Planning tool
Streaming bandwidth calculator
Estimate a household bandwidth budget from a stream’s average bitrate, active screens and chosen headroom.
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How it works
The calculation is average bitrate × active screens × (1 + headroom / 100). Two 8 Mbps streams with 25% headroom produce a planning estimate of 20 Mbps.
Use an observed or supplied stream bitrate where possible. A resolution label alone does not establish bitrate: two 1080p streams can require different bandwidth because of the codec, frame rate and encoding.
This is a capacity estimate, not a speed test. A television’s weak Wi-Fi link, packet loss or an unavailable source can affect playback even when the internet package has a higher headline speed.
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