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jvanbrecht

join:2007-01-08
Bowie, MD

Aside from the other issues involved...

The actual numbers are not way out there... I am a heavy user (FIOS though), but even I have a hard time hitting 20 to 30 gig a month... although I do not download music/movies (mostly ISO's for various BSD distros)
permalink · 2008-06-09 10:58:23 · Reply to this
zod5000

join:2003-10-21
Edmonton, AB

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

20-30 gigs isn't heavy usage.. lol!
permalink · 2008-06-09 11:25:23 · Reply to this
jvanbrecht

join:2007-01-08
Bowie, MD

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

Sorry, I should have explained that a little better... legitimate usage...... and that includes using Amazon unbox on my Tivo.. which admittedly is not HD yet, I am sure my content usage would go up at that point...
permalink · 2008-06-09 14:29:48 · Reply to this
robertfl
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join:2005-10-10
Mary Esther, FL
·Cox VOIP

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

and what is this proving? the RIAA are the real pirates stealing from the artists.

this is about CONTROL and to remove a residential customer and only offer a business class and greed.

-Rob
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permalink · 2008-06-09 15:40:21 · Reply to this

Smith6612
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join:2008-02-01
united state

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

I don't think the RIAA has anything to do with Roger's capping, if I'm not mistaken.
permalink · 2008-06-09 16:24:51 · Reply to this

TZi
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join:2001-07-05
Miami Beach, FL

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

said by Smith6612 See Profile :

I don't think the RIAA has anything to do with Roger's capping, if I'm not mistaken.
yup especially considering Rogers is Canadian, and the Recording Industry Association of America might have little pull in Canada but I could me mistaking since any Canadian artist of notoriety inevitably signs to an American label.... is there an RIAC????
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128kbps too much, 100GBps never enough!
permalink · 2008-06-09 22:26:08 · Print · Reply to this

en102
Canadian, eh?

join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
·RoadRunner Cable
·DSL EXTREME

4 edits		Did you know..
The lightest package, you can use your consumption in 1/2 day ?

Kbps	KB/sec	KB/day		MB/day	GB/day	Allowance
512	64	5529600		5400	5.27	2.5 GB
1024	128	11059200	10800	10.55	25GB
7168	896	77414400	75600	73.83	60GB
10240	1280	110592000	108000	105.47	95GB
18432	2304	199065600	194400	189.84	95GB

It'll take you 1 day to download that Fedora Core ISO, and you will have used 2x your consumption .. sheesh. :uhh:

Lite with 25GB cap is somewhat more reasonable
10800MB/day, would at least give 2.5 days of continous download

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Canada = Hollywood North
permalink · 2008-06-09 17:51:30 · Print · Reply to this

Froggy

@teksavvy.com		 Huh? You can do more than 20 to 30 gigabytes in one day just watching a few high definition trailers. Heck you can do even more than that with your computer turned off for the whole month.
permalink · 2008-06-09 23:37:51 · Reply to this

Guspaz
Guspaz
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join:2001-11-05
Montreal, QC

Re: Aside from the other issues involved...

"a few"? Assuming 5mbit/s video, 30GB would take 819 minutes (about 14 hours). If we assume trailers are 90 seconds each, you could watch 546 trailers on 30GB.
permalink · 2008-06-10 16:25:16 · Reply to this
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