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Re: All that money yet a 400 GB cap I've gone over 400GB quite easily in months with 1/4 the speed (comcast 22/5 or something), doing exactly what I mentioned.
7 megapixel camera + 640x480 video + sharing pictures to friends and family = uses up way more than you'd imagine. Then we have gaming, and streaming music, and that's it. Yes I game a bit, and screaming music is on 24/7 for the girlfriend. Oh whoops, forgot some netflix movies and steam game downloads too. Yet I'm well over 400 gigs every month, and no I dont' take thousands of pictures but I do have probably 4 or 5 hours of video comprising of 10-20 gigs plus.
don't talk crap you don't know. Like I said, everyone can use 400GB (and plenty more) in their own way. Faster connections beget uses of technology people have wanted for years that only now are starting to open up such as video conferencing or hell, just generally sharing things with other people at better than a snail's pace.
you sure avoided the "you can never get it this cheap", didn't you, eh? Oh right, lets look at ian's comment. 10TB for 90$ is a bit cheaper than 400GB for $150, isn't it.
Is any of what I do unreasonable? no. I probably spend an hour or two a night in front of a computer, tops, maybe a little more with other video watching. the rest doesn't need me to be there.
TLDR version: the more bandwidth you give (and cap), the more people will use and new services will take advantage of said bandwidth. To say "it's good enough for X" is just trying to avoid the obvious crawl of bandwidth usage (since it's far from exponential growth). |
2 edits | said by dfxmatt: streaming music is on 24/7 for the girlfriend. Streaming music eats little bandwidth - even when on 24x7.
But why is it on 24x7? Can't possibly be awake and home 24 hours per day. That is why pay for bytes transfered is a better way. People won't be wasting it when they aren't using it and when they have to pay for it.
Also, you see where people claim they download 50 or 100 HD movies/month. Can't possibly watch all those movies in a months time. But again, if you don't pay for it, who cares, right? 
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