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Tmobile home internet bleeding data?
since after 9 months of being on waiting list unlimited TMobile internet is still not available, they convinced me to try the 100 GB a month plan. Anyone else finding they are being lied to about the...
I cannot explain why your phone usage is so low compared to TMHI for similar viewing habits, unless your phone is passing video data at 480p rather than Hi Def (that’s the way my AT&T phone plan works).
For data usage reference, here are the approximate data requirements for various YouTube TV resolutions: 480p: 560 MB/hr, 720p@60Hz: 1.9 GB/hr, 1080p@60Hz: 3 GB/hr, 4K: 16 GB/hr.
So it seems to me that watching standard HiDef (1080p@60Hz) is not that far from what you're experiencing, and if you are watching 4K you would be way higher.
Back when I was under the Internet Lite plan (200 gig), I was pretty careful about watching my data usage and came to the conclusion that the YouTube TV bitrate requirements shown above were pretty accurate. Also, I have another home where I have AT&T fiber and when I travel there my usage habits are pretty much the same, and my data usage reported by AT&T is on-par with what TM reports.
