# If consumer paused on server side, does it stop stream on all clients (peers)?

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**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/if-consumer-paused-on-server-side-does-it-stop-stream-on-all-clients-peers/2461 "2021-02-17T14:48:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://mediasoup.discourse.group/t/if-consumer-paused-on-server-side-does-it-stop-stream-on-all-clients-peers/2461/1 "2021-02-17T14:48:52Z")

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Hi,  
I am using mediasoup v2 and have a doubt about consumer pause/resume on server side.  
To control bandwidth in multiparty conference i want to pause the inactive consumer. i tried to pause on client side but it doesn’t reduce bandwidth consumption.  
My question is what if i pause consumer at server? does it stop consuming stream on all client or any method we can handle it for particular peer?