gaming. You need good latency.
It's true a lower ping is the biggest factor for online gaming. But, it still helps to have good download speeds. Most home Internet subscriptions have more than one user. While we were at my uncle's place, my nephew would get intermittent lag while gaming whenever my uncle watched on Netflix. Add my and my family's electronics plus those from a couple of other families and the result is probably my uncle's Internet connection being saturated.

They were all also on WiFi. I was savvy enough to bring an Ethernet cable with me for my laptop.