how much data do you consume?

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 05:43

Just wondering how much data people consume, on average, using their home broadband connection.

Last month I used 80.23GB. There are 3 people living in the house.

is that low / high / average?

innitrichie · 25/06/13 - 06:17

Yours is probably high on average. But I average 300gb a month.

But I get all my content on-demand from services like iPlayer, Sky Go, iTunes, Netflix, etc. And I work from home so I'm streaming a lot during the day too while also moving bulky work files around. (right now I'm transferring a 2gb file of user images from a website we're preparing to upgrade)

Kitt 2000 · 25/06/13 - 06:27

I use about 50 gb a month..
Thats just you tube internet radio streaming and my girlfriend also uses her laptop..

MeMeMeI · 25/06/13 - 12:25

Gee and I get by with15GB on a 3 mobile dongle

kimotag · 25/06/13 - 12:27

30gGB a month on average.

LostFool · 25/06/13 - 13:16

About a Gig a day when averaged over a month. Sometimes a lot higher but balanced out by low usage days.

I also work from home too but most of my usage is over remote desktops so while that requires a fast responsive connection, it doesn't use that much data.

JulesandSand · 25/06/13 - 14:57

150GB (total upload and download) per month on BT Infinity. It's gone up recently since I started using Sky's on demand service and Sky Go. I also use Picassa and have uploaded all my home movies (since they removed the 1GB file siz limit) and photos there.

With the increase in streaming services it's only going to go one way.

flagpole · 25/06/13 - 15:25

about 100GB a month.

OMTT · 25/06/13 - 15:50

How do you measure how much you use? I'm on Sky Fibre Pro and when I login to my Sky account online, it doesn't tell me what I've used as it's unlimited

Rossby41 · 25/06/13 - 15:50

Atm about 130 GB month. How I survived on Plusnets 60 GB adsl package I'll never know (let alone my old isp's 30 GB for about £26 :eek:).

fmradiotuner1 · 25/06/13 - 15:50

I recon about 5 to 10 GB a day.
I stream radio much of the day youtube download stuff at 720p and 1080p as well.
Plus Sky box has stuff I download now and again.
My SGS2 this is 2GB a month some times.

morski · 25/06/13 - 16:48

Most months less than 10GB a month, 3 of us in the house, I only really browse, the daughter watches a lot of youtube videos on her phone and the wife hardly ever uses the internet at all. It has been as little as 2GB for the month in the past.

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 17:26

I think I might take the crown here

So far this month (upto the 22nd), I have downloaded 1033GB. I downloaded 102GB in one day. ADSL@16Mbps

tony le mesmer · 25/06/13 - 17:31

According to BT I've downloaded 218.87 GB since the 14th, That's ADSL about 5Mbps.

chrisjr · 25/06/13 - 18:05

Jon_Snow wrote: »

I think I might take the crown here

So far this month (upto the 22nd), I have downloaded 1033GB. I downloaded 102GB in one day. ADSL@16Mbps

A rough "back of an envelope" calculation that's maxing out your link continuously for 8 hours or so a day every day! :eek:

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 18:52

I do use iPlayer, etc... So that probably takes up a lot of data.

I wouldn't be on anything other than an unlimited tariff.

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 18:55

OMTT wrote: »

How do you measure how much you use? I'm on Sky Fibre Pro and when I login to my Sky account online, it doesn't tell me what I've used as it's unlimited

It displays it when I log in to my plusnet account.

If it doesn't do the same on sky... Then you can log into your router control panel... There should be a traffic meter in there somewhere

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 19:40

chrisjr wrote: »

A rough "back of an envelope" calculation that's maxing out your link continuously for 8 hours or so a day every day! :eek:

Oh my... But then again, I use the internet more than 8 hours per day, therefore max out the connection far less.

JSemple3 · 25/06/13 - 20:04

Well so far this month (this is 3 weeks into a 52.18mb BT infinity connection)

1658.07 GB

1606.47 GB downloaded
51.6 GB uploaded

(Just aswell I'm unlimited)

[Deleted User] · 25/06/13 - 20:12

JSemple3 wrote: »

Well so far this month (this is 3 weeks into a 52.18mb BT infinity connection)

1658.07 GB

1606.47 GB downloaded
51.6 GB uploaded

(Just aswell I'm unlimited)

I think you take the crown (so far):D

Now, If I only had fibre !

neo_wales · 27/06/13 - 23:04

Never less than 300gb and a one time high of just over 1000gb; if I average it out over the year its perhaps around 500gb a month but then we are heavy users. Within a few years I'd not be surprised to see an average house using 500gb or more a month.

noise747 · 28/06/13 - 14:46

I don't know, I have not really looked since I changed ISP. I use Netflix for my main TV watching. But that is only about 2.5GB per hour max.

I may reset the counter on my router and have a look after a week, that would give me a average. Next week might not be ideal as I am off work.

HHGTTG · 28/06/13 - 15:44

For what it is worth, my monthy limit is 10GB with BT and really cannot see any reason for asking for an unlimited tariff although I am tempted, as I would probably then watch more Youtube stuff.
I only use mine for surfing and have someone else in the house who uses a tablet.

zx50 · 28/06/13 - 16:32

I haven't downloaded a lot of data for a while now. I've got loads of stuff on disc to watch. If I needed more content, I'd probably download about 45GBs through the night. I've got a ton of stuff on disc to watch though. I don't think I'll need to go on a downloading spree for a while yet.

[Deleted User] · 28/06/13 - 18:54

I come in at just less than 40GB each month, but I am on a 40GB limit with BT. I usually do about 1GB per day average then watch a few movies using the other 10GB.

[Deleted User] · 28/06/13 - 19:13

How do people cope with a monthly limit?!

I'd be constantly worried Bout going over it

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