your downstream isnt the problem on any of those games, it’s your upstream that’s the killer. ET definately eats up more bandwidth than most other FPS. They mention this on their server setup guide. “Servers on Cable or DSL connections should limit their games to only to 2-4 players (depending on upstream)”. One thing u can do so hopefully u’ll be able to host for a couple friends…in advanced on host game, you’ll c a maximum game rate, 3rd 1 from top…try changin puttin in a number there…on their server guide it says try 10000 or 8000 to allow modem users, but u might even have to go lower than 8k to get good results, too low and it’ll be choppy cause not gettin enough data…basically just mess /w that # till it starts runnin better for friends, what that does is limit that max speed some1 can grab from u, so that the fastest connection doesnt take all the bandwidth and every1 else is lagged out.