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As ordinary subscribers, not crippling Netflix or Youtube resolution, torrenting a moderate amount of movies, downloading games etc, my partner and I regularly
by dbspin 3y ago
As ordinary subscribers, not crippling Netflix or Youtube resolution, torrenting a moderate amount of movies, downloading games etc, my partner and I regularly go over 1TB a month. I don't think that's particularly unusual. But our internet isn't metered (nor of course should it be, considering large ISPs all have peering arrangements and fixed cost leased lines).
- giantg2 3y agoI wouldn't exactly call 720p crippling compared to 1080p (I don't have any hardware above that anyways).
- rescbr 3y agoI downgraded my Netflix subscription to the 720p basic one once they started cracking up on password sharing. Considering the shitty bitrate they use, there’s no reason to pay for 1080p and 2+ screens if my parents & in-laws can’t also use it. Those streaming services should take a lesson or two on video encoding from the scene people.
- superkuh 3y agoJust a note, I'm op, and I mostly only download stuff at 720p. But I never stream entertainment unless it's live. Video/audio media is only a healthy fraction of my data transfer though. Most is participating in p2p networks like tor and i2p, hosting my website from home, torrenting, downloading large language models, and other random stuff.
- giantg2 3y agoAh,that makes sense. I forgot about Tor. I used to run a node years ago. I don't remember how much traffic it would get. Probably not as much as the NSA/CIA nodes did lol.