Streaming services such as Netflix, Roku, Amazon Prime, YoutubeTV, etc... cause massive amounts of data consumption. Using massive amounts of data on a LTE connection is a sure way to get deprioritized or even have your LTE connection terminated without notice. We'll go into detail on a few of these services to show you how to use less data.
Netflix.
From a computer or tablet:
• Open your browser (i.e. Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc...)
• Choose your profile with administrative privileges.
• Mouse over the profile icon at the top right of the screen and select Account
• Under the PROFILE & PARENTAL CONTROLS section click the down arrow to the right of a profile.
• Scroll down and click Change to the right of Playback Settings.
• Under Data usage per screen section select Low
• Click Save
Repeat the each of the steps above for every profile in your account. Changing the settings here will work on all of your streaming devices.
Amazon Firestick.
• Go to settings
• Scroll right to ‘preferences’.
• Scroll down to ‘data monitoring’.
• Scroll down to ‘set video quality’.
• Select ‘good’.
Keep in mind that this only affects the Amazon Video content and will not work for Netflix, Disney+, YoutubeTV, etc... You still need to go into each of your streaming apps and adjust the streaming quality there as well.
Hulu.
From a computer or tablet:
• Open your browser (i.e. Safari, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc...)