When going over to internet television

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I'm considering canceling my cable TV, subscribing to internet only (COX), and watching tv via an internet TV box box.

I have heard that there are caps on monthly internet data usage.
How much does watching tv over the internet use and what should I take into consideration?
Thanks

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Hoping someone fills you and I in on this.

So friggin tied of Sat TV. The worst is Direct and their out right Price theft.

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2. My bill is outrageous also

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3. Going to pay the twenty dollar

per month Cancellation fee and do anything different. Tried working with their Customer Service,new it would be a non starter from dealing with AT&T years ago,but,did it anyway,and they just do not give a damn. So quite all ready,which we are doing.

[NBachers]

4. I've got AT&T internet, and use a Roku box. I haven't noticed any limits on my watching or net use.

That said, I am very happy with my viewing.

[PoliticAverse]

5. First find out from COX what the cap is on your plan. n/t

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8. It looks like...

1 TB upload/download combined.



Cox High Speed Internet Premier
Includes:
Premier Internet Service
Download speeds up to 150 Mbps. 1TB (1,024 GB) Monthly Data Plan. Over 500,000 WiFi hotspots. Cox Security Suite Plus.
Total Internet $76.99

[PoliticAverse]

10. Ok 1,000 Gigabytes/month.

A single sided DVD holds a 2 hour movie or 4.7 gigabytes of data. So each hour of DVD quality video is
4.7gigabytes/2 = 2.35 gigabytes. You have 1,000 gigabytes/month so 1,000 gigabytes/2.35 gigabytes/hour = 425 hours of DVD quality video / month = 425/30-days-per-month = 14 hours of DVD quality video per day.

Netflix specifies a data rate of up to 7 GB/hour for "Ultra HD video" ( https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87 ) which would
give you 1,000 / 7 = 142 hours of Ultra HD video / month = roughly 4.7 hours of Ultra HD video / day every day for your cap.

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11. Thanks

Definitely enough

[MontanaMama]

6. I'm bookmarking this thread

because I'm dying to get rid of Spectrum. Anyone out there with COX, Apple TV or Sling or any of the others - I'd appreciate know about your experience.

[abbeyco]

7. Have Amazon Fire TV & Firestick

and subscribed to SlingTV and Hulu. Along with my local channels by antenna, I've got plenty to watch and haven't looked backward since June. Oh, I have CenturyLink and have not run into data caps or anything else. Good luck - it's great without $120/month charges for stupid teevee.

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9. Here is what my bill looks like...Yikes

Account summary as of Oct 01 2017Billing Period: Oct 01 - Oct 31
Previous Balance $290.02
Payment Received - Sep 22 2017($290.02)
**Auto Payment On Your Due Date - Do Not Send Payment** $0.00
Remaining Previous Balance $0.00
New Charges: Oct 01 2017$0.00
TV $163.97
Internet $76.99
Telephone $19.99
Usage Charges(Phone) $10.26
Taxes, Fees and Surcharges $23.80
New Charges $295.01
Total Due by Oct 22 2017 $295.01