Amateur Poker Association & Tour

Poker Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Luthee13 on April 06, 2013, 15:07:22 PM

Title: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: Luthee13 on April 06, 2013, 15:07:22 PM
Just a quick query, I have a dongle with 3 mobile and have noticed that it seems to be using a lot of data when I"m playing poker.

I have deleted and closed some programmes and jigged things around and it seems to have made the situation a little better.

Does anyone know roughly how much data poker "should" be using? So I know what I"m aiming for?

Thank you in advance :)

xxx
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: AAroddersAA on April 06, 2013, 15:56:43 PM
I seem to remember seeing somewhere, I can"t find the source, that Pokerstars uses about 10KB per table per minute. So a standard 3 dongle should be plenty for Poker (is it one of the pay as you go ones or on contract), I use my 3 phone as a backup connection and to play when away from home and it works fine never have issues with data useage.

If my figures are correct you would get about 850 hours of one tabling per GB of data used.

This thread might hep a bit as well

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28/internet-poker/online-poker-data-usage-981408/
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: Luthee13 on April 06, 2013, 16:44:50 PM
Thank you for the reply rodders.
Ok, that"s worrying...it was using 5mb every min for one table on poker.co.uk an now is using 2mb per minute for the same, i thought i"d done well to get to that...maybe not if what you"re saying is correct. Sigh

xxx
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: s4ooter on April 06, 2013, 16:46:46 PM
Have you turned off all porn websites?

??? ???
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: Paulie_D on April 06, 2013, 17:23:11 PM
Quote from: s4ooter on April 06, 2013, 16:46:46 PM

Have you turned off all porn websites?

??? ???


Why on earth would you do that?
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: AMRN on April 06, 2013, 18:09:24 PM
I play iPoker and Pokerstars regularly on a 3g dongle, and the usage is hardly noticeable.   Lucy - if your finding poker.co.uk to be hungry, can you play a session on a different site to make a comparison?
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: s4ooter on April 06, 2013, 18:10:28 PM
Quote from: Paulie_D on April 06, 2013, 17:23:11 PM

Quote from: s4ooter on April 06, 2013, 16:46:46 PM

Have you turned off all porn websites?

??? ???


Why on earth would you do that?


I kinda thought that after i posted it!!
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: Luthee13 on April 06, 2013, 18:28:35 PM
Damn, i never thought to shut down the live porn shows!!! Thanx for that helpful hint...

xxx


i"ll do a session on dtd an william hill an skypoker an see what happens :s

cheers guys, i"ll keep you posted :)


xxx
Title: Re: Online poker - data usage?
Post by: Luthee13 on April 07, 2013, 17:26:29 PM
So, computer needs to be wiped, me thinks. I only have this one ie browser open atm and both the data usage monitoring tools I have downloaded are telling me i"m using approx 2mb / minute...

:( poorly laptop...

Thanx for the help though guys :)

xxx