Change the Video Quality Playback Settings in Streaming Apps and Other Devices - Control Data Usage (Post updated April 2025. These options are constantly changing. If you notice something different than what we have below, please contact our office and let us know.) CHANGE THE VIDEO QUALITY PLAYBACK SETTINGS. Did [...]
The Amount of Data and Bandwidth Required for Streaming Video Streaming Video is the culprit that eats up your data and bandwidth within your Internet plan. We refer to it as the Internet Hog of data. So what is streaming video? It is any video you watch through the Internet on your television, monitor [...]
Data and Bandwidth Requirements for Microsoft Teams We recommend contacting us first at 913.837.4678 to discuss your needs so we can personalize an Internet plan just for you. You can always change plans at any time, it is that simple. Microsoft Teams is another online collaboration tool used in many companies [...]
Data and Bandwidth Requirements for Zoom Video Conferencing More people are working remotely now more than ever due to COVID-19, and many of these people are required to have a good Internet connection to collaborate with their peers over a video conferencing application. Zoom video conferencing is currently one of [...]
Are you thinking about adding cameras to your home security system? Or perhaps you want to invest in a video surveillance system for your business. Either way, it is economical (and fun!) now more than ever to look at camera options. However, it is important to have certain "up" and "down" speeds with camera [...]
Remember Blockbuster? The movie rental giant who at one time had over 9000 locations across the U.S.? You could rent a couple of movies, grab a bucket of popcorn and settle in for a nice Saturday evening. Enter Netflix, who in 2007 started selling streaming services through the Internet with “video on demand,” giving [...]
Summary of Data and Bandwidth Requirements In our series of blogs leading to this final one, we provided technical information intended to estimate data and bandwidth used in your more popular Internet activities. The blogs calculated singular activities, such as if a household has one person who Skypes, uses Microsoft Teams, or has Zoom [...]
The Amount of Data and Bandwidth Required for Streaming Music (Updated 9/2022) The Internet has opened the door to a whole host of musical options for music lovers. People are no longer limited to listening to local radio stations, but instead have nearly unlimited choices within all music genres available on the Internet. There [...]
The Amount of Data and Bandwidth Required For Video Gaming This is not your father's video gaming. Gone are the stiff, one- and two-dimensional video games of the past. Today, television screens are portals to other worlds where players see through the eyes of life-like characters. Players, also called gamers, use the video controller [...]
The Amount of Data and Bandwidth Required for Graphics and Photos In today's world, cell phones have become so advanced in their ability to take photos, that every-day people can enjoy a photo shoot at any time and upload the images to social media. Advancements in technology have resulted in larger file sizes in [...]
