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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...
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.
Zman2k2 wrote: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.
Are you sure about that? It states specifically if you use anything other than the telus box that it would count as data. If I do what you say I can use my own android box with the telus app and not consume data also? I have a 1 year old or so android box that I could use as well as the telus app.
If I have unlimited bandwidth does it even matter? (Do they start throttling.)
- The highest bandwidth for residential market in Canada is 8gbps with Bell in Toronto area. Theoretically no one can have unlimited broadband even if they have unlimited money lol.
Traditionally the data count just shouldn’t apply to rental boxes. Otherwise there’s less incentive for customers to pay extra. But everything is evolving now so policy might be changing. It could also be Telus finds that people rich enough to buy an ATV box usually don’t negotiate for a competitive deal so they bulge a bit on the data usage side hahaha.
