 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | Too low. I think 11GB a monthly is extremely low for an average home. I'm not where near a heavy users, but with 3 people using the Internet, we use on average 37GB a month (based on the data above in my image).
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| I just used up 12gb worth of bandwidth downloading 2 games through Steam. In this household, I'm the only one who has any clue about things like torrents and even then I don't download any music or movies since none of that interest me. I download about 7-10gb worth of anime and we will still manage to do ~120gb a month.
We don't transfer files between computers.
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 NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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| said by Vathral:I just used up 12gb worth of bandwidth downloading 2 games through Steam. In this household, I'm the only one who has any clue about things like torrents and even then I don't download any music or movies since none of that interest me. I download about 7-10gb worth of anime and we will still manage to do ~120gb a month. We don't transfer files between computers. [att=1] The users on this site are very technically inclined. Comparing our usage and saying that the figures are too low is like a fat guy going to an all you can eat buffet and saying that the figures for how much their patrons eat (2 plates) is skewed too low just because he eats 7 plates of food. The average is 11.4G because there are a heck of a lot of lower tier users out there. Many people just surf and get mail. They don't do any kind of file sharing, steam, downloading, and so on.
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 DaSneaky1Done wall to block them allPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-29
The Lou
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I tend to agree. 5 years ago, that would be very heavy for a home user. But, nowadays, we have videos on every social network, games on social networks, VoIP, Hulu (and type sites), Youtube (type sites), regular PC gaming, and not to mention console gaming (including updates, demos, and media).
Plus, direct download of Netflix....
If you compare a "modern" household to someone that simply checks email, you'll find that 11GB balance. Move "email users" out of the mix and you'll see that average explode. |
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said by Nightfall:said by Vathral:I just used up 12gb worth of bandwidth downloading 2 games through Steam. In this household, I'm the only one who has any clue about things like torrents and even then I don't download any music or movies since none of that interest me. I download about 7-10gb worth of anime and we will still manage to do ~120gb a month. We don't transfer files between computers. [att=1] The users on this site are very technically inclined. Comparing our usage and saying that the figures are too low is like a fat guy going to an all you can eat buffet and saying that the figures for how much their patrons eat (2 plates) is skewed too low just because he eats 7 plates of food. The average is 11.4G because there are a heck of a lot of lower tier users out there. Many people just surf and get mail. They don't do any kind of file sharing, steam, downloading, and so on. Yeah, but at the same time the ISPs are trying to justify why they need such low caps and don't realize they do have customers who will be out of safe distance from their caps. It may or not even be a proper median since they don't really like to give out more info on it to the public. I understand what you're saying but you like others here must know there the demographic they are basing to place a cap is just screwy.
My upstairs neighbor does no P2P, no gaming whatsoever on her practically 7 year old Dell and she still pulls of 20gb+ off media filled websites like Youtube. |
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 FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | reply to Nightfall
i believe this data is deflated, because if it does include EVERY internet subscription then you are including a LOT of accounts that see almost no usage. totally skewing the average. i'm taking a stats class right now, can you tell? |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | But it's the average  |
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 Reviews:
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| i understand that it is the average, but if you have 5 million accounts with less than 100mb of data usage every month and 2 million with over 300gb every month it will not average out correctly. i want to see the median and mode of the data that they collected. then I will draw my own conclusion of the data. |
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It's probably includes dial up as well... |
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
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| said by jjeffeory:It's probably includes dial up as well... DING DING DING DING DING!!!!
thats gotta be it. idiots included all the dialup lines out there as "broadband" connections. regardless this "study" is flawed as hell. |
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NightfallMy Goal Is To Deny YoursPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI Reviews:
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| said by FBGuy:said by jjeffeory:It's probably includes dial up as well... DING DING DING DING DING!!!! thats gotta be it. idiots included all the dialup lines out there as "broadband" connections. regardless this "study" is flawed as hell. quote:
According to a new survey from Cisco studying global broadband use...
Dialup is broadband? I doubt it. Maybe 384k lines, but those are few and far between.
11.4GB per month sounds like a pretty accurate average to me. There is a huge difference between the broadband pigs and people who don't use their lines very much.
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | people don't understand what an average when it comes to statistics. with large amounts of data it means nothing. you have to look at the distribution to get an accurate picture of all of the data. |
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
kudos:2 | reply to FBGuy
Don't worry. Unless the world's users of the Internet are freaks of nature, I'm sure you'd see a nice bell curve. |
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FBGuyyippee ki yayPremium
join:2005-03-19 | your probably right, but i'd still like to see it. otherwise it tells me nothing of the distribution of the data. |
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