brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | reply to jojoyohan
Re: [Internet] How much is too much (data)? said by jojoyohan:I'm on the 20/2 plan and this is my usage. I don't think you have anything to worry about and you could probably consider downgrading your internet service if you wanted to save some money.
One thing to consider, a lot of people like having the fast(er) connection to be able to move the bits faster. Within the limits of the source sites/hosts of course. But the traffic allowance per month should not be tied to the connection speed. That is just the ISPs way of getting people to spend more money when they do use caps, especially if they're really low like a lot of the Canadian ISPs (.e.g. Rogers -- 80GB / 120GB / 150GB). |
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| said by brad:said by jojoyohan:I'm on the 20/2 plan and this is my usage. I don't think you have anything to worry about and you could probably consider downgrading your internet service if you wanted to save some money.
One thing to consider, a lot of people like having the fast(er) connection to be able to move the bits faster. Within the limits of the source sites/hosts of course. But the traffic allowance per month should not be tied to the connection speed. That is just the ISPs way of getting people to spend more money when they do use caps, especially if they're really low like a lot of the Canadian ISPs (.e.g. Rogers -- 80GB / 120GB / 150GB). I'm not talking about his connection speed vs his data usage, but actually looking at what he said he uses his connection for. Netflix Super HD maxes out at 7Mbps (though if he's watching 3D content that's 12 Mbps) ( Source: »support.netflix.com/en/node/306). I couldn't find a direct source for YouTube, but a quick search popped up about 3.7 Mbps for a 1080p stream (»www.betterbroadbandblog.com/2009···reaming/).
That's about 14 Mbps if the whole family was streaming at once. |
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brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | said by jojoyohan:I'm not talking about his connection speed vs his data usage, but actually looking at what he said he uses his connection for. Netflix Super HD maxes out at 7Mbps (though if he's watching 3D content that's 12 Mbps) ( Source: »support.netflix.com/en/node/306). I couldn't find a direct source for YouTube, but a quick search popped up about 3.7 Mbps for a 1080p stream (»www.betterbroadbandblog.com/2009···reaming/).
That's about 14 Mbps if the whole family was streaming at once.
He also said he uses it for more than just Netflix. |
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