Welcome!

Welcome to Satlover forums, full of great people, ideas and excitement.

Please register if you would like to take part. link..

Register Now

Alert: Don't Use Hotmail Email Accounts for registration

Collapse

Before Access to all Forums and Trial accounts you must need to activate your account Email address

internet usage (bandwidth)

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • drageek
    Member
    • Nov 2012
    • 36

    internet usage (bandwidth)

    does anyone know how much internet bandwidth a satellite receiver takes as i only have a 40gb limit a month and i watch tv from about 9am to 11pm nearly everyday this includes hd channels thanks
  • mahrkpat
    Experienced Board Member
    • Jun 2012
    • 1493

    #2
    Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

    A lot of people mistakenly think of it as requiring high broadband
    speeds, similar to web streaming, and using up your download limit, in a
    few days, neither of which is true.
    You still receive your picture via your dish/lnb and receiver the data
    over the internet is just the decryption details.
    You can download software which will carefully monitor your internet
    history so that you can quickly check all your internet usage.
    Here is one link:
    __http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/

    but I am sure there are more just ******.
    Liked my post then push the sigpic button.

    Comment

    • skytec
      Experienced Board Member
      • Mar 2010
      • 1208

      #3
      Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

      Originally posted by drageek
      does anyone know how much internet bandwidth a satellite receiver takes as i only have a 40gb limit a month and i watch tv from about 9am to 11pm nearly everyday this includes hd channels thanks
      You do not have to worry about it.
      If you do not reshare your cards, traffic is very low.
      Is my post useful for you? Please press sigpic

      Comment

      • pan1300
        Experienced Board Member
        • Apr 2012
        • 1663

        #4
        Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

        hi drageek

        I don't find it right now, but there's a thread about this here somewhere - we made a calculation once, and if you're only client without reshare (as skytec said) usage is very low ; I believe it's only some kb/s - theoretically open 24/24 and 7/7 I think usage is some hundred Mb.
        Really no need to worry if you have 40 Gb a month

        Here (belgium) the providers offer the online possibility to check your usage any moment - perhaps inform you there (no soft needed).


        Edited: found it (another form - another language), but posted it once here too - result was about 240 MB/month (Also 52 Bytes/s Download - 334Bytes/8s = 41,75 Bytes/s Upload)

        Comment

        • bokkie
          Experienced Board Member
          • Feb 2012
          • 1561

          #5
          Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

          You have more than enough, in fact I think you would struggle to use even half a gb a month.
          I tried out a 3g dongle which had a 1gb/month limit, and I didn't even use a quarter of it.

          Comment

          • Satphoenix
            Experienced Board Member
            • Oct 2012
            • 999

            #6
            Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

            A little calculation can help:

            If you have a good connection you only send your requesting ecms in upload and nearly the same in download.

            Lenght of an ecm: 25 - 50 Byte
            this means ~100 - 250 byte transmission traffic (lets use 250)

            Let's say, you request every 10 seconds an ecm

            Result for a month with 30 days:

            250 bytes * 6 (per minute) * 60 *24 * 30 (days)

            = 64.800.000 bytes traffic

            = ~65 MB

            You have 40GB = 40.000MB

            Even if you modify the calculation (more ecm request [look post from pan1100]) nothing to worry for you.

            You can rest easy!

            If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans!

            Comment

            • scooterman
              Board Senior Member
              • Sep 2011
              • 201

              #7
              Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

              My mobile installation on 3g takes around 2 mb per hour to run the satbox ,20mb per day which is really next to nothing the same as downloading a few pics from the internet,when mobile in the camper iam on the free samba 3g three network with a much lower allowance than yours.

              Comment

              • microchick
                Experienced Board Member
                • Apr 2012
                • 1162

                #8
                Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                The keys are usually not that long, and the receiver doesnt always need the key. It might need the key once in 10 or 15 seconds. It import the keys from the card on the server. It means there is less communication between the server and the receiver.
                The best example will be to consider P2P and then reduce the download speed to 25b/sec (which is a lot). Leave it for the next hour or so and see how much it can download. It will give you a clear idea about your usage.
                If you like my post, please don't hesitate to click on "Thanks"button. Thank you

                Comment

                • mirny
                  Experienced Board Member
                  • Nov 2011
                  • 707

                  #9
                  Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                  some providers requesting ecms in 10 to 15seconds, but these times are usually shorter, eg, upc/cryptoworks 5000ms, nds/slyuk 1000ms!
                  HD-BOX FS-9200,SkyStar HD2 USB CI, Skystar2 90Fe Motor, 85Al Multifeed

                  If you like my post, or was helpful, don't be shy and press the Thanks Button.

                  Comment

                  • odysseas1991
                    Experienced Board Member
                    • Jan 2011
                    • 635

                    #10
                    Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                    You are looking in terms of MB for heavy use so it is not a factor that affects you.

                    3G would work, but would be unstable for most packages as 3G signal tends to fluctuate over small time periods. Again, the 3G data allowance will more than suffice but it will not give you the reliability you might need for flawless viewing.

                    Comment

                    • spanky_1209
                      Board Senior Member
                      • Mar 2011
                      • 308

                      #11
                      Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                      I made some calculation on my own regarding the bandwight for the CS.

                      The process was the following :

                      24/24 running as a clinent for 1 hole day : 40 Mb per day .

                      I did not connect to the Internet with my PC during this period I just let the Reciver as clinent to run 24 hours.

                      Acctually it depends on wath channels you are watching, because NDS take 3 to 4 time more bandwight then other Decrypting systems. NDS take like mirny says 1000 ms, that means that ECM are requested every 1 second !!!
                      ------------------------------------------------------
                      ------------------------------------------------------
                      ******************************************
                      *DBox 2 by Nokia (66 MHz Processor, 16 MB RAM) *
                      *Arion AF-8000 HDMI *
                      *Phillips DIS 2221 *
                      *Zehnder DX4000 CI patched with NeotionBox SW *
                      ******************************************

                      Comment

                      • KVF1966
                        Board Senior Member
                        • Dec 2012
                        • 279

                        #12
                        Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                        I look satellite television till some hours daily, in a month the traffic leaves near 300Мb, I use 3G and there all statistics is visible.

                        Comment

                        • kostis
                          Experienced Board Member
                          • Nov 2012
                          • 521

                          #13
                          Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                          With 40GB you will not have any problems, HD or regular channels are the same cause you use your internet for other reason not streaming. better to unplug when not in use.
                          If my post was useful, please, use "Thanks" button

                          Comment

                          • pan1300
                            Experienced Board Member
                            • Apr 2012
                            • 1663

                            #14
                            Re: internet usage (bandwidth)

                            Originally posted by kostis
                            With 40GB you will not have any problems, HD or regular channels are the same cause you use your internet for other reason not streaming. better to unplug when not in use.
                            true, as said I have about 10 or 15 GB and never used more than some GB a month - about the unplugging: we had an interesting thread/discussion on this: see: _http://www.satlover.eu/forum/satellite-discussion-english/41856-how-to-test-if-my-stb-is-still-connected-with-a-cs-server-in-standby.html

                            Comment

                            Working...