I think mine is capped at 100gb. Doubt I use even half of that during the month, lol

no cap and over 800G per month

Ka-pi96 said: How do you even find out? I'd hate having a cap though. Don't know why you people do it I mean, I do technically have a cap, but that's because I'm using uni internet rather than paying for my own... besides it's a 30GB of uploads per day cap. Good luck reaching that

If you have a cap then your isp provides you with a way to see your data usage, although not realtime.

In windows you can track it simply by setting your connection as a metered connection. My laptop has used 44 GB in the last 60 days, ~ 750 MB per day. That's just internet browsing, the occasional you tube video and uploading screenshots. Yet that's only about 8% of my household usage. You can also check your data usage on XBox One under network settings, however ps4 doesn't have any tracking. I don't let my ps4 download automatic updates as some patches are getting ridiculous in size.

I have a 1T cap and could easily exceed it but am getting by staying under since it was initiated a few months ago.

I think the main way we survived without having gigs of data pouring into our houses was because back in the 90s our video games were 512KB of Sonic the Hedgehog which arrived in a cartridge sold by a nice person at a game shop, now our games are either sold at gamestop along with trying to sell you an upgrade to your loyalty to gamestop and disc insurance for laser burn (on a 3ds cartridge) while you just want your damn game, so more and more people are going to the internet to download their games direct instead, but... long gone are the days of the 512kb Sonic and now we have 40+ GB battlefield and 80+GB Witcher and Fallout 4 on the PS4.

If it wasn't for games I would be happy around the 250gb mark I would wager.... but even still, the majority of the TV watched in our house is from Netflix or one of the other streaming services, terrestrial channels here in Ireland are just gone to shit, not only are they funded by a 160per year fee but they also incorperate advertisments which can almost double the run time of shows, big bangs 20 min episodes are over half an hour here because of it, after streaming without adverts I found it impossible to go back to such disjointed entertainment.

Think i use 300-600 GB/month.

But I don't really care since I don't live in a developing country and have no data cap.

I'm more focused if I should pay for a 250/250 bps or 1000/250 bps connection instegs of the 100/100 bps connection I have right now.

Our next door neighbours main TV provider gets funded solely by the fee paid, most countries do either one or the other, ours does both because greed.

"

Search Results

TV license in Ireland is 160 for a year and provides bollocks though

Netflix is 120 for a year... HD glorious advert free watching.

There is no comparison.

I haven't watched commercials since hdd recorders became available. The one we just upgraded to can record 8 channels simultaneously and links to other terminals to stream in house. The ffwd button on the remote is well worn. So it's not that different from streaming, except that's it all new programs instead of the old stuff we get on Netflix. (However the 'free' on demand streaming from the cable provider has unskippable commercials, ffwd locked out, useless)

I use both anyway. Currently watching Star trek Enterprise on Netflix, and Dr Who on cable, records automatically when a new episode airs. Start watching about 20 minutes after it starts and you'll catch up at the end while skipping commercials. Everything starts on the hour (or half hour) here, so that 42 minute runtime per episode gets padded with 18 minutes of commercials.

The tech guys that were over to plug in the boxes said they expect it all to change into streaming in a few years. They'll need to lay fiber first though, although it's impressive they manage to pump over 600 channels simultaneously through basically 2 copper wires, plus hi-speed internet.

That's some damn good choice of shows right there, Enterprise is surprisingly good once you get over the cringey as fuck theme song FFWD button again :D but just don't bother watching the series Finale, it's almost unrelated to the rest of the show and only brings it down as a whole I found.

Doctor who.... I really envy anyone who is getting to watch that series now, if you are in Matt Smith land that is some of my favourite TV I think I've ever watched in 34 years of being alive.