I don’t have Cable, but I do have Internet. For the last 9 months I have only lived with Internet and watch all the TV Shows I follow, online.
When I think back I would say on average I stream 2 hours of video a day and upwards of 6 hours on a weekend. That is a lot of streaming. I use all the Canadian Network Websites, other streaming sites and Apple TV (Movie rentals and Netflix)
On top of the streaming I do upload photos, podcast etc. on a regular basis.
It surprised me when I looked at my Shaw usage for the first time today. In the last 8 months I have only gone over 60GB in a month once. I’m not even sure why I went over, it seems my usage various by 10GB, odd.
This excites me because one of my concerns moving back to the NWT was the *higher* cost of Internet than I’m use to with Shaw. I have a bandwidth cap of 60GB in Yellowknife (apposed to the 125GB I had with Shaw), but after seeing my usage down here, I’m not so concerned any more.
What is your bandwidth cap?
Christine Benko says
We switched to Shaw’s higher package, but more for the speed than the bandwidth of 240GB. We were previously at 120GB allowed. Our new Bluray player doesn’t minimize the bandwiidth used for running Netflix like using the website does. We almost hit the 120 cap one month during the summer, but now we have no concerns. We also use Vonage for our home phone, so that accounts for another portion of our usage.
We also run all of our TV from the internet. I love the flexibility of our TV schedule now. I am not at the mercy of the channel schedule. I also enjoy the lack of advertising in our home compared to watching channels. No one is trying to influence my kids. My husband also likes that he can watch hockey in the same room as us while the kids are watching a cartoon.
Anonymous says
I have unlimited, praise Jesus. I hate streaming so I torrent all my shows and movies. I don’t have access to my usage, but I would guess I’m well over 100 GB a month
Chris (@lyteforce) says
My limit is 400GB with Broadband 50 from Shaw. Never been over 50GB in any given month.