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Old 07-13-2016, 05:15 PM   #646
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Originally Posted by rubecube View Post
What are you cord cutters using for internet connection speeds? Is a 30/5 connection good enough or is it worth it to bump up to 60?
I used to have 100/20 from Telus, but when I moved it wasn't available, so I grudgingly went to 50/10.

It would be fine, but I work from home with some pretty hefty bandwidth requirements, and on occasion if I am running a few streams, while working and doing video chat, it can get a bit bogged down.

It really boils down to how many users of high bandwidth items there are, and how much you can tolerate a little latency. Right now in my house we typically have 5-6 devices in that category during peak times, with one person gaming online. If you had 1 or 2 streams and don't do much online gaming, you should be laughing at 30GB.

I totally agree that the unlimited data is the most important thing, but it isn't a game breaker without. Telus made a mistake and didn't have it enabled at my new place, and with 3 days left in my billing cycle, I just got a notice yesterday that I hit 75% and that was caused by me installing a good chunk of steam library in a PC for my kids to use. I really appreciate not having to worry if the older kids flip on Netflix and watch a couple HD movies on the TV while the other is watching Fuller House on the iPad whereas before I was unlimited, I had to set their Netflix profile to limit the bandwidth used.
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