is 25 MBPS enough?

[Jack L.]

So we are currently on spectrum's 200 mbps plan, but AT&T is offering a 25mbps plan that is $90 a month cheaper. we are usually stressing the internet the most when I am gaming while ether talking with friends or watching a youtube video at the same time and simultaneously one of my family members is streaming Netflix while another may also be watching some Netflix or youtube.

 

(basically one person gaming, voice chatting through teamspeak/discord, 3 or 4 1080p video streams, and some light internet browsing at the same time.)

 

Is 25 mbps enough for all that, my gut tells me no but I just wanted to check. 

[The Pizza Thief]

5 minutes ago, Jack L. said:

So we are currently on spectrum's 200 mbps plan, but AT&T is offering a 25mbps plan that is $90 a month cheaper. we are usually stressing the internet the most when I am gaming while ether talking with friends or watching a youtube video at the same time and simultaneously one of my family members is streaming Netflix while another may also be watching some Netflix or youtube.

 

(basically one person gaming, voice chatting through teamspeak/discord, 3 or 4 1080p video streams, and some light internet browsing at the same time.)

 

Is 25 mbps enough for all that, my gut tells me no but I just wanted to check. 

I have 20mbps in my apartment on optic fiber, I can only do one thing at the time. My ping when gaming is perfect, from 8-20ms constantly (cs:go, rocket league, etc..) But if i have people over as soon as they connect to the wifi everything slows down. 

[themctipers]

megabyte or megabit

25 megabit is minimum for my standards in 2018..

id say 50megabit is enough for your uses but that plan might not be good value

 

[Jack L.]

2 minutes ago, themctipers said:

megabyte or megabit

25 megabit is minimum for my standards in 2018..

id say 50megabit is enough for your uses but that plan might not be good value

 

sorry, megabits per second.

[Donut417]

47 minutes ago, Jack L. said:

So we are currently on spectrum's 200 mbps plan, but AT&T is offering a 25mbps plan that is $90 a month cheaper. we are usually stressing the internet the most when I am gaming while ether talking with friends or watching a youtube video at the same time and simultaneously one of my family members is streaming Netflix while another may also be watching some Netflix or youtube.

 

(basically one person gaming, voice chatting through teamspeak/discord, 3 or 4 1080p video streams, and some light internet browsing at the same time.)

 

Is 25 mbps enough for all that, my gut tells me no but I just wanted to check. 

Netflix needs 5 Mbps for each HD stream. So yeah, if you got 3 or 4 going, there is your 20 Mbps. To me 50-75 Mbps is the min I would accept. Also, Cable Internet in my opinion is way better than aDSL and VDSL for that matter. 

[mynameisjuan]

12 hours ago, Donut417 said:

Netflix needs 5 Mbps for each HD stream. So yeah, if you got 3 or 4 going, there is your 20 Mbps. To me 50-75 Mbps is the min I would accept. Also, Cable Internet in my opinion is way better than aDSL and VDSL for that matter. 

Dont forget with the amount of 4k tvs people have now that they are so cheap. 1 stream and boom....no internet for you

[Donut417]

1 minute ago, mynameisjuan said:

Dont forget with the amount of 4k tvs people have now that they are so cheap. 1 stream and boom....no internet for you

Good point. I forget, because I got a 1 TB data cap, so I dont even consider 4K streaming.