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But, for approximate usage at recommended rate of 100 kbps for voice only Skype calls is:īut this again may vary. You can see the rest of the section, to know video data usage.

This again depends on whether the call is audio or video. Related : How to Prevent Skype Auto-Start in Windows 10 - 6 Methods What is 1 hour skype call data usage like?

Video calls between a mobile device and a computer: 600kbps.

Video calls between two mobile devices: 500kbps.

Calls to landlines or mobile numbers: 6-20 kbps or around 1MB for one minute of calling.

Skype-to-Skype: 50kbps or around 3MB for one minute of calling.

The following is the rough estimate of data usage for Skype calls from/to various kinds of devices. Max Idle bandwidth per Skype client running 1.35 GB/month ( Skype running 24/7) Min – minimum, rec- recommended (or maximum) The following is the rough calculation of data usage by Skype for audio and video calls. The latest reports in 2013 suggests that Skype uses 200-300mb of data (up & down combined) per hour of usage on a video call, and around 40-50mb per hour on a voice only call. Since those days the network speeds were slow and people had limited bandwidth, video chat was almost impossible without interruptions. Some 4 years ago it was found that a typical voice call requires 55MB per hour and a video call takes 72 to 180 MB per hour.

If you are using the latest version of Skype, you can also see, how much bandwidth is taken during a video call. Skype Bandwidth Requirements – Minimum and Maximum If it’s on a speedy connection it will use more bandwidth and on a slower connection it adjusts itself to use the appropriate bandwidth. Later I found on another post saying that Skype adjusts itself to different forms of connections. However, if you’ve got 2 GB to play with, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem skypeing.įinally, I Suggest, Use Netlimiter ( if I recall correctly). The test was done by logging the data usage before and after a 1-minute call. The above usage estimates, is for Skype voice only.įor Skype Video The estimates figured up show about 3.4MB per minute being used during a video call. Netlimiter shows stats of around ruffly 6kb up, 6kb down. On ADSL i checked the Skype download/upload speeds : The satisfied answer looked something like this: Related : Fix : Skype for Business - File Transfer Not Working in Windows 10 or 7