family_guy
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I've got Timewarner and was looking at my statements. Apparently I used 2TB in November. Not even sure how, although I do use P2P and streaming services alot. However I average about 900gb a month.
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What's your average monthly internet bandwidth usage?
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Earthbound64
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Around 200GB I believe.
EDIT: Checked, over the past year the highest was around 450GB, with a range of 200-450GB. So average probably closer to around 300GB.
For what it's worth, I have a 300mb/s connection.
EDIT: Checked, over the past year the highest was around 450GB, with a range of 200-450GB. So average probably closer to around 300GB.
For what it's worth, I have a 300mb/s connection.
Vincent Grayson
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We're usually a bit under 1 TB. But that's with 4 people in the house, all often using their devices for video streaming, and me buying digital games.
60-70GB, mostly because Destiny
But 1TB, people, what are you doing?
I have to say that streaming content is not that strong in Europe and my cable usage is not counted towards my bandwidth, maybe that is the difference.
Do you have cable (TV) counted in the plan in the US?
How do you end up with 1TB+??
But 1TB, people, what are you doing?
I have to say that streaming content is not that strong in Europe and my cable usage is not counted towards my bandwidth, maybe that is the difference.
Do you have cable (TV) counted in the plan in the US?
How do you end up with 1TB+??
family_guy
Member
Bittorrent. Might even be running web servers from home. 4k streaming through Netflix and Amazon has increased usage considerably.
Altered Juice
Member
Psvue and Netflix hits me over yours. I have to recheck.
I have 6mbps but it doesn't really matter to me because I don't have a cap.
I have 6mbps but it doesn't really matter to me because I don't have a cap.
Mammoth Jones
Member
No idea. My ISP doesn't provide usage stats
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Just checked this actually, my wife and I average about 500GB/month. We do a lot of streaming (we have PS Vue for cable, Netflix, HBO, etc.) and I game a ton.
Easily. UHD videos, 400+ steam games on auto update to start. I constantly stream youtube shows that are often 4k on my 4k tv. Lots of giantbomb videos. Those things eat bandwidth for breakfast.
Violence Jack
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About 250GB per month, and that's with pretty heavy gaming and streaming TV or Netflix.
bloodforge
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I average around 1.5 to 2TB a month. Its pretty easy to get that high with multiple computers running Steam and other stores, multiple game consoles and video streaming.
We averaged ~650GB a month over the last 3 full months. (December was low, around 400 GB, probably because we were away visiting family over Christmas. January was 816 GB.)
It's just my wife and I in the house. I do digital downloads for all my games (PC), we use various streaming services for all our TV and music. (Netflix, PS Vue, Amazon, Apple Music.)
Kind of uncomfortably close to our 1 TB Comcast cap, but usage will probably go down once my wife goes back to work and isn't leaving Vue on streaming all day.
It's just my wife and I in the house. I do digital downloads for all my games (PC), we use various streaming services for all our TV and music. (Netflix, PS Vue, Amazon, Apple Music.)
Kind of uncomfortably close to our 1 TB Comcast cap, but usage will probably go down once my wife goes back to work and isn't leaving Vue on streaming all day.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
From the last 5 months, the most I've used is 148 GB...and that's from December. Mainly because I had a 2 week vacation and I was streaming/downloading a lot of shit.
For the other months, it seems like I'm barely over(or reach) 100 GB. I forget that I have unlimited internet some times.
For the other months, it seems like I'm barely over(or reach) 100 GB. I forget that I have unlimited internet some times.
Hexxen-Panda
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~650 GB, and that's the sum total of the 6 people in my family's usage
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
I have to ask, how is it possible to use 11TB in one month.
You downloading 15 hour 8K movies?
Something like that but bluray format
John Kowalski
Banned
kinda scared to have a look
not that i know how to...
not that i know how to...
When I had 150-200Mb/s service, I could get to 2TB easily.
Now that I'm back on 0.5-2Mb/s... well... most I can do is about 100GB max, and most of that is game downloads and updates in rest mode as I'm fully digital on both WiiU and PS4.
Believe me, going from 200Mb/s to a spotty 0.5Mb/s connection hurts. It hurts no longer being able to load gifs on Neogaf, or even large images a lot of the time.
Now that I'm back on 0.5-2Mb/s... well... most I can do is about 100GB max, and most of that is game downloads and updates in rest mode as I'm fully digital on both WiiU and PS4.
Believe me, going from 200Mb/s to a spotty 0.5Mb/s connection hurts. It hurts no longer being able to load gifs on Neogaf, or even large images a lot of the time.
DJ_Lae
Member
It's varied a bit in the past year but seems to hover around 800GB or so on average. This past month has been higher as with 150mbps it's almost quicker to just pull down Steam games again than transfer them over my own network - and easier, certainly.
Usage includes gaming, streaming for my wife and kids and so on. I'm actually surprised it's not higher.
I could probably correlate a lot of that data use with the weather, as we definitely stream more when it's cold out in the winter.
Usage includes gaming, streaming for my wife and kids and so on. I'm actually surprised it's not higher.
I could probably correlate a lot of that data use with the weather, as we definitely stream more when it's cold out in the winter.
shira
Member
My god. This is no way to live
SunhiLegend
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I would say I average at least 1 TB a month, I'm in the UK though so I can't remember the last time I had broadband with a bandwidth cap. I stream everything though which is why it's high, I pay a small fee monthly to get pretty much every sport in HD and an hour can go up to 2-3GB in size depending on the quality, I sometimes leave a channel like skysports or NBA TV running in the background as well and then other times I'll have 2-3 streams opened at the same time. Then you have everything else like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Youtube, web browsing and game downloads or updates.
go to your timewarner account, internet tab
frankie_baby
Member
Cant check it myself cos I'm on unlimited but when i asked last year they said it was about half a terabyte a month
Randolph Freelander
Member
More than I thought.
Gordon Shumway
Banned
About 750gb seems to be my average since October when they started clocking it..assholes.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
We're averaging around 640 GB but that's including November & January being unusually high for a few reasons.
Those months were creeping closer to the 1TB limit, and we've been streaming most of our TV through Vue for months.
Those months were creeping closer to the 1TB limit, and we've been streaming most of our TV through Vue for months.
It's very very easy and simple.. you live with other people, and you stream. We've hit 1.3 TB between three people streaming. Already burned through two grace periods.
Netflix makes up most of it. We actually had to reduce our usage so we don't get hit with penalties.
Dude we're living in an age where one game download can eat through 10% of 1TB.
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