Hot spot and data drain

[tealboy]

Do any of you have a sense as to how much data I might burn if using a tv with a Roku stick, signing in with my cable subscriber and feeding it with ny WiFi hotspot.

I’m wondering how much data will get used for appx every hour of tv. The hotspot does not have unlimited data so I want to be mindful of burn rates.

[Chum_lee]

lryrob9301 wrote:
At 1080p resolution (HD) you will burn through 1.0 to 1.3gb/hr of programming. If you have a 4K TV that useage jumps to 1.9 to 2.3gb/hr depending on transmission compression quality.

X2. I've found those rates generally accurate. Streaming high res content on a limited data hotspot is not a good idea if you pay block rates for excess data. It ads up fast.

Chum lee

[2oldman]

tealboy wrote:
Sounds like my 2g hotspot plan will not work for this purpose, burn rates are too high

2g wouldn't even work for this website.. let alone streaming. You mean 2 gig?

[groundhogy]

Also on my computer, I have one browser that is full up cadilac.
Then another browser that is really stripped down to like just pictures and text so I can browse the news and such. If I come upon a website that doesnt work, I just pull up the cadilac and paste the website in there and do what I want.

[groundhogy]

This has probably been said, but...

Go to your computer and maybe also your phones settings. You can define that connection as "metered". This tells the device that you are paying for every bit and byte. Your computer will take it easy on you. It also wont do big updates while you are not looking, etc.

[drsteve]

jplante4 wrote:
A lot of that data is moderating you boneheads 🙂

Hey! I resemble that remark!

[jplante4]

Second Chance wrote:
A feature-length HD motion picture will consume 1.5 - 2 GB of data streaming at the best resolution from NetFlix or Amazon Prime Video. (As a retired IT person, I don't understand how anyone can use 40 GB in a month with just email and web surfing, though...)

Here's my xfinity usage for the 3 months before the last trip. A lot of that data is moderating you boneheads 🙂

[Bill_Satellite]

2G? Is that still even a thing? Did a 2g hotspot actually exist "way back then"?

[tealboy]

sch911 wrote:

2oldman wrote:
Not sure I get the connection between a cable service and a wifi hotspot.

He's using the ROKU to stream his home cable channels in a remote location...

Exactly...

Sounds like my 2g hotspot plan will not work for this purpose, burn rates are too high

[Bill_Satellite]

Second Chance wrote:
A feature-length HD motion picture will consume 1.5 - 2 GB of data streaming at the best resolution from NetFlix or Amazon Prime Video. (As a retired IT person, I don't understand how anyone can use 40 GB in a month with just email and web surfing, though...)
Rob

When you are surfing Facebook and similar sites you can have videos that start and stream automatically. If you see and interesting topic you might click to the You Tube video associated with that topic. If you have a Win 10 computer and don't block updates or if you send and receive photos in your e-mails you can use up a lot of data. You are an IT person.....get with it!
You mention that 3GB on your phone is plenty. I could not get through 1/2 a month on 3GB. That's why there is a seat for every butt. You just have to understand what you want and what you need and find a plan that works for you.

[2oldman]

DutchmenSport wrote:
From the Roku web site:

Maybe the Roku website will tell OP how much data he burns.

I asked about the cable thing because it sounded like he was at home and home cable usually doesn't care how much data you burn. So this 'cable subscriber' is a mobile data link? Like a Verizon phone?

[lryrob9301]

At 1080p resolution (HD) you will burn through 1.0 to 1.3gb/hr of programming. If you have a 4K TV that useage jumps to 1.9 to 2.3gb/hr depending on transmission compression quality.

[philh]

My phone plan has unlimited data, but limited Hot Spot. It's not unusual for me over a period of a week to blow throw 25G of hot spot data. Sooooo, my smart TV hooks to my phone and I use data to my hearts content, streaming through my phone.

a lot of parks have some limited internet, and usually a weak signal. i made a repeater for a friend of mine, and it seemed to work good for him. Since my park now has internet, I might have to make one for myself.

[Second_Chance]

A feature-length HD motion picture will consume 1.5 - 2 GB of data streaming at the best resolution from NetFlix or Amazon Prime Video. (As a retired IT person, I don't understand how anyone can use 40 GB in a month with just email and web surfing, though...)

Verizon has just come out (last week) with some newly-structured prepaid plans that includes one with unlimited data (truly unlimited - not throttled past a certain point) for MiFi hot-spots. We just switched our MiFi and and two phones over from a post-paid plan, got unlimited data on the MiFi (3GB/month on each phone which is MORE than enough for us) and cut our monthly bill in half. We use an Amazon Fire Stick TV device and are now streaming from the above sources plus YouTube, etc., without worrying about data usage.

Rob

[fj12ryder]

2oldman wrote:
Not sure I get the connection between a cable service and a wifi hotspot.

Spectrum has hotspots in areas around the nation. You can sign into one of those hotspots using your cable subscription logins. I've never tried it.

[jplante4]

On our recent 11 week road trip, we used about 40 gig a month just web surfing and e-mailing. Blew through the FMCA Verizon 25 gig limit in 20 days. We even got some decent park WiFi every once in a while.