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TSdeanja92
post Jul 18 2019, 03:01 PM, updated 5y ago

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Hello everybody,

I'm trying to cut down monthly expenses sad.gif and wondering whether downgrading my Unifi plan to is a good move. I'm currently on 800mbps turboed plan.
My family of 5 rely heavily on i**v streaming/netflix/youtube and general browsing for entertainment. All 5 of us are constantly connected to the internet.

Questions are:

1. Any way to simulate lower speed to test viability of 100mbps for us?
2. Will 100mbps be sufficient for us? Anyone with the same experience?

Tia.

This post has been edited by deanja92: Jul 18 2019, 03:04 PM
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post Jul 18 2019, 03:09 PM

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QUOTE(deanja92 @ Jul 18 2019, 03:01 PM)
Hello everybody,

I'm trying to cut down monthly expenses  sad.gif  and wondering whether downgrading my Unifi plan to is a good move. I'm currently on 800mbps turboed plan.
My family of 5 rely heavily on i**v streaming/netflix/youtube and general browsing for entertainment. All 5 of us are constantly connected to the internet.

Questions are:

1. Any way to simulate lower speed to test viability of 100mbps for us?
2. Will 100mbps be sufficient for us? Anyone with the same experience?

Tia.
unless all of 5 wanna streaming 4k content at the same time. you should be fine i guess unsure.gif
ki_maxs
post Jul 18 2019, 03:11 PM

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Ive been living with digi unlimited broadband in my area with speed peaking at 20mpbs only. using for 2 person same usage as u an it is enough.
so in my opinion 100mbps should be more than enough. unless all of u are streaming 4k videos all the time
soonwai
post Jul 18 2019, 03:37 PM


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QUOTE(deanja92 @ Jul 18 2019, 03:01 PM)
Hello everybody,

I'm trying to cut down monthly expenses  sad.gif  and wondering whether downgrading my Unifi plan to is a good move. I'm currently on 800mbps turboed plan.
My family of 5 rely heavily on i**v streaming/netflix/youtube and general browsing for entertainment. All 5 of us are constantly connected to the internet.

Questions are:

1. Any way to simulate lower speed to test viability of 100mbps for us?
2. Will 100mbps be sufficient for us? Anyone with the same experience?

Tia.
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Use your router to limit the speed to 100Mbps. For example, here I limit a single laptop to 5Mbps.
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Normally it's this:
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If cannot, use a lousy cable that'll only link at 100Mbps from BTU to router.

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post Jul 18 2019, 04:03 PM

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Depending on the router you use, you may be able to limit the speed to 100Mb/s
TSdeanja92
post Jul 18 2019, 04:03 PM

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If cannot, use a lousy cable that'll only link at 100Mbps from BTU to router.
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Right, that's one way of doing it hmm.gif




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post Jul 18 2019, 04:07 PM

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QUOTE(deanja92 @ Jul 18 2019, 03:01 PM)
Hello everybody,

I'm trying to cut down monthly expenses  sad.gif  and wondering whether downgrading my Unifi plan to is a good move. I'm currently on 800mbps turboed plan.
My family of 5 rely heavily on i**v streaming/netflix/youtube and general browsing for entertainment. All 5 of us are constantly connected to the internet.

Questions are:

1. Any way to simulate lower speed to test viability of 100mbps for us?
2. Will 100mbps be sufficient for us? Anyone with the same experience?

Tia.
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Btw, it's not just the speed that should be my concern right? bandwidth size determines the load it can satisfy for 5 concurrent users, right?

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post Jul 18 2019, 04:22 PM


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QUOTE(deanja92 @ Jul 18 2019, 04:07 PM)
Btw, it's not just the speed that should be my concern right? bandwidth size determines the load it can satisfy for 5 concurrent users, right?
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Not sure what you mean. Speed=bandwidth.
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post Jul 18 2019, 04:53 PM

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QUOTE(deanja92 @ Jul 18 2019, 04:07 PM)
Btw, it's not just the speed that should be my concern right? bandwidth size determines the load it can satisfy for 5 concurrent users, right?
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post Jul 18 2019, 07:34 PM

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Get an old cat 5 cable, or make a lan cable with 4wire, that basically a 100mbps connection

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post Jul 18 2019, 10:02 PM

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or you can try to limit the speed from here if all user use lan cable laugh.gif laugh.gif

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post Jul 19 2019, 07:45 AM

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If all users on wifi, just use 2.4Ghz or set 20Mhz on 5Ghz.

2.4Ghz will never serve u above 100Mbps, while 20Mhz 5Ghz just nicely serve around 100Mbps.

There is your testing.

 

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