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communication:bandwidth_conservation [2019/07/12 12:57] frater_secessus [web frugality] |
communication:bandwidth_conservation [2021/12/17 20:45] princess_fluffypants [Conserving Mobile Data] |
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====== Bandwidth conservation ====== | ====== Bandwidth conservation ====== | ||
+ | Similar to dealing with [[water: | ||
- | As with drinking water, power, food, and waste tanks, ' | + | Here are the most common factors: |
* cost - on metered or capped plans going over can be expensive | * cost - on metered or capped plans going over can be expensive | ||
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+ | ===== Conserving Mobile Data ===== | ||
+ | **What takes up a lot of bandwidth? | ||
+ | tl-dr: **Video.** Anything to do with video consumes // | ||
+ | If you can reduce or eliminate any kind of video data usage, you've made the problem of data vastly smaller already. | ||
- | ===== conserving mobile | + | Professional-quality photo uploading can also take a lot of bandwidth, but it's still nowhere in the same range as video. |
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+ | **What DOESN' | ||
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+ | tl-dr: **Anything that isn't video.** Even audio streaming is barely a drop in the bucket; a 2-hour-long podcast is 20-30mb while a 2-hour-long movie is // | ||
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+ | ==== General tips for reducing | ||
+ | (Aside from avoiding video) | ||
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+ | * Use cell phones or mobile devices when possible, instead of laptops. | ||
+ | * Mobile web browsers and apps are generally formatted and designed to be more efficient about data usage, and most web sites will have mobile-optimized versions that are more lightweight. You can sometimes fake this on some web browsers by using extensions to trick them into fetching the mobile versions of web pages, or by doing it manually with specific web addresses (for example, https:// | ||
+ | * Turn off data usage when not needed | ||
+ | * Modern devices are very " | ||
+ | * When going to bed or when you know you're not using the device for a while, turn off just the data connection. | ||
+ | * This means that you may not get notified immediately when someone posts a new cat picture, however SMS and phone calls will still come through (as those operate on a push notification from the cellular network, rather than a pull from the phone) | ||
+ | * Many cell phones will have options for "Low Data Mode", which will attempt to limit or stop this background behavior as well. | ||
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The traditional way mobile sites were/are denoted was with the prefix " | The traditional way mobile sites were/are denoted was with the prefix " | ||
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Note: **HTTPS (encrypted) traffic cannot be optimized** by third parties because it is encrypted and the proxy can't see what it is. | Note: **HTTPS (encrypted) traffic cannot be optimized** by third parties because it is encrypted and the proxy can't see what it is. | ||
- | [[http:// | + | [[http:// |
If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy. | If you are technically minded and have a server somewhere you can run your own compression proxy using freeware like ziproxy. | ||
+ | The [[https:// | ||
+ | A german ISP runs [[https:// | ||
==== email frugality ==== | ==== email frugality ==== | ||
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==== video frugality ==== | ==== video frugality ==== | ||
- | **Streaming is evil** when bandwidth is limited. Some networking gear is socket-limited; | + | **Streaming is evil** when bandwidth is limited. Some networking gear is socket-limited; |
- | If you must stream use the minimum video quality you can tolerate. | ||
If you can, download the media during off-hours; | If you can, download the media during off-hours; | ||
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+ | Some streaming services allow you to download for offline consumption. | ||
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=== YouTube frugality === | === YouTube frugality === | ||
Force YouTube video quality down as far as you can stand. | Force YouTube video quality down as far as you can stand. | ||
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+ | You can [[source: | ||
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+ | youtube-dl -f ' | ||
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For " | For " | ||
- | * '' | + | * '' |
- | * '' | + | * '' |
Pulling down audio only when possible can save 90% or more bandwidth. | Pulling down audio only when possible can save 90% or more bandwidth. | ||
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+ | If you need both audio and video, those pieces can be pulled down separately and combined for absolute smallest filesize: | ||
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+ | * '' | ||
==== android ==== | ==== android ==== | ||