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Originally Posted by tuccillo
The Netflix estimates are about 3-5 megabits per second of bandwidth consumed for 1080p and about 15-20 megabits per second of bandwidth consumed for 2160p (aka 4K). I have measured about 15 megabits per second of bandwidth consumed with 4K videos on YouTube. I agree that most people have much more bandwidth than they require.
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I also agree. I do this kind of thing for a living or at least for another month
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Unless you are downloading massive game patches or pushing large videos around, a 30mbit connection is all a retired couple would probably ever need for streaming and web browsing.
Don't get me wrong, I love when I'm at work and on two 5gbit pipes. I cap out to my 1gb NIC speed unless I do a file transfer from one of the servers. It's great.
We used the starter 25mbit Xfinity for a year at our TV house and it was plenty for what we do there, which is streaming Hulu/Prime/Netflix and youtube. On the 100mbit plan now because that was the next minimum. Even when I remote out to my job, it's plenty. The only time it's somewhat of an issue is when I push up my BBQ videos and such to my youtube channel.
People just way over buy bandwidth just because it's a bigger number.