Broadband and tv

[A500leroy]

Now that streaming TV is a thing do any of the internet providers start charging extra if you stream to much, or is it genuinely unlimited.

[colin79666]

Fair use policies usually apply but that usually doesn’t result in a charge, more often slowing down or booting you off if it is persistent. You would have to be streaming 4K hdr all day every day however.

There are still some isps with data caps but more fibre based services are unlimited these days, subject to fair use.

[A500leroy]

So 150mbps would run 2 TVs fairly easily?

[richhead]

i live alone, but only here half the time, have 30 what evers a month, and stream everything films music, never had a problem.
I think people over estimate what they need, go low and increase if you need to.

[Mr-B]

A500leroy said:

So 150mbps would run 2 TVs fairly easily?

Yes. 25mbps per device for 4k ultra HD streaming - tomsguide/Netflix

[ARHarh]

I used to happily watch iplayer on an 8meg connection a few years ago, you will probably be OK.

[RizzoTheRat]

In general you won't have any upper limit to how much you can download, but heavy users might be throttled (to 40% in the case of Virgin) at really busy periods. However as above the actual amount of data you need to stream 4K TV is pretty small compared to the data rates being offered these days.