# Will Xbox One work without broadband? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 15, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205 "2014-04-15T20:48:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/1 "2014-04-15T20:48:18Z")
I have Xbox 360, but I like that racing game Forza 5 and Xbox one now comes in at $499 including the game Forza 5 (probably a download though instead of a disc) I know it needs like a 500mb update as soon as you turn it on and that games are stored on cloud. Here’s the problem I don’t have broadband all I have is a nearby Wi-Fi source that I get five bars on with my Wi-Fi antenna of 150 to 300 something something. I surf the web a lot faster now and everything is good with videos and stuff, but can the Xbox One with built in Wi-Fi satisfy my racing game needs or will it just be a brick? ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/2 "2014-04-15T21:21:03Z")
If you have access to nearby Wi-Fi, then congrats you have Broadband. Your Xbox is good to go. How do you think everyone else is hooking up their Xbox’s? Cable? ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/3 "2014-04-15T21:26:48Z")
If you’re getting enough internet speed to watch videos relatively at a decent resolution, you’re fine for the XboxOne. You might be a little slow for true multiplayer gaming, but for the basic needs of the system you’ll be fine - the system will do updates on its own and in the background so a slower connection isn’t a huge problem; but some kind of connection is needed (even if it is no longer strictly required, like they originally planned on). ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/4 "2014-04-15T22:42:47Z")
Thank you kindly … that’s great news I just want to get the updates and game downloads and things like that. Will I need a gold live card if I don’t play games? The last time I played games online everyone was calling someone’s moma a bad name lol ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/5 "2014-04-15T23:14:00Z")
So no one is even wondering how a poster has no broadband of their own to use but has access to a “nearby Wifi”? Sounds to me like our poster may be stealing from a neighbor’s unsecured wifi! Haha ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/6 "2014-04-15T23:35:23Z")
Not stealing if the neighbor doesn’t secure it, at least not in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/7 "2014-04-16T11:16:27Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > So no one is even wondering how a poster has no broadband of their own to use but has access to a “nearby Wifi”? Sounds to me like our poster may be stealing from a neighbor’s unsecured wifi! Haha Perhaps the neighbor is sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/8 "2014-04-16T16:34:07Z")
Yeah I’m bad, uh? The manager is 93 years old and goes to bed early and I’m surrounded by old people that can’t remember their passwords so I see a lot of open doors to the internet. I don’t feel bad though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/9 "2014-04-16T16:51:22Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > So no one is even wondering how a poster has no broadband of their own to use but has access to a “nearby Wifi”? Sounds to me like our poster may be stealing from a neighbor’s unsecured wifi! Haha It’s not stealing. Unauthorized access to a computer or network device, possibly, but not stealing. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/10 "2014-04-17T17:34:54Z")
Yeah whatever you have to tell yourself to justify stealing. If he left his door unlocked and you walked in, would that just be unauthorized access to his house? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/11 "2014-04-17T19:05:15Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > Yeah whatever you have to tell yourself to justify stealing. > > If he left his door unlocked and you walked in, would that just be unauthorized access to his house? If it is, then isn’t it his neighbours who are trespassing? They’re the ones who are sending WiFi signal into the OP’s apartment. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-xbox-one-work-without-broadband/686205/12 "2014-04-17T21:29:41Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > If he left his door unlocked and you walked in, would that just be unauthorized access to his house? You don’t broadcast the interior of your house into other peoples’ homes.