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The amount of bandwidth you need depends on the number of people. 50Mb or 25Mb is probably fine for 1 person. As long as it can do 4k, and zoom calls, it's fine
by eternityforest 4y ago
The amount of bandwidth you need depends on the number of people. 50Mb or 25Mb is probably fine for 1 person. As long as it can do 4k, and zoom calls, it's fine for most people.
100Mb might not be enough for six people, who might need to download, zoom, game, and stream all at once.
- happyopossum 4y agoI think you're somewhat overestimating the amount of bandwidth used by those services. TO watch Netflix in 4k, you only need 15Mbps, zoom uses about half of that for a decent connection and will downgrade nicely.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 4y ago> TO watch Netflix in 4k, you only need 15Mbps So on a 25 Mbps connection that was previously considered broadband, two people in a household can't do that at the same time.
- gh02t 4y agoI agree with you, a lot of these services aren't as high bandwidth as people imagine but I will note that part of the reason is because that's what people routinely have access to. Netflix or whoever could be pushing higher bitrate content or potentially exploring other more bandwidth intensive ideas if people had access.
- adgjlsfhk1 4y agowhat's the obsession with 4k? 1080p abd 1440p are way more common.
- Strom 4y agoIt's obsession with technological advancement. There was a time when people were resistant to even 720p, saying that 480p is more than enough and they can't even see the difference.
- eternityforest 4y agoI think 1080p is probably the good enough point, and 720p was already there for more casual stuff like Zoom calls and mindless CrapVids. 4k does seem to be just a bit better though.