# Remote streams allowed per user

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-streams-allowed-per-user/236617>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-streams-allowed-per-user/236617 "2018-05-25T01:46:33Z")\
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**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 25, 2018, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/remote-streams-allowed-per-user/236617/2 "2018-05-25T14:21:08Z")

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There are several older requests for this feature (and permutations thereof).  
The most fitting would be this one:

> [@Limit Concurrent Streams Per Account](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-concurrent-streams-per-account/54513/1):
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> This is something I would very much like to see... &nbsp; Like many of you I am sure, I have shared my massive media library with my family. &nbsp;The problem is, I only have 5 mbps up bandwidth, so a realistic limit is 3 streams at once. &nbsp;If all three are HD 2.0 mbps streams going on at the same time, it can start lagging. &nbsp; So I have shared it with a grand total of 3 accounts. &nbsp;Well, the problem is one of these family members I have allowed access to has clearly gone out and shared their username an…

closing

Please respect [the rules for this subforum](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "the rules for this subforum")

- **Search** first if the request has already been posted before. The goal is to collect the votes for a particular feature in one thread - not to scatter them around.
- Please only [one feature per post](https://forums.plex.tv/discussion/46128/rules-for-this-forum-inc-how-to-vote#top "one feature per post")

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