danielsilva Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I was having a chat with a friend and ended up talking about how we're dependent on the Internet this days and how much bandwidth we use these days. So it left me wondering ... How much bandwidth do you use ? I usually use something between 200~250GB per month with the odd 300GB and i don't consider myself an hardcore internet user. So what's your sins ? Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have no idea to be honest but then I wouldnt keep track, I have 3 connections in my house a standard 20Mb for the mrs, I use my test 50Mb modem and Im also trialing the 100Mb service. Link to post Share on other sites
sigma3 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 I have no idea, which is problematic because I'm on AT&T and they just announced bandwidth caps here. Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Is this just data downstream or what? Because I download anime/movies at least 1GB or so every 1-2 days lol. Link to post Share on other sites
mattmanic Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 100GB a month, that's our bandwidth limit, I usually hit it around the 20th of every month. I would normally be watching TV on Iplayer right now but I'm forced to use an actual television Link to post Share on other sites
danielsilva Posted March 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Is this just data downstream or what? Because I download anime/movies at least 1GB or so every 1-2 days lol. Yeah i was thinking about overall usage. So you people don't track your usage ? Now you're making me feel an obsessive maniac Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 No cap on my connection Link to post Share on other sites
Stuey Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 How do I find out? Link to post Share on other sites
ryangolfvr6 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 not sure what mine is ive got 2 laptops on the go near enough all the time and the xbox online gaming etc lucky for me we have unlimeted broadband on sky. used to be with another ip provider and was teribble when getting close to ur limit they would slow speeds down Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 The big issue is that it is not just download but also upload. Any information you give the internet from a post on here to a file share via torrents count to your internet usage. Also opening any page does the same as the information is saved to the PC which is data and thus downloaded. A single page on Arnies can actually be about 5-10mb of data just to view based on what content is on the page such as adverts, pictures or reams of text. Add to that often videos that we watch are running at full power and can be up to 500mb for a 20min episode of Family Guy or similar. I have a 10GB a month limit due to a retarded father who treats me like *suitcase*, which is hard considering i am doing Networking and about 8GB of the limit is used on revision and examination material. As for unlimited it is not unlimited. What it is really is fair usage. Use too much compared to the others in your area or household on the same provider and they cap a limit, charge you and reduce the speed of your connection to make it more difficult to download. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 no cap for me no matter how much i download Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Unless you are actually running a personal server or work for an ISP then i doubt that. It maybe that you live in an area either too far out for them to bother with or too heavily populated for them to find you. Basically the two best places to hide a rogue connection. But think how far you could go with a 10GB limit. I have to watch picture porn still, haven't got round to video yet 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Yeah I work for a provider, hence why Ive had 100Mb broadband for the last 6 months and TiVo since the begining of dec Ill lend you some of my GB hehehe Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Who are you with? My idiot father is running Sky as his TV provider but BT as his broadband connection with a HomeHub router. Terrible setup i think, costs more and the BT router is lacking. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I work for Virgin Media Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Fair enough. Too bad all my networking is done on Server 2003 and Cisco routers (which we have very little of in the UK). 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
White_Rabbit Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 go and work for virgin their looking for people with networking experience to run the core network and headends Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 When i have finished my college course (HND Technical Support, its networking really) in June i will be on the look out, especially as i can go anywhere in the UK. So long as there is a decent skirmish site near Not only is there not the sites but also not the jobs up here, unless i want to work for Petrofac or Shell 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
danielsilva Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Unless you are actually running a personal server or work for an ISP then i doubt that. It maybe that you live in an area either too far out for them to bother with or too heavily populated for them to find you. Basically the two best places to hide a rogue connection. But think how far you could go with a 10GB limit. I have to watch picture porn still, haven't got round to video yet 'FireKnife' Well to be honest they don't care much about your down/upload usage as much as they care about you stressing out the pipe. Unless they're a small ISP they should have more than enough bandwidth to spare but you flooding their routers with packets isn't the same. Specially when these days every ISP offers residential fiber optic networking ( well at least around these parts ). Downloading 1TB worth of porn is different than you trying to run a torrent server on their network, even if you only serve legal stuff. I'm just waiting for the infrastructure to arrive in my city and have that good 200 Mb fiber connection .... just imagine how much Swedish midget porn you could download with that! Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'm just waiting for the infrastructure to arrive in my city and have that good 200 Mb fiber connection .... just imagine how much Swedish midget porn you could download with that! Whatever tickles your fancy, i'm more into you know normal porn. In this backwards country often limits are put on connections monthly even if they are not advertised and often they will cap users and lay claim to it being a 'network or server fault'. BT tried that with me, cue IT student versus the guy at the bottom end of the food chain failing to tell me a reason why the network is 'down' rather than just admit why they have capped my connection. 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
danielsilva Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Whatever tickles your fancy, i'm more into you know normal porn. In this backwards country often limits are put on connections monthly even if they are not advertised and often they will cap users and lay claim to it being a 'network or server fault'. BT tried that with me, cue IT student versus the guy at the bottom end of the food chain failing to tell me a reason why the network is 'down' rather than just admit why they have capped my connection. Im a asian porn fan myself actually Well good to know that Portugal isn't an asswards country in everything. At least we got that right, no caps for anyone anymore and the prices are actually pretty reasonable. I'll pay around 60€ for 115 channels, phone and 50mbps fiber internet connection. Link to post Share on other sites
FireKnife Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Im a asian porn fan myself actually More a goth and metaler fan myself, try Suicide Girls, it is tasteful In this country they say £25 a month for all your TV, broadband and phone. Plus the £300 instillation fee, the line rental at about £20 a month, the capped 10gb limit with a £1 for each GB over. Helps to read the small print 'FireKnife' Link to post Share on other sites
Moriquende Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Stuck on a 2 Mbit connection here, as soon as I move back into an apartment I shall have 10 Mbit Haven't got a clue how much bandwith I use, but it's not capped. Link to post Share on other sites
aznriptide859 Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Im a asian porn fan myself actually More a goth and metaler fan myself, try Suicide Girls, it is tasteful TMI TMI TMI. The US has to be most behind in terms of internet connection among developed countries. Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Unless you are actually running a personal server or work for an ISP then i doubt that. <snip> Just a note on Virgin Media, they really don't have any download caps, it doesn't matter whether you work for them or not. The only thing they will do is that if you are an excessively heavy downloader (you have to be in the top 5% in the country) they may throttle back your speed during peak periods. http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management.html http://shop.virginmedia.com/help/traffic-management/traffic-management-policy.html Link to post Share on other sites
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