In  the last two months I have started flying GA aircraft, 95% of the time. Lately only the Turbine Duke, and prior to that the SWS Pilatus PC12.  I am paying an extra $30 a month for unlimited data with Comcast, and about 9 months ago when I started flying only  tube liners, I went over the 1.2 TB data limit and had to start paying the extra $30. Now I have noticed that the same average 1 1/2 hour flights with GA, because of the reduced range, has resulted in a dramatic drop in my data consumption from MSFS. Less scenery loading, results in lower data usage, so I am going to cancel the unlimited data, because now I am using a .8 TB per month. That will be about a $300 a year difference in cost.  😉

Wow curious what county?

Oh I see you're in GA...

 

Edited July 5, 2025Jul 5 by Sticky

This is a very US problem.. and that too some parts of the US. I used to live in Boston, where we had two big providers (Verizon and Comcast), and guess what? I paid $75/month for pure FIOS (500 Mbps maybe? Maybe 300.. it was a long time ago now) with true unlimited data back in 2012-2015. I see things haven't gotten better lol

 

 

I can't imagine having data caps in 2025. Interesting to see how much less data is used, however.

I do find it wild that some places still have data caps on your normal home broadband / internet connections. 

34 minutes ago, Zangoose said:

I do find it wild that some places still have data caps on your normal home broadband / internet connections. 

Same. Unlimited super fast net comes for free with my condo contract😅

Also helps to really bump up the Rolling Cache size (assuming you're not a globe trotter). 👍

Now that is realism! Data consumption matches real world fuel consumption values 😂

17 hours ago, UrgentSiesta said:

Also helps to really bump up the Rolling Cache size (assuming you're not a globe trotter). 👍

I fly different routes all the time, have never used rolling cache. 

On 7/5/2025 at 9:04 AM, Bobsk8 said:

In  the last two months I have started flying GA aircraft, 95% of the time. Lately only the Turbine Duke, and prior to that the SWS Pilatus PC12.  I am paying an extra $30 a month for unlimited data with Comcast, and about 9 months ago when I started flying only  tube liners, I went over the 1.2 TB data limit and had to start paying the extra $30. Now I have noticed that the same average 1 1/2 hour flights with GA, because of the reduced range, has resulted in a dramatic drop in my data consumption from MSFS. Less scenery loading, results in lower data usage, so I am going to cancel the unlimited data, because now I am using a .8 TB per month. That will be about a $300 a year difference in cost.  😉

Been wondering how people on Comcast were handling MSFS2024's increased data usage.  I'm still on 2020 due to building a new system specifically for 2024 AND the whole streaming a lot more thing.  I mostly fly GA but some days I'm putting in a lot of hours.  Interesting that airliner flying is actually resulting in higher data usage than GA flying.  I've never gone over 1TB in a month but that does include all the streaming video and audio that I have going when I'm home.

I’m amazed that there are still cable operators with data caps for wired connections. Non of the local ISPs here (Spectrum, Verizon and Empire) have any kind of cap.

No data cap here where I live in Colorado either with my ISP. 

Companies hanging on to any way they can to fleece the public into buying "extras" they shouldn't really have to pay for, see the airline industry as Example A!

1 hour ago, Bobsk8 said:

I fly different routes all the time, have never used rolling cache. 

It's there for a reason, Bob, and disk space CHEAP! 🤙

A 64gb cache in 2024 seems to be the ticket fo me.  I have about 20 regular destinations.

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