 BF69Premium
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN | reply to espaeth
Re: This is pathetic... said by espaeth:said by Lazlow:For the most part they have always(in the past) told the heavy downloaders that they do not care how much they download as long as it does not cause problems on the network (ie download during off peak hours). Since most heavy downloaders are not dumb, they listened and were left alone. Those that did not listen, got the boot for abuse (rightfully so). The problem with open-ended "if it does not cause problems" clauses like that is that people need literal and defined warnings. It's the reason we need ridiculous things like "Warning: beverage is hot" notices on coffee and little yellow signs on wet floors. (youtube clip) guy is the quintessential heavy user who needs to have boundaries defined. He has a fair argument -- you can't tell people they're using "too much" unless you actually define what "too much" constitutes. Ok first of all this video must be old because Comcast has a CLEAR limit of 250 GB for nearly 6 months. Second before they had a cler cap the "invisibe cap" they had I have not heard of a person getting a call unless they exceeded over 500 GB in a month. 500 GB is A LOT.
He says he "downloads" a lot. You've got to be super rich to "download" 500 GB of legal stuff. Which usually cost $$$$$$$$. I mean sure 500 GB is about 85-90 HD movies from XBL or itunes. Each movie is about $5-$6 to rent. So that's what $500 a month in rental fees. Doubtful he's paying that. 500 GB is about 100,000 songs. At 99 cents a song tha's $100,000 a month. Once again doubtful. Over 99.9% of youtube videos are incoded at a max rate of 350 kbps. Even watching youtube 24/7 would only use up 108 GB a month. most of Hulu's conetent is encoded ata max bitrate of 14 Mbps. Especially back when this video had to be made. watching Hulu 24/7 would use up 400 GB a month. Fact is that you have to really try hard to use up 500 GB or more in a month. Especially if your single and don't have kids. Which I didn't hear him mentioning about having a family. |
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 joetaxpayerI'M Here Till Thursday
join:2001-09-07
Sudbury, MA | said by BF69:You've got to be super rich to "download" 500 GB of legal stuff. Which usually cost $$$$$$$$. NetFlix subscribers have unlimited streaming video. I'm told they run 4-5GB/2hr movie. |
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There are legal sites with video content that are flat rate at about $60/month. Your calculations are based on the lack of knowledge of what is available.
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