[SOLVED] How much internet bandwidth/speed should I get?

[the_bears]

Hello all!

I'm moving into my own place soon, and I'm checking out what kind of internet plans I can get.

It would just be me, and I mostly use internet for casual web browsing like streaming music, videos and web surfing. I never stream things like movies or do anything that is bandwith heavy (gaming, Folding@Home,

streaming 4k, etc.), I do however download large files (~5 GB) from time to time, so that might be the only exception.

I own two devices, my PC and my phone. I'm on my PC majority of the time, while my phone is used very lightly and the things I do on it is mostly listen music on YouTube and play games.

I don't own any smart devices like smart thermostat, speaker, lock, Echo, Alexa, Google, etc.

I'm very conservative in how I use apps that are connected on the net (that is, I always turn off apps as soon as I'm done with them, so no unnecessary bandwith usage in the background).

I was thinking of getting something like 20 or 25 Mbps speed, but I'm not sure if this is too low.

I'm happy to hear any suggestions.

Thanks in forward.

 

[kanewolf]

Hello all!

I'm moving into my own place soon, and I'm checking out what kind of internet plans I can get.

It would just be me, and I mostly use internet for casual web browsing like streaming music, videos and web surfing. I never stream things like movies or do anything that is bandwith heavy (gaming, Folding@Home,

streaming 4k, etc.), I do however download large files (~5 GB) from time to time, so that might be the only exception.

I own two devices, my PC and my phone. I'm on my PC majority of the time, while my phone is used very lightly and the things I do on it is mostly listen music on YouTube and play games.

I don't own any smart devices like smart thermostat, speaker, lock, Echo, Alexa, Google, etc.

I'm very conservative in how I use apps that are connected on the net (that is, I always turn off apps as soon as I'm done with them, so no unnecessary bandwith usage in the background).

I was thinking of getting something like 20 or 25 Mbps speed, but I'm not sure if this is too low.

I'm happy to hear any suggestions.

Thanks in forward.

25Mbit is OK for most people that don't share the bandwidth
Your 5GB file will take about 1/2 hour to download with 25Mb/s WAN speed. Is that acceptable to you ?
Your UPLOAD bandwidth will probably be 2 - 5 Mb/s with a 25Mb download.
If you have to upload things for remote work or anything like that, then you may have to get a higher download speed package to get higher upload.
Some ISPs are "symmetric" where the upload and download are the same. That is not the most common configuration.

 

[geofelt]

Start low.
See how you do.
You can usually increase speed later for the additional charge.
A isp has incentives to use fast speeds to reduce the load on the network.
You may find that you are doing better than what you paid for.