Video Streaming Bandwidth

The cluster focuses on discussions about internet bandwidth sufficiency for video streaming services like Netflix and Zoom, including concerns over upload speeds, data caps, throttling, and real-world usage limits.

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Sample Comments

graphe Nov 17, 2023 View on HN

Streaming 20mb/s is more than sufficient for video. I don't transfer 60gb blurays daily so it doesn't matter to me.

kiwijamo Oct 11, 2025 View on HN

No video streams out there uses over 100mbits so makes sense.

tuetuopay Nov 23, 2023 View on HN

you wouldn't pull at gigabits/s bandwidth when casually watching netflix

jaseemabid May 26, 2013 View on HN

Yup! bandwidth is a major issue.

jaseemabid May 26, 2013 View on HN

Yup! bandwidth is a major issue.

monkeywork Jul 29, 2020 View on HN

isn't transmission bandwidth a bigger concern?

happyopossum Jul 16, 2022 View on HN

I think you're somewhat overestimating the amount of bandwidth used by those services. TO watch Netflix in 4k, you only need 15Mbps, zoom uses about half of that for a decent connection and will downgrade nicely.

randunel Jul 10, 2015 View on HN

Imagine the bandwidth required to stream a lan party :)

toomuchtodo Sep 18, 2019 View on HN

Constrains end user capabilities. Harder to live stream or heavily use something like Dropbox with under 5Mbps up.

filvdg Nov 22, 2012 View on HN

there seem to be bandwidth issues with the streaming