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Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 17:28:05 GMT

Approximately how much data would be needed to attend a one day online conference - approximately 8 hours. I haven’t been given the mode of communication yet but am assuming it will be a Zoom presentation.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Carniam — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:49:18 GMT

A lot. You’re better off finding some free wifi somewhere. I would hazard at least 1GB and hour, though most likely much more.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

hairbag1 — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:50:23 GMT

@Celynne wrote:
Approximately how much data would be needed to attend a one day online conference - approximately 8 hours. I haven’t been given the mode of communication yet but am assuming it will be a Zoom presentation.

Will you have access to wifi for your conference ?

Re: Amount of data for online conference

gpixel — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:49:52 GMT

@Celynne

Zoom data usage for a group call

Quality	Download	Upload	Total
High	450 MB/hr.	360 MB/hr.	810 MB/hr.
720p	675 MB/hr.	675 MB/hr.	1.35 GB/hr.
1080p	1.2 GB/hr.	1.2 GB/hr.	2.4 GB/hr.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Triguy — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:51:06 GMT

It would consume quite a bit of data.

https://www.whistleout.com.au/Broadband/Guides/How-much-data-does-Zoom-use

Re: Amount of data for online conference

all4black — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:51:14 GMT

hope you will acces to wi-fi over there

Re: Amount of data for online conference

dude65 — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:12:32 GMT

I would use wifi as it will chew up a lot of data.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

geopublic — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 16:47:00 GMT

@Celynne wrote:
Approximately how much data would be needed to attend a one day online conference - approximately 8 hours. I haven’t been given the mode of communication yet but am assuming it will be a Zoom presentation.

@Celynne

Well, that can be quite a complex when its comes to estimation. Just arriving at a figure based on the time spent for the webinar may not yield the accurate results. More than the data speed and the number of hours – it should ideally depend upon the contents or composition of your conference.

The text and data in a webinar would not consume much data in an hourly session when compared to a meeting where a lot of multimedia content is shared. Studies have indicated that a meeting lasting around one and a half hour should consume around 350 MB ideally.

That again would be dependent upon the connection speeds and a host of other aspects. For the sake of arriving at a figure, consider the per hour consumption of cellular data for a WebEx conference usage should range somewhere between 0.5 GB to 1 GB in the ideal cases. So in your case 4-8 GB will be required..

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:06:37 GMT

@Carniam

Thanks.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:08:14 GMT

@hairbag1
We are supposed to be at a cabin for the week but I need to attend the conference. I was hoping to be able to access it with my phone but it looks like I better just stay home to attend.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:09:38 GMT

@gpixel
Thank you for the chart! It is very helpful.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:10:35 GMT

@Triguy
Thank you for sharing this article! It was very helpful.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:11:21 GMT

@all4black
Thanks. We are supposed to be out of town without wifi. I was hoping to use my phone but it looks like I will need to stay home to ensure I have proper access.

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:13:29 GMT

@dude65

Thanks

Re: Amount of data for online conference

Celynne — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 03:14:18 GMT

@geopublic

Thanks so much for the information. It is very helpful.