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ironweasel
Weezy
join:2000-09-13
Belen, NM
1 edit | Re: 1-3 GB a month? said by RayW  :I am a light user and we do about that each month, when we are not getting updates. A bit anemic in today's world. I don't read it as limiting you to 1GB - 3GB, Qwest is just saying that the "average" user consumes that much.
40,000 mp3's @ 3MB / file = roughly 120GB. So if you start hitting 100GB of data transfer a month, THEN you might be considered "excessive".
So far this month, as of this post, I have transferred a total of 9.37GB (7.66GB down, 1.71GB up), as an example.
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
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| Re: 1-3 GB a month? I agree... its a poor attempt at making the numbers look high.
1-3GB (which is their 'average') will be killed in 1 Fedora Core ISO image.
What happens when people decide to run web cams, BitTorrents or Netflix movies, or streaming TV ?
I suspect basic light browsing would consume 1-3GB, but what happens when I want to transfer (or backup) my HD over the web, or send a DVD or 2's worth of info?
Also, frame circuits are really expensive.
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: 1-3 GB a month? You do realize they don't see 3GB as a limit, right? More like 150GB. If you are downloading 75 massive game demos each month I don't think the ISP is the problem. | |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA | Re: 1-3 GB a month? Sarcasm... I'll edit it to reflect such. | |
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SRFireside
join:2001-01-19
Houston, TX | Re: 1-3 GB a month? Ahh... your deadpan face threw me off  . Not used to a straight man in your comedy act  | |
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no_one
@QWEST.NET
| said by djrobx :Yeah, most of my MP3s are in the 3.5-4mb range, so it sounds like their limit is about 150GB. I hate when companies try to dumb-down/overstate bandwidth limits by putting it in "big number" terms like that. Just tell us what you mean in GBs, please! Maybe someone should go do 299,999 huge RAW-image mode format "photo downloads" and claim that they should be below their stated "excessive use" threshold.  I use RAW in photo as a hobby. I have a two year old. My wife shoots pictures also. Me as in hobby set her camera to RAW. Live with it Qwest. Sharing toddler pictures. Bah humbug. | |
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