Data per Hour

[Steven]

Does anyone know how much data is passed between the client and the server. Looking to see if I need to drop ISP carrier as they are implementing a 250GB download for a month....Kids are watching netflix constantly and I like gaming on DDO normally at least 10 hours a week when i have 10 hours anyhow. Trying to figure out my monthly useage without going through the hassle of setting up monitoring equipment.

[MsEricka]

Depends on how much you play, but I think you'd be extremely surprised to know that online games use very little bandwidth.

I'd be surprised if you managed to use 500MB (yes, 1/2 of a GB) per month (30 days) of playing DDO.

[Mirthgar]

Depends on how much you play, but I think you'd be extremely surprised to know that online games use very little bandwidth.

I'd be surprised if you managed to use 500MB (yes, 1/2 of a GB) per month (30 days) of playing DDO.

The only "caveat" i would add to this is yes DDO's general bandwidth usage is low during general gameplay but when its patching for an update, or patching after a reinstall are where you'll see bandwidth use. Just something to keep in mind, typically minor updates aren't excessively large but the big ones can get up there in size.

[sirgog]

Does anyone know how much data is passed between the client and the server. Looking to see if I need to drop ISP carrier as they are implementing a 250GB download for a month....Kids are watching netflix constantly and I like gaming on DDO normally at least 10 hours a week when i have 10 hours anyhow. Trying to figure out my monthly useage without going through the hassle of setting up monitoring equipment.

I've played DDO just fine on a 7GB monthly connection. Only thing I could not do was re-download the client.

I play a lot.

[MsEricka]

I'm not sure if Netflix has the service available to everyone, but in Canada we have some cheap ISP's who really like low bandwidth caps.

Netflix recently introduced a new "product" specifically for those users. Their movies/shows are sent in lower detail so are about 2/3 their normal size but look fine on most screens.

More info from netflix

It does specifically refer to Canadian accounts, so I don't know if it's available to US subscribers as well.

[Steven]

Thank you everyone for the answers. 250GB is alot it's something like 109 hours of hd netflix so as long as the game isn't eating 50 gb or something I would hope I am ok. I know alot of isp's are going to this because people like me are dumping there video service in place of netflix and hulu with the free digital airwaves. I am not missing any of the shows I normally watch and if I feel like channel surfing well free T.V. is still there.

[sirgog]

Thank you everyone for the answers. 250GB is alot it's something like 109 hours of hd netflix so as long as the game isn't eating 50 gb or something I would hope I am ok. I know alot of isp's are going to this because people like me are dumping there video service in place of netflix and hulu with the free digital airwaves. I am not missing any of the shows I normally watch and if I feel like channel surfing well free T.V. is still there.

In Australia there are almost no ISPs that offer anything but limited download accounts, and until recently (~2008) most plans either had caps of 25GB or less, or were extremely expensive (~AU$100+/month = US$108).