Mbps

[dogdayz]

I have been considering getting a Buzz for awhile now but I am concerned about my internet speed. I have done some searching and reading threads here and it seems like I might be ok. My speed tests are in the 6 -8 Mbps range. I live a mile from nowhere and this is the fastest service I can get.

Can I have some opinions from you guys whether or not I should take the plunge into IPTV? I don't want to be buffering every minute.

[TLG]

Try here

https://www.satfix.to/showthread.php?206855-Required-Internet-Speed-For-IPTV&highlight=Download

[pugsycan]

If you are just running IPTV no problem
If you want to watch tv and someone else in the house wants to game or netfix You are pushing it

[dishuser]

I get throttled every sunday and am usually less than 5mbps and watched race with no issues

[dogdayz]

I get throttled every sunday and am usually less than 5mbps and watched race with no issues

I have unlimited data but I was thinking they may throttle if I start using too much. My IKS boxes are on 7/24 but I suppose an IPTV box should be off when not watching? How much data would it use in 24 hrs?

[dishuser]

I have unlimited data but I was thinking they may throttle if I start using too much. My IKS boxes are on 7/24 but I suppose an IPTV box should be off when not watching? How much data would it use in 24 hrs?

you should be able to check how much data you use per month

[dogdayz]

you should be able to check how much data you use per month

Yes, I can. I was just wondering if you had an idea of the average data usage.

[stilled]

As long as your box is not on and streaming, no data used less you are pulling something,

I am a lite user, couple hours a day, longer on weekends, use 300 - 350 gb a month, highest I have got to is pushing 600gb but I had quite a few things going on at the time, lol,

Depends on provider and rate etc, HD, SD etc, but I believe most service pull from same source, so should be no big difference,

This is just iptv for me,

[dogdayz]

As long as your box is not on and streaming, no data used less you are pulling something,

I am a lite user, couple hours a day, longer on weekends, use 300 - 350 gb a month, highest I have got to is pushing 600gb but I had quite a few things going on at the time, lol,

Depends on provider and rate etc, HD, SD etc, but I believe most service pull from same source, so should be no big difference,

This is just iptv for me,

So if you are using 300g at a couple hours a day that would mean you average 5 to 10g per day.

My tv is usually on all day (16 hours) whether we are watching or not. That would make my usage near 150g per day or 4,500g per month. OUCH!!
Surely I would get throttled - or cancelled for using that much data.

[dishuser]

So if you are using 300g at a couple hours a day that would mean you average 5 to 10g per day.

My tv is usually on all day (16 hours) whether we are watching or not. That would make my usage near 150g per day or 4,500g per month. OUCH!!
Surely I would get throttled - or cancelled for using that much data.
mine is on from 7am to 11pm and only use about a fifth of that
then again my dogs don't change the channel for 10 hours...lol

[stilled]

And I should say that I have a couple services running on multiple devices from same ISP, its a sickness, lol, but from what I can gather,

I havent benchmarked this:


HD channel - 1.44GB per hour

SD channel - 842MB per hour

Not sure this will help calculate, but found this:


http://www.techex.co.uk/streaming-calculator


https://www.att.com/esupport/data-calculator/index.jsp

Maybe will help,

[dogdayz]

mine is on from 7am to 11pm and only use about a fifth of that
then again my dogs don't change the channel for 10 hours...lol

That's about the same hours mine is on - my dogs like to watch TV all day too. ;)

[Arlo]

Varies ISP to ISP. A client had 10mbps service and his wife and him used their iPads to stream, surf.
Their son came home from college on weekends and then everyone suffered.
Middle of the month they had trouble loading web pages and Netflix pixelated badly.
I found they had capped their data mid month for the past year.
Upgraded them to 50mbps after the ISP wiped their old account, problems solved.
Showed them how to monitor their data on a DD-WRT flashed router I set them up with.
And saved them 30 samolians a month to boot.