I pretty heavily use Netflix instant watch and my higher months barely break
200GB, but I think most of that is downloading media from alternative
sources rather than Netflix itself because the ligher months where I'm not
doing much alternative downloading (but my Netflix watching is about the
same), I'm at or below the mid 100GB range. Granted, I'm watching 90% SD
content using the Wii, but that's still 480p and that's just great for most
TV shows. Probably averaging around 1-2 hours per day.
- Chris
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Scott <dragonh...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 5:33 PM, Bruce Dawson <j...@codemeta.com> wrote:
> > Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in
> > November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only
> > line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately,
> > even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do
> > everything we want.
>
> I've never come anywhere near the cap myself. I've gotten up to 30
> - 40 GB in a busy month, that's it.
>
> I suspect >500 GB/month is more than Comcast is really geared to sell.
>
> > How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful
> > data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute
> movie?
>
> I haven't seen official figures, but if it's anything like Tivo, a
> little less than 1 GB/hour for standard definition, and anywhere from
> 2 to 8 GB/hour for higher definition. With "smart" compression, it
> can vary quite a bit by nature of the program -- the more motion, the
> more bandwidth needed.
>
> -- Ben
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