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12-28-2015 , 03:14 PM

sirin

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Does anyone know how much data is used per hour playing poker, not using the internet for anything else?

For example, with a data plan that allows 200mb/day, is that enough if all I am doing is connecting to one poker site and playing for 6 hours?

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12-29-2015 , 01:05 AM

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That's a really good question. I work in IT and if I had to guess I would say that there is a lot more transfer than you think/realize going on back and forth. So, I'd take the over on 200mb/day. Plus, you don't specify if you will be multi-tabling. If so, then I'm definitely taking the over - 6 hours is a long time, lots of hands in that time to transfer back and forth.

Finally, also think about client software updates. Just one update/month would affect your data usage to some significant degree.

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12-29-2015 , 03:11 AM

PokerSpiv

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Less than 1gb per month if all you use it for is poker, based on my own usage.

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12-29-2015 , 11:01 AM

GentlemanJack

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Originally Posted by PokerSpiv

Less than 1gb per month if all you use it for is poker, based on my own usage.

Yeah but the OP had some specifics listed to measure by. You can't post an answer with "my own usage" unless you provide the days, hours, # of tables, etc.

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12-29-2015 , 11:37 AM

sirin

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Originally Posted by PokerSpiv

Less than 1gb per month if all you use it for is poker, based on my own usage.

Thanks for the replies.

Spiv - do you play full time?

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12-29-2015 , 11:38 AM

poster

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You will pretty much never use more than 50MB/day playing poker. Just make sure you have turned off all the programs in the background. Try using some free program to measure your bandwith usage to see for yourself (I use networx, but I'm sure there is many others).

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12-29-2015 , 10:01 PM

that_anon_pgc

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Just for poker 200mb will be fine for 6hrs

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12-30-2015 , 12:24 AM

PokerSpiv

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Originally Posted by sirin

Thanks for the replies.

Spiv - do you play full time?

About 100,000 hands per month. (10-12 tabling).

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12-30-2015 , 12:25 AM

PokerSpiv

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Originally Posted by GentlemanJack

Yeah but the OP had some specifics listed to measure by. You can't post an answer with "my own usage" unless you provide the days, hours, # of tables, etc.

Don't really need to be that specific seeing as OP's data plan has 200MB a day which is 5-6 times more allowance than what he needs.

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12-30-2015 , 11:15 AM

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turn off animation if you play on stars, or any other sites where that would be applicable. Been using mobile data on and off for 4+ years and would rough estimate about 20-30 mb per hour is being used when on single site ~10 tabling. Turning off skype and other programs also recommended.

Haven't been in any country where they don't offer at least 500mb reloads though

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12-30-2015 , 09:54 PM

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Perfect, thanks everyone!

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