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CWM030
3 years agoSophomore
Streaming question
I am just curious: I am thinking about cutting the cord on Dish Network in April. We upgraded to the 30 gig plan from the 20 gig on or around the 22nd and were now at 66%.. :( But, that ...
CWM030
3 years agoSophomore
Well it says for Netflix it only needs up to 3 MB to stream in standard def. Which is what believe I have each user set as now.
PlutoTV it works " alright" but due to it being LIVE tv.. It does buffer at times.
Liz and GabeU What do ya'll think?
MarkJFine
3 years agoProfessor
It's the latency on satellite that causes the buffering, not the speed. Just so happens that the lower the resolution, the fewer pings are required, so latency has less of an impact. In general, the speed provided is sufficient to stream, but the latency, which is directly worsened by network congestion might not.
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