“I use less than 300gb a month. Good!”
How do I determine what I use? I watch history stuff on youtube. I’ve seen the (ah-hem) occasional floppy t*tty. What is a download? Is clicking on an FR link a download? Inquiring minds need to know.
Any time you click on a link it is a download. FR isn’t bad because it is mostly text. You really get into heavy downloads if you watch a lot of videos or have Netflix.
P.S. Not all clicks are equal. Your computer caches a lot of the graphics and just accesses the previously downloaded graphics the next time you go to that page.
According to the meter on my modem ,FR is about 70Kb for a text only page.
It’s the graphics that do the damage.
(I’m on 15G a month contract.)
I have not checked Derek’s math:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130627214516AADPSt5
Since you asked your last question. I researched the actual bitrates that YouTube encodes/streams it’s videos at and found this great resource.
I may have been slightly off in my previous calculation of 360p bandwidth usage. I did not calculate for upstream traffic. (Also note: they are using the MAXIMUM values below. Actual usage will vary from video to video.)
240p
Bits Per Second (down): 400-500Kb
Bits Per Second (up): 5-9Kb
Data used per 5 minute video: 8.333MB
360p
Bits Per Second (down): 900Kbps - 1.1Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 15-20 Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 13.333MB
480p
Bits Per Second (down): 1.5-1.6-1.7Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 20-26Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 20MB
720p
Bits Per Second (down): 20+ Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 320Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 37.5MB
1080p
Bits Per Second (down): 20+ Mbps
Bits Per Second (up): 320 Kbps
Data used per 5 minute video: 62MB
Windows 7 has “desktop gadget gallery”, you can DL utilities for it: http://addgadgets.com/. One of those is a nice bandwidth meter with multiple functions .
I use it primarily to track the speed and stability of my throughput.
Info:
Network Meter Network Meter is an advanced network desktop gadget for Windows. It shows your SSID (Service Set Identifier), signal strength, internal and external IP addresses, blacklisted IP ratio, IP lookup with Google Maps, Internet speed (upload and download), firewall check, remaining data (quota, usage, and day), total data usage, and whether your connection is secure. It also includes flyout features that display all of your network information.
Gadget version: 9.6
Last updated: 15 October 2013 New!