# Feature Request: Friend Priority Access

**URL:** https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-friend-priority-access/175207
**Category:** Feature Suggestions
**Created:** [January 10, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-friend-priority-access/175207 "2017-01-10T02:41:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![gadgetusaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f08c70/32.png) [@gadgetusaf](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gadgetusaf)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-friend-priority-access/175207/1 "2017-01-10T02:41:42Z")

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I would be great if we could have a setting to insure that cretin people could always stream from us, we chose a “friend” or two that a would be given priority streaming. this would be awesome.

🙂

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-friend-priority-access/175207/2 "2021-03-29T16:38:11Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Users bandwidth priority](https://forums.plex.tv/t/users-bandwidth-priority/615174):
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> Hello, I want to suggest some feature that will let you set priority for remote streams and users. What I mean is some kind of bandwidth QoS. Lets say there are 3 users. User 1 have highest priority and user 3 have lowest priority. Now all 3 users will start some stream so there are 3 streams but your internet bandwidth can handle maximum 2 streams (without any other load) so instead of 3 bad stream with lots of buffering, only user 3 will experience that issue. With additional non-PLEX intern…

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### Author: ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-friend-priority-access/175207/3 "2021-06-10T00:43:59Z")

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