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Re: What's normal usage? How does it compare to the caps? said by maartena:There are only two sources the stats could come from. 1) Time Warner Cable. 2) Users themselves. 3rd party = other ISPs, other service providers (Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.), maybe software bandwidth trackers could aggregate statistics, maybe 3rd party router firmware could anonymously collect and aggregate statistics, maybe a hired firm to collect it. Lots of options are possible.
This isn't specific to TWC, but it's internet users in general. A web census of sorts to put actual numbers to what most people have no clue about. | |
| Hell why not have Stopthecap collect statistics some how? From user reports at least. Then use it to build a usage calculator of sorts where users can choose what they do, and how often, and it'll give a ballpark figure of bandwidth usage for the month.
They have sob stories from people scared they're going to get hit with overages, yet when they list out their internet use it's obvious it's really not that much and they're no where near overage territory. The VAST majority of people have no CLUE how much bandwidth they consume and until SOMEONE OTHER THAN THOSE CHARGING for bandwidth comes up with statistics nobody will believe how much or little is being used.
I didn't break 30 GB a month until I started downloading ALOT of TV shows and movies. Before that most people I knew thought I used the internet alot more then they did....so I'm sure they're way below 30 GB of usage. | |
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said by NSA_CIA :said by maartena:There are only two sources the stats could come from. 1) Time Warner Cable. 2) Users themselves. 3rd party = other ISPs, other service providers (Youtube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.), maybe software bandwidth trackers could aggregate statistics, maybe 3rd party router firmware could anonymously collect and aggregate statistics, maybe a hired firm to collect it. Lots of options are possible. This isn't specific to TWC, but it's internet users in general. A web census of sorts to put actual numbers to what most people have no clue about. But it would be an almost impossible task to actually generate something that is useful. Most of my traffic comes from these two places:
1) me running 5 OpenTTD servers. +/- 30 Gb a month
2) online video streams from a Dutch TV company that has streaming stations. +/- 15 Gb a month
3) me uploading a backup of my stuff to an online backup host. (+/- 30 gb a month)
Perhaps we could get the Dutch TV company to really tell us how much a Dutchie in the US uses in data transfers, but for my game servers you are going to have to rely on what I tell you, because there is noone else that has the data specific to that.
Online backup providers are usually quite reserved about giving statistics like that. They may give a running total but it really doesn't work to say "Our company has 5 TB of monthly traffic from TWC IP's" and then divide that number by ALL 6 million customers TWC has.
It's just not going to work.... the only entity that have the most reliable figures are TWC themselves, what goes in, what goes out etc.
They should make the data counter available to everyone, so we can actually SEE what we transfer. Not take it for their words and then see them raking in the cash of charging overages. | |
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