G+_Donald Kloss Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Got done watching the cord cutter episode, I have recently disconnected my tv service and went with straight internet. The issue that I see can happen maybe with binge watching is in my case I have uverse internet and now there is a 1TB cap if you go over they will charge for it, they do have an option to go unlimited which cost an extra $30, I don't know about cable providers if they have the same thing. If looking into cutting the tv service to save money that might be a good thing to verify because it could cost you more in the long run, but I have only seen the bandwidth climb during binge watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Time Warner/Spectrum doesn't have limits where I'm at, but I don't think we've used 1 TB in a month. Their site is being stupid and only showing me my usage as of 2017-07-19 (which hasn't occurred yet), but it says 383 GB. I think that's pretty close to what it has shown per month in the past too. For comparison, we "cut the cord" about 3 years ago. I've got ~6 TB uploaded to cloud backup, I work from home 3 days a week, and we stream Netflix and YouTube about 4 hours a day. I think for most people 1 TB/mo is sufficient - even if binge watching a whole series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Donald Kloss Posted July 18, 2017 Author Share Posted July 18, 2017 We maxed out twice already binge watching I told the wife just use the cell data we have unlimited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_David Violino Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 You could try dropping the stream quality to SD instead of HD for binge watching TV series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_winston xoom Posted July 19, 2017 Share Posted July 19, 2017 I cut the cable TV cord about 3 years ago. I dont binge watch too much but Ive got to say my local library has a well-stocked DVD section and since its part of a nationwide system anything that Ive wanted to see (or play) I've been able to get just by reserving. I even got the Resident Evil for PSVR from the library since my son is a big xbox fan of the game and I figured he would get a kick out of playing it in VR (he did). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Brown Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 We're pretty heavy Netflix, Hulu, etc bingers (sp?). We just had a baby and my wife has been pretty resolutely confined to the couch. Even then we're not going over 350Gb each month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Brown Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Also we're cord cutters since 2008 or 2009 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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