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Hulu live data usage
Posted on 3/8/19 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 3/8/19 at 5:35 pm
I cut the cord to Hulu live back at the end of November. Now every month I use over 1 TB of data. I have tried everything. I am only streaming on 2 devices (usually only 1). I was using 2 fire sticks. After month 1 I started making sure to put them in sleep mode when not using. Then month 2 I lowered the video quality from best to good. Finally I swapped 1 firestick to a Roku. Nothing seems to help. 20-25 G a day even on one device. Any suggestions or advice? The data overages suck.
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Posted on 3/8/19 at 5:39 pm to bradyjamesrules
I usually use about 800 or so you must watch a lot of tv
Posted on 3/8/19 at 5:49 pm to tigersmanager
Not at all. Wife and I at work all day. No kids. At most 8 hours if fall asleep with TV on. Weekend maybe streaming on 2 TVs for 12 each maybe.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 6:25 pm to bradyjamesrules
Someone else is on your wifi
Posted on 3/8/19 at 6:51 pm to bradyjamesrules
I've got 27 devices connecting to my router and have never gone over 200 GB.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 7:35 pm to bradyjamesrules
Comcast started that data usage 1 tb cap a month about 2 years ago . the only thing that saved me was AT&T fiber came into my neighborhood a month later. No Cap! saved me 
Posted on 3/8/19 at 8:27 pm to SG_Geaux
No one else is on WiFi. Was gone for a week. 0 usage
Posted on 3/8/19 at 9:03 pm to bradyjamesrules
Make sure you back out of what you are watching to the home screen I have heard it can continue streaming if you don’t. Also check your video quality, you may streaming at 4K rates and don’t need to be.
Posted on 3/8/19 at 10:00 pm to swanny297
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Make sure you back out of what you are watching to the home screen I have heard it can continue streaming if you don’t.
This. My roku will stream forever it seems unless I exit out of the app.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 12:30 am to bradyjamesrules
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At most 8 hours if fall asleep with TV on.
8 hours a day for 1080 streaming should use up about 25 gigs a day
Posted on 3/9/19 at 11:33 am to jg8623
Don’t fall asleep with the TV on. #solved
Posted on 3/9/19 at 6:43 pm to tigersmanager
I average around 800 a month with 2 tvs on hulu, and a ton of cloud cameras. Only went over 1 month out of 8 so far.
Posted on 3/9/19 at 7:00 pm to bradyjamesrules
Unplug your modem or put it on a smart plug when it's not in use until you get a better understanding of what's going on.
Posted on 3/10/19 at 10:56 am to ArkLaTexTiger
Thanks for feedback. So far it seems like live streaming just burns data like crazy. Going to try more on demand and see if that reduces usage
Posted on 3/10/19 at 11:34 am to bradyjamesrules
Best advice is to close app when done and stop streaming if not actually watching
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