I'm looking to switch from my ISP to a complete cellular service solution, eventually being able to take this solution with us when we RV for 1-2 monhts at a time. The most affordable option is $84.95 for 400GB/month on AT&T and I'm trying to figure out if this will be enough. While we are using it at home, we currently use Hulu as our TV provider, we both work from home, and the usual streaming occasionally of Netflix. Do you think 400GB will be enough? I've emailed my ISP to see if they can provide me with monthly usage stats, but nothing so far.
For your information is anyone is interested, the company is Bix Wireless I'm not affiliated with them in any way.

Thanks in advance!!

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Posted by SG_Geaux

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:02 pm to IMATIGERFAN

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Do you think 400GB will be enough?

Not unless you severely limit your stream quality.

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Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:11 pm to IMATIGERFAN

I would be shocked if you are watching 4k/HD streams for multiple hours per day and keep it below 1.5 to 2.0 T.

I think 1T would be THE minimum, and even then it could get dicey.

Just my $0.02 and probably not worth that.

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Posted by SG_Geaux

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:15 pm to IMATIGERFAN

I am using 1.1 TB per month using Netflix, Prime and Youtube.

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Posted by IMATIGERFAN

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:24 pm to IMATIGERFAN

I just found an note on my ISP's website that says they deem anything more than 250GB/month "excessive" and they can take action. Not sure if that means they would throttle or shut us off completely, but I've never had them contact me regarding us exceeding that amount.

More to follow if they ever respond to my email.

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Posted by s14suspense

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:52 pm to IMATIGERFAN

Just checked our usage in a 2 person home.

Jan 32GB
Feb 62GB
Mar 182GB
Apr 217GB
May 108GB
Jun 89GB
Jul 63 so far this billing cycle.

Stream most of the little bit of TV we watch on a Roku and stream to our Sonos speakers.

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Posted by CAD703X

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Posted on 8/5/20 at 12:56 pm to s14suspense

April 5.5TB
May, June 4.4TB
July 1.5TB (frickers reinstated the data cap)

It sure was nice to not have to worry about shite for 3 months. Now I'm back in hell. Working from home means I'm often pushing massive files back and forth over my VPN.

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