# Limit remote stream bitrate per user **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature Suggestions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-per-user/585822 "2020-05-05T13:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@mrow](https://forums.plex.tv/u/mrow)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-per-user/585822/1 "2020-05-05T13:02:24Z")
It would be nice to have the ability to set a bandwidth limit per user in additional to a global setting. I live in NYC and don’t really have room for the big 4U server that houses my media library and Plex server so I keep it at my parents house who have an upstream limited to about 45Mbps. They only have Comcast cable available and without paying a few hundred bucks a month for Comcast’s fiber service that is the highest upload speed you can get. I share my library with about a 18 people and it would be nice if I could limit their upload bandwidth to, say, 8Mbps while leaving mine set to a higher limit (or no limit). This would be a great example of when H.265 transcoding support would really help. I could limit everyone to half the bitrate for the same quality level but that’s another topic. ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-per-user/585822/2 "2020-05-05T13:04:30Z")
A request for the same feature exists already, and it has more votes. > [@Feature request: per user bandwidth limits](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-per-user-bandwidth-limits/192859/1): > > So it has been nearly 8 months since “Streaming Brain” debuted with a global per stream quality limit and global total bandwidth limit, but no enhancements have been made in that time. Now that the base features exist, I am sure many of us think it would be nice if per stream limit could be moved in to the users → friends → restrictions panel just the same way library access is. It logically would seem to fit there, since that is where the other restrictions reside. I want to restrict certain… Therefore this one is closed, to prevent spreading the votes across several threads, even though they vote for the same (or at least very similar thing). Votes are given back to the users who voted on this request. Please think of re-voting in the other thread if you still want it. * * * Rules for the Feature Suggestions forum section: - Please **search** before creating a new suggestion thread. - Only one feature per thread. See existing feature suggestions, sorted by **most popular** first [https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes](https://forums.plex.tv/c/general/feature-suggestions/l/votes) ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-per-user/585822/3 "2020-05-05T13:04:36Z")