Is 7mbps good enough for my needs?

[RRW359]

My family has just moved. Our former ISP doesn't have service here, and because we have unlimited data from Sprint, my mother is thinking of not getting home internet. I, however, need it for myself and because I just got a part-time job, I'm thinking of getting it for myself. I've been looking at plans from the ISP in our area, and obviously I want to spend as little as possible. Their slowest plan is 7mbps, so I'll start with that. Here's what I plan on doing:

-Occasional Steam and console game downloads.
-Watching YouTube videos. I prefer 720p, but am willing to drop down to 480p if I have to.
-Watching Amazon videos through prime. I don't need it in any decent res, though.
-I don't play games online generally, but I don't want to completely discount the idea in the future.
-Possibly watching two videos at once (one on pc and one on console), but I'm willing to watch at least one video in whatever ungodly resolution will work.

[L7vanmatre]

I personally would kill for 7Mbps.

You're good, yeah. Steam/console games might be slow, and your videos might buffer occasionally. (Don't quote me on the latter, though)

Just check for data caps in whatever ISP you're considering. They are there and companies often try to hide them.

EDIT (OP edited, either that, or I misread some stuff): Hmm, I'm actually not sure now. I know this all can load on some bad resolutions at once, however.

[RRW359]

Originally posted by L7vanmatre:

I personally would kill for 7Mbps.

You're good, yeah. Steam/console games might be slow, and your videos might buffer occasionally.

Just check for data caps in whatever ISP you're considering. They are there and companies often try to hide them.

I was thinking Century Link.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Originally posted by L7vanmatre:

I personally would kill for 7Mbps.

You're good, yeah. Steam/console games might be slow, and your videos might buffer occasionally.

Just check for data caps in whatever ISP you're considering. They are there and companies often try to hide them.

I was thinking Century Link.

http://www.centurylink.com/help/index.php?assetid=317

[RRW359]

Originally posted by L7vanmatre:

Originally posted by RRW359:

I was thinking Century Link.

http://www.centurylink.com/help/index.php?assetid=317

It SOUNDS like it's only for people in Washington, and I'll probably be fine with that limit anyways. It also isn't easy to find all ISP's wherever I live, and I think the only other option is Dish (which if I remember has ridiculously low caps).

[Bob]

It'll suffice.

[Skyvastern]

Yeah if its 7MBps this its supergood, if its 7mbps then also its fine :)

[ナルゴ]

It's slow but workable for most online games & streaming services.

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by Nargo:

It's slow but workable for most online games & streaming services.

No, 128Kbps my internet, and yes, that's capitalized correctly; bits not bytes is slow.

[owo uwu owo]

I have 15 mbps and i can play any game and watch perfect youtube

[No gods, no masters.]

Originally posted by RRW359:

My family has just moved. Our former ISP doesn't have service here, and because we have unlimited data from Sprint, my mother is thinking of not getting home internet. I, however, need it for myself and because I just got a part-time job, I'm thinking of getting it for myself. I've been looking at plans from the ISP in our area, and obviously I want to spend as little as possible. Their slowest plan is 7mbps, so I'll start with that. Here's what I plan on doing:

-Occasional Steam and console game downloads.
-Watching YouTube videos. I prefer 720p, but am willing to drop down to 480p if I have to.
-Watching Amazon videos through prime. I don't need it in any decent res, though.
-I don't play games online generally, but I don't want to completely discount the idea in the future.
-Possibly watching two videos at once (one on pc and one on console), but I'm willing to watch at least one video in whatever ungodly resolution will work.

7mbps is surprisingly fast, it's enough for 1080p60fps. just mind that there will be occasional
480p drops.(for one single user, if two it will be 480/360p) ik this bc i use a 4mbps connection. for games though, its better if you can leave it overnight
to download it.

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Donald Trump:

Originally posted by RRW359:

My family has just moved. Our former ISP doesn't have service here, and because we have unlimited data from Sprint, my mother is thinking of not getting home internet. I, however, need it for myself and because I just got a part-time job, I'm thinking of getting it for myself. I've been looking at plans from the ISP in our area, and obviously I want to spend as little as possible. Their slowest plan is 7mbps, so I'll start with that. Here's what I plan on doing:

-Occasional Steam and console game downloads.
-Watching YouTube videos. I prefer 720p, but am willing to drop down to 480p if I have to.
-Watching Amazon videos through prime. I don't need it in any decent res, though.
-I don't play games online generally, but I don't want to completely discount the idea in the future.
-Possibly watching two videos at once (one on pc and one on console), but I'm willing to watch at least one video in whatever ungodly resolution will work.

7mbps is surprisingly fast, it's enough for 1080p60fps. just mind that there will be occasional
480p drops.(for one single user, if two it will be 480/360p) ik this bc i use a 4mbps connection. for games though, its better if you can leave it overnight
to download it.

Thanks. I'm just too lazy to do math and wanted to know how long it would take to download a AAA game (I don't get many aaa games on pc, but it's still nice to know when I do buy them). As long as it takes a day or so, I should be fine.

[No gods, no masters.]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Originally posted by Donald Trump:

7mbps is surprisingly fast, it's enough for 1080p60fps. just mind that there will be occasional
480p drops.(for one single user, if two it will be 480/360p) ik this bc i use a 4mbps connection. for games though, its better if you can leave it overnight
to download it.

Thanks. I'm just too lazy to do math and wanted to know how long it would take to download a AAA game (I don't get many aaa games on pc, but it's still nice to know when I do buy them). As long as it takes a day or so, I should be fine.

take gta for example, its 60gb

it took me 10 nights (7 hours/night) to download it

[RRW359]

Originally posted by Donald Trump:

Originally posted by RRW359:

Thanks. I'm just too lazy to do math and wanted to know how long it would take to download a AAA game (I don't get many aaa games on pc, but it's still nice to know when I do buy them). As long as it takes a day or so, I should be fine.

take gta for example, its 60gb

it took me 10 nights (7 hours/night) to download it

A bit disappointing, but I guess it's still tolerable. Is there anything wrong with leaving a computer on and downloading for several days straight? Because I'd rather get it done with than download it for X hours for several days.

[Bob]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Is there anything wrong with leaving a computer on and downloading for several days straight?

Not at all.

[Plaid]

Originally posted by RRW359:

Originally posted by Donald Trump:

7mbps is surprisingly fast, it's enough for 1080p60fps. just mind that there will be occasional
480p drops.(for one single user, if two it will be 480/360p) ik this bc i use a 4mbps connection. for games though, its better if you can leave it overnight
to download it.

Thanks. I'm just too lazy to do math and wanted to know how long it would take to download a AAA game (I don't get many aaa games on pc, but it's still nice to know when I do buy them). As long as it takes a day or so, I should be fine.

at 7 megabytes per second you could download a 25 gigabyte game in about an hour.
If it's 7 megabits, you're looking at 8+ hours.