For those of you that cut cable in favor of YouTube TV or other streaming services, how much Internet data do you use in a month?
Mediacom has limits on my data usage. I have been a heavy Netflix user in the past, but I've configured it for Low Data rate which uses 1/10th the data as the high data rate. I can't tell the difference in video quality. Netflix has data compression down to a science and analyzes movies and shows to give you top quality at low data rates. No other service has anything like it. Most just allow you to cut resolution, which is immediately noticeable.
Anyway, I've kind of become burned out on the Netflix content and have been finding Prime to have more that I want to watch. At least for now. But I'm using far more data watching Prime. Add to that my YouTube TV subscription and ESPN+ for college sports and I'm probably going to blow through my data limits. My Mediacom was out for about a week this month and my Prime watching exceeded my data limit. Thankfully Mediacom is not charging for small overages right now,
So before I consider upgrading to get a higher data limit (the speed has never been an issue for me), I'd like to know how much data you streamers typically use in a month.
Mediacom has limits on my data usage. I have been a heavy Netflix user in the past, but I've configured it for Low Data rate which uses 1/10th the data as the high data rate. I can't tell the difference in video quality. Netflix has data compression down to a science and analyzes movies and shows to give you top quality at low data rates. No other service has anything like it. Most just allow you to cut resolution, which is immediately noticeable.
Anyway, I've kind of become burned out on the Netflix content and have been finding Prime to have more that I want to watch. At least for now. But I'm using far more data watching Prime. Add to that my YouTube TV subscription and ESPN+ for college sports and I'm probably going to blow through my data limits. My Mediacom was out for about a week this month and my Prime watching exceeded my data limit. Thankfully Mediacom is not charging for small overages right now,
So before I consider upgrading to get a higher data limit (the speed has never been an issue for me), I'd like to know how much data you streamers typically use in a month.
