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OptikTV and bandwidth usage
Telus internet monitors bandwidth usage. So if you go to youtube on your computer and uses 5GB then your bandwidth usage will go up by 5GB (obviously). now, but what happens to your bandwidth usa...
Nighthawk
Community Power User
Community Power UserI'm assuming you are asking about data usage since bandwidth is the maximum data transfer capacity of a given connection. Telus's website has a page about data usage here: https://www.telus.com/en/support/article/what-impacts-your-data-usage
- Optik TV set top boxes do not count towards the data usage limits when viewing Optik. Third party apps like YouTube/Netflix will count.
- TelusTV+ set top boxes on the home network, while using the TelusTV+ app specifically, won't count towards data usage. Any other apps used on the box will count.
- TelusTV+ app on phone/tablet/PC will count towards the data used, as will viewing via the TelusTV+ website.
I'm not entirely certain if using TelusTV+ on a supported third party set top box like the AppleTV, Chromecast with TV or nVidia Shield will count or not. It's possible that they do.
- TelusTV+ on the AppleTV does not count towards data limit. All other apps count.
How is it that Telustv+ app on computer/phone, the data do count towards data limit but, telustv+ app on appletv does not?
i wonder why that is
When you connect an AppleTV (my experience), you need to link the ATV to your Telus account in the “Service Provider” section on the app. You connect it to your account, and it works like an Optik box. IP tracking.
