Need an advice on changing isp data plan...

[Brahman]

My ISP is offering me two options at the same price for my family connection.
Option 1: 200 Mbps with 2000Gb for 30 days
Option 2: 100 Mbps with 4000Gb for 30 days.
There is a 4k tv, 4 mobile phone, one pc, and two laptops and a few iot devices connected to the routers. Which one should I opt for?

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Go for option 2, you have a lot of devices connected to that plan so the more data the better, plus 100Mbps is good enough for all uses.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Agree with @Digmor Crusher option 2.

 

[blackice]

They offer a higher cap on a slower plan because they know you couldn’t hit it if you wanted to.

 

[Brahman]

They offer a higher cap on a slower plan because they know you couldn’t hit it if you wanted to.

That's exactly the dilemma in my mind...

 

[blackice]

That's exactly the dilemma in my mind...

Do you have a way to look at your traffic? What router do you use?

 

[Brahman]

Do you have a way to look at your traffic? What router do you use?

yes I have, i use a Mikrotik hap ac router.

 

[blackice]

Ah, you probably Also have QoS options available. 2TB is a lot for a cap. If you don't generally use that much the higher speed may be beneficial for speeding up downloads. If you get close to that much in a month then I'd go with the slower plan and implement QoS if needed.

 

[MuzzMelbourne]

“I feel the need…”

We run 2 mobiles, Mac laptop and Smart TV streaming on 500gb cap and never have a problem.

2Tb is a lot of data and you can never have too much speed…

 

[Brahman]

Ah, you probably Also have QoS options available. 2TB is a lot for a cap. If you don't generally use that much the higher speed may be beneficial for speeding up downloads. If you get close to that much in a month then I'd go with the slower plan and implement QoS if needed.

Sound perfect to me. Thanks a lot ...

 

[Digmor Crusher]

I went from 50 Mbps to 940 Mbps and see no difference in day to day usage of my computer, the only difference is downloading something. And I could really care less if something takes 20 seconds or 60 seconds to download. I don't download big files such as movies, games etc.

 

[Brahman]

I went from 50 Mbps to 940 Mbps and see no difference in day to day usage of my computer, the only difference is downloading something. And I could really care less if something takes 20 seconds or 60 seconds to download. I don't download big files such as movies, games etc.

For one person it would not make much difference. I have way too many devices connected to the network and at a time atleast two devices consumes 2k or above 2k content. I don't know if a 200 Mbps is going to make a drastic change or not but I am going to experiment with both the plans, i have talked with my ISP today they are willing to give me both the plans for alternative months to check which is appropriate for me and then choose one. So fingers crossed... thanks again for suggestions.

 

[Digmor Crusher]

Your lucky that your ISP will do that for you, the perfect way to determine which plan is best.

 

[Shadowra]

My ISP is offering me two options at the same price for my family connection.
Option 1: 200 Mbps with 2000Gb for 30 days
Option 2: 100 Mbps with 4000Gb for 30 days.
There is a 4k tv, 4 mobile phone, one pc, and two laptops and a few iot devices connected to the routers. Which one should I opt for?

Does your ISP impose fair use? This is unheard of on a fixed connection Oo

 

[Brahman]

Does your ISP impose fair use? This is unheard of on a fixed connection Oo

No restriction on data use, after the allotted data expires the connection speed gets reduced to 10Mbps. No more questions asked. The competition is pretty high here in India ( to be exact state called Kerala) and in my locality we have 5 internet service providers who are fighting it out to gain more consumers. So at the moment we the consumers are the kings..