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randr

(12,412 posts) Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:00 PM Jan 2015

Need advice on new ISP

Thinking of moving from a DSL line with unlimited data to a microwave signal that restricts me to 150Gb/mo.
I do no gaming and may check out less than a 1/2 hour of youtube/video a day. Mostly email and scanning my favorite sites.
I recently bought an Amazon Firestick for watching movies through Netflix and/or AmazonPrime.
How do I know how much I can download with this limitation?

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Need advice on new ISP (Original Post) randr Jan 2015 OP

Does your current ISP show how much data you use? Thor_MN Jan 2015 #1

Left a message on their support line will not hear til tomorrow randr Jan 2015 #2

If you are planning on using Netflix frequently... ChromeFoundry Jan 2015 #3

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

1. Does your current ISP show how much data you use?

Reply to randr (Original post)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 12:24 PM

Jan 2015

Check your account online, maybe call them them and ask if it is not available online. Just say that you are curious as what you are currently using, you don't have to say why you are curious.

randr

(12,412 posts)

2. Left a message on their support line will not hear til tomorrow

Reply to Thor_MN (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 4, 2015, 02:19 PM

Jan 2015

ChromeFoundry

(3,270 posts)

3. If you are planning on using Netflix frequently...

Reply to randr (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 09:58 AM

Jan 2015

Go into your Netflix account and change your streaming Playback Settings from "HIGH" (best video quality, up to 3 GB per hour for HD, 7 GB per hour for Ultra HD), down to "MEDIUM" (standard video quality, up to 0.7 GB per hour).
And disable "Play next episode automatically," so it doesn't waste your bandwidth automatically.

I do not know if Amazon has similar settings available for streaming quality.

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