Using Lag Switches is cheating, especially in Ranked Matches.

[Panzergranate]

Unfortunately lag switches are usually found in FPS games, though the newer X-Box 360 will crash the game if one is used for more than a second..... however, the first series X-Box 360 will allow quite a few seconds of lagging to be deliberately caused without crashing.

Some game servers won't allow it to work but others will.... all COD games are notorious for cheats with lag switches.

Never seen one on the BC server as it detects and boots them as found.

BSM and BSP occasionally had them but the server iis again very fussy and will crash the whole game because one cheat was using a lag switch or "Aim Bot".

The uses of a wireless network with a player's X-Box also prevents the use of a lag switch as it requires a switch to be inserted on the cut orange wire of the X-Box to modem cable and within easy reach of the offending player's hand whilst he plays.

Basically it just spoils the games for other players.