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Internet

The global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate

Maintainer organization for the IP addresses and DNS's is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

Video requirements

  • 720p - 30 frames/second
    • 3-6 mbps
  • 1080p - 30 frames/second
    • 6-9 mbps

Music Requirements

  • For streaming music - least 5-10 Mbps
  • Music in hi-res or lossless quality needs a connection which is 25 Mbps or higher

Average Usage

List the things that I most use

Spotify

Premium

  • Web Player: AAC 256 (kbit/s)
  • Desktop/Mobile: AAC 24/96/160/320 (kbit/s)

Netflix

Pixels Speed
720p 3 Mbps+
1080p 5 Mbps+
4k 15 Mbps+

Youtube

YouTube also supports videos at 60FPS (frames per second) instead of the standard 30FPS. A higher FPS results in smoother video, but also more data usage as you'd expect

144p: No bitrate provided by YouTube.
240p: 225MB per hour
360p: 315MB per hour
480p: 562.5MB per hour
720p at 30FPS: 1237.5MB (1.24GB) per hour

720p at 60FPS: 1856.25MB (1.86GB) per hour
1080p at 30FPS: 2.03GB per hour
1080p at 60FPS: 3.04GB per hour
1440p (2K) at 30FPS: 4.28GB per hour
1440p (2K) at 60FPS: 6.08GB per hour
2160p (4K) at 30FPS: 10.58GB per hour
2160p (4K) at 60FPS: 15.98GB per hour

Citations:

  • https://help.netflix.com/en/node/306
  • https://support.spotify.com/us/article/audio-quality/
  • https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-much-data-does-youtube-use/

Hotspots

Xfinity unlimited

  • caps down to: 600 kbps
  • 15gb hotspot, 50 for data

Mint mobile

  • hotspot 10 gb
  • 150 kbps