In the past two years when humanity has been greatly affected by the epidemic, the demand for online meetings such as remote learning and work has increased significantly. There are even network services that have temporarily reduced their quality to cope with the tightness of related network resources at the peak of the epidemic. This pattern continues to this day, and many people have begun to pay more attention to the quality of related services and even the burden they may cause. Many people have also conducted in-depth research and are not shy about sharing relevant information and research on this. Continue reading How much network traffic does video conferencing consume? Someone has compiled comparative reports on services including LINE, Zoom, Google Meet and other services.
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How much network traffic does video conferencing consume? Someone compiled a comparison of services including LINE, Zoom, Google Meet, etc.
In recent years, the demand for online conferencing has increased significantly, but regardless of the difficulty of getting started with these vast services. There should also be many people who care about how high the requirements for network resources these services have? In this regard, some websites analyzed the related performance of LINE, Zoom, Google Meet and Skype.
Japanese website wimax-speed Just share the approximate data consumption. In a one-hour online meeting, Skype and Google Meet have the highest network consumption, reaching 2GB and 1.5GB of “GB” level traffic respectively; LINE and Zoom only have the highest figures of 300MB. The website also calculates that if your mobile data is limited, chatting on Google Meet may burn through 5GB of your data in more than 3 hours; but using LINE can last up to 16 hours.
That is to say, this kind of research is not only conducted by one company.There are also websites in the United States that share itThese services, plus testing of services like Microsoft Teams, Slack, and even Hangouts. Changes in related traffic are even explored for 1-on-1 conversations, multi-person meetings, and various quality settings.
Interestingly, Zoom was considered the most data-saving in the previous survey. Under high-definition settings, it will jump directly from the original several hundred MB to the GB level; for multi-person meetings, it will jump to a higher number accordingly. Skype uses only 135MB per hour for 1:1 chats. And even when turned to high quality, it’s only 240MB.
It can only be said that the relevant data may actually vary greatly depending on factors such as video quality, number of participants, and whether the content is open to others to watch and share. In addition, each service should also have its own changes or revisions. Therefore, it is recommended that if you are worried about the strict requirements of related network resources, you can refer to these tests to roughly understand the status of the service. On the other hand, it is recommended to pay more attention to arranging the environment in a more stable environment with relevant support, or it would be better to prepare for the test before the formal meeting.
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Source: KOCPC Chinese