How much data will a Euro 2020 match drain from my EE MiFi ? (1 Viewer)

[Spriddler]

I'm hoping to watch the England vs Germany match tomorrow live on BBC iPlayer hooked up to my laptop whilst on a site. About 90 mins.
1. I have never used iPlayer or a MiFi before, ever.
2. I think the data SIM is 24GB (I think it cost about £40 but can't remember exactly.
3. I don't even know if BBC TV progs can be viewed live on iPlayer.

Am I way off understanding what the technology can do?

 

[Ivory55]

Don’t know but I bet it runs out if it’s a penalty shootouts. Haha

 

[Emmit]

I watched one of the first games tethering the Laptop from my phone and that day I used 3.7 gigabytes.(amended)

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[PaulyP]

If I watch a match on the pc whilst up at our static using an EE mifi it takes about 2gb. To 2.5gb.
That’s on bt or sky, guessing iplayer will be the same.

 

[Guigsy]

I watched one of the first games tethering the Laptop from my phone and that day I used 3.7 megabytes

Gigabytes I assume?

 

[Riverbankannie]

I watched one of the first games tethering the Laptop from my phone and that day I used 3.7 megabytes

That’s not much?

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[Riverbankannie]

I'm hoping to watch the England vs Germany match tomorrow live on BBC iPlayer hooked up to my laptop whilst on a site. About 90 mins.
1. I have never used iPlayer or a MiFi before, ever.
2. I think the data SIM is 24GB (I think it cost about £40 but can't remember exactly.
3. I don't even know if BBC TV progs can be viewed live on iPlayer.

Am I way off understanding what the technology can do?

You need to be signed up to BBC iplayer, it’s free but worth noting your sign up name (usually email address) and your password. Once set up you can watch live programming or catch up programmes.
Have you set up the bbc iplayer app ready to go?
Have you linked up the mifi to wifi setting on your laptop already as well. If not then game likely to be over before all the dots joined up

 

[Emmit]

That’s not much?

Thanks Annie. I got my mega's mixed up with my gyga's

 

[Spriddler]

You need to be signed up to BBC iplayer, it’s free but worth noting your sign up name (usually email address) and your password. Once set up you can watch live programming or catch up programmes.
Have you set up the bbc iplayer app ready to go?

Thanks.
Yep, I've signed up to iPlayer with my email address and a password.

Have you linked up the mifi to wifi setting on your laptop already as well. If not then game likely to be over before all the dots joined up

My son used the EE MiFi with his laptop and said that I just need to switch the MiFi on and then click on my 'Internet access' icon (I know how to do that) and choose the EE MiFi.
At home on my BT router I get about 7 WiFi options (platforms?) when I click on 'Internet access' (Windows 10), presumably the list includes my neighbours' and others' WiFi.
I've never bothered with TV before in the m/h and probably won't again once the Euros are over.

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[Riverbankannie]

Thanks Annie. I got my mega's mixed up with my gyga's

Thought you had found the holy grail of data compression for tv!

 

[DBop]

As a rough guide, 1GB of data would let you do one of the following: Watch one hour and 20 minutes of video at Standard Definition. Stream roughly eight hours of high quality music- I reckon you should be sound for watching the game.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Thanks.
Yep, I've signed up to iPlayer with my email address and a password.

My son used the EE MiFi with his laptop and said that I just need to switch the MiFi on and then click on my 'Internet access' icon (I know how to do that) and choose the EE MiFi.
At home on my BT router I get about 7 WiFi options (platforms?) when I click on 'Internet access' (Windows 10), presumably the list includes my neighbours' and others' WiFi.
I've never bothered with TV before in the m/h and probably won't again once the Euros are over.

Fingers crossed then! Do you have the password for the mifi?

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[John H.]

Have you linked up the mifi to wifi setting on your laptop already as well. If not then game likely to be over before all the dots joined up

Good point, although you can then watch the match from the beginning.

 

[Lenny HB]

Iplayer normally uses between 800 mb to 1 gb per hour in standard definition.

 

[Spriddler]

Don’t know but I bet it runs out if it’s a penalty shootouts. Haha

Maybe I'm a bit odd but if a game goes to penalties I switch off beforehand. As far as I'm concerned the the game's a draw and the penalties are just a contrived way to get a result to satisfy the TV schedules, advertising and the tournament plan. I'd rather the match was replayed but that wouldn't suit the commercial interests.

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[Spriddler]

Fingers crossed then! Do you have the password for the mifi?

Yep, my son has written it on a piece of paper in the EE box! It was quite a rigmarole setting it up entering i.d's, passwords etc.
I guess I should have a practice run before I go away tomorrow but I don't have the gift of patience with all that techno gobbledegook so I'll leave that challenge until I'm chilled under the awning with a G&T.

 

[Riverbankannie]

Yep, my son has written it on a piece of paper in the EE box! It was quite a rigmarole setting it up entering i.d's, passwords etc.
I guess I should have a practice run before I go away tomorrow but I don't have the gift of patience with all that techno gobbledegook so I'll leave that challenge until I'm chilled under the awning with a G&T.

One of my first posts on here was a call for help with setting up my mifi unit. I was tearing my hair out. I think DBK came to my rescue!

 

[Spriddler]

One of my first posts on here was a call for help with setting up my mifi unit. I was tearing my hair out. I think DBK came to my rescue!

Thanks all for the replies. One can read pages of instruction manuals in tiny print until the brain seizes but there's nothing as useful as specific guidance on a 'need to know' basis.
I'm sure that I'll manage and then wonder why I made such a fuss about it.

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[Langtoftlad]

I'd estimate between 3 or 4 gb but that's only a guess depending on how long the match is.

But..
Iplayer gives you an option to downgrade streaming quality to save bandwidth.

 

[sallylillian]

If you use Firestick you can limit data by its quality settings, we have it at its lowest and use about 300mb 1/3rd of a gig per hour. I have to adjust the Netflix setting in its app, never checked iPlayer consumption, but hopefully its governed by the Firestick setting too.

 

[Lenny HB]

Also depend on what you are watching on, it on a phone it will use far less data, my figures were for a tv.

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