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<blockquote data-quote="eliehass" data-source="post: 1062836" data-attributes="member: 33792"><p>Gizmodo has a very interesting <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5555921/how-much-video-can-you-actually-stream-with-atts-new-data-plans" target="_blank">article</a> detailing exactly how much you can stream under the new plans. While the point of the article is to convince the reader to get the $30 unlimited plan, it helped me in my decision to switch to the cheaper plan.</p><p></p><p>They tested streaming video over 3g on Netflix:</p><p></p><p>"Netflix: When we watched an episode of Netflix (Arrested Development) running 21:54, 55MB of bandwidth was used; so, let's say 22min is 55MB, then Netflix consumes 2.5MB for every minute of streaming video watched. Therefore:</p><p></p><p>A half hour TV show (~22min.) on Netflix would consume 55MB of data</p><p>An hour-long TV show (~43min.) on Netflix would consume 110MB of data</p><p>An hour-long movie on Netflix would consume 150MB of data</p><p>An hour and a half movie on Netflix would consume 225MB of data</p><p>A two-hour movie on Netflix would consume 300MB of data</p><p></p><p>** In total, you could watch 13.65 hours of programming on Netflix before using up all your bandwidth. This assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month to eat up your bandwidth. (And remember: the average American watches over 150 hours of television per month alone.)"</p><p></p><p>To me, 13.65 hours of video streaming over 3g is enough. 90% of the time I will have wi-fi. For the times that I am out and about and need 3g to watch streaming video on the go, I don't think i'll go past 13.65 hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eliehass, post: 1062836, member: 33792"] Gizmodo has a very interesting [URL="http://gizmodo.com/5555921/how-much-video-can-you-actually-stream-with-atts-new-data-plans"]article[/URL] detailing exactly how much you can stream under the new plans. While the point of the article is to convince the reader to get the $30 unlimited plan, it helped me in my decision to switch to the cheaper plan. They tested streaming video over 3g on Netflix: "Netflix: When we watched an episode of Netflix (Arrested Development) running 21:54, 55MB of bandwidth was used; so, let's say 22min is 55MB, then Netflix consumes 2.5MB for every minute of streaming video watched. Therefore: A half hour TV show (~22min.) on Netflix would consume 55MB of data An hour-long TV show (~43min.) on Netflix would consume 110MB of data An hour-long movie on Netflix would consume 150MB of data An hour and a half movie on Netflix would consume 225MB of data A two-hour movie on Netflix would consume 300MB of data ** In total, you could watch 13.65 hours of programming on Netflix before using up all your bandwidth. This assumes you do nothing else on your iPad that month to eat up your bandwidth. (And remember: the average American watches over 150 hours of television per month alone.)" To me, 13.65 hours of video streaming over 3g is enough. 90% of the time I will have wi-fi. For the times that I am out and about and need 3g to watch streaming video on the go, I don't think i'll go past 13.65 hours. [/QUOTE]
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