4 edits | Downloaded over 800 gigs with AT&T DSL last month! I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month...
I have Comcast and AT&T DSL right now. I use comcast for gaming and dsl for downloads/torrents. |
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 HpowerRoflmao
join:2000-06-08
Glendale, CA | Re: AT&T DSL for downloads, Comcast for gaming! said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... Good idea. Gaming barely uses much data. This sucks for comcast peeps. I hate the whole metered billing/usage idea.
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| said by Hpower:Good idea. Gaming barely uses much data. This sucks for comcast peeps. I hate the whole metered billing/usage idea. Doesn't charter have only 60 gigs a month or something, or is that Cox cable? |
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 TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
join:2004-01-06
NYC Metro | reply to inferno
Re: Downloaded over 800 gigs with AT&T DSL last month! said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... I have Comcast and AT&T DSL right now. I use comcast for gaming and dsl for downloads/torrents. Seems like a waste of money to me... What could you possibly gain from sending / receiving 800GB of data? Hopefully you're using some sort of proxy on your BT connection since the RIAA / MPAA will come knocking soon if you keep it up (assuming you are sending / receiving copyrighted material).
Don't get me wrong. I'm a broadband geek also and almost cream my pants thinking about bandwidth usage (we're weird people, aren't we?)...
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TzaleProud Libertarian ConservativePremium
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NYC Metro | reply to Hpower
Re: AT&T DSL for downloads, Comcast for gaming! said by Hpower:said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... Good idea. Gaming barely uses much data. This sucks for comcast peeps. I hate the whole metered billing/usage idea. 250GB is more than adequate for the vast majority of users. If you're using more than 250GB/month, you are taxing the network to an extreme (especially on a hybrid-coax network like Comcast).... If you want to send / receive 800GB/month, you should be on a different type of connection.
If Comcast set the limit at 100GB/month, I would definitely be bitching... Otherwise, this seems quite fair.
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said by Hpower:Good idea. Gaming barely uses much data. This sucks for comcast peeps. I hate the whole metered billing/usage idea. only when you don't have to download gig + updates. |
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Re: Downloaded over 800 gigs with AT&T DSL last month! said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... I have Comcast and AT&T DSL right now. I use comcast for gaming and dsl for downloads/torrents. I have downloaded over 2 TB (2,000 GB) of data with Time Warner Cable residential in a month... not a peep from them.
Also upload an average of more than 300 GB of data monthly. There's lots of "Linux ISOs" to push around, don't ya know?
The grass ain't lookin' so green over there in Comcast land... sucks to be you guys... 
It's probably the most definitive proof out there that the "bandwidth crunch" is a myth... because with all my constant downloading/uploading, I never see any major speed decreases. I always get around my connection's rated speed.
Surely Time Warner's not giving all my heavy usage priority over my neighbors? You'd think if it was affected other people... I'd notice a shared speed decrease as my traffic had to compete with their traffic to squeeze through the same pipe. Yet... nothing. |
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I only have ATT DSL/Uverse and Comcast in my area. Comcast's cap is why I'd never consider them. I am worried that ATT is considering caps as well (testing in some markets) and which are smaller than Comcast's. I hope they don't make it nationwide.
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CorydonCultivant son jardinPremium
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Denver, CO | reply to inferno
Just curious, but assuming you're downloading 800 GB a month, when do you have time to watch all that stuff? We're talking over a thousand movies a month. On top of gaming.
Do you sleep? Or are you unemployed? Seriously...I have trouble fitting in an hour or so of TV at the end of the day.
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| Surely you jest. 800 GB is not a thousand movies a month. Maybe if you download those shitty 700 MB XviDs, but who cares about those anymore?
A dual layer Blu-ray disc is around 45 GB. 45 GB a movie... 800 GB... you do the math on how many movies someone who actually cares about quality can get in a month if they're pushing 800 GB  |
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 toddbs98
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North Little Rock, AR | reply to Tzale
Re: AT&T DSL for downloads, Comcast for gaming! Your argument makes no sense what so ever because if the people upgraded to a business account with a higher cap they would still be running on the same crappy hybrid network and on the same oversold nodes.
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said by Tzale:said by Hpower:said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... Good idea. Gaming barely uses much data. This sucks for comcast peeps. I hate the whole metered billing/usage idea. 250GB is more than adequate for the vast majority of users. If you're using more than 250GB/month, you are taxing the network to an extreme (especially on a hybrid-coax network like Comcast).... If you want to send / receive 800GB/month, you should be on a different type of connection. -Tzale Cool. Just point me to it, since Comcast happens to be the monopoly ISP in my area. |
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lyulyokPremium
join:2004-04-15
Seattle, WA | reply to Hpower
I have no idea where the bandwidth hunger comes from. I have a 50/10 from comcast and a usage meter. Here is my usage:
1. IPTV from ethnic TV network, daily streams at 600KB for 4-6 hours
2. Netflix TV shows, also daily, 1-4 episodes, some HD, per day
3. Work via tunneling, daily
4. Some gaming, daily
5. No torrents: no need. No direct movie download, no need, streaming is fine and economical. If I want a BD I will go rent one.
Total monthly usage: 200 GB |
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 ericn32mehPremium
join:2009-09-23
Costa Mesa, CA
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But they do come with service-level agreements, like 95% of the advertised bandwidth and 40ms ping 95% of the time. If they can't meet it, they'll be forced by the contract to upgrade service so you get what you pay for- and they can't jack up your rate until the contract expires. |
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| said by ericn32:But they do come with service-level agreements, like 95% of the advertised bandwidth and 40ms ping 95% of the time. If they can't meet it, they'll be forced by the contract to upgrade service so you get what you pay for- and they can't jack up your rate until the contract expires. That is somewhat correct - Comcast business does NOT come with an SLA. |
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said by toddbs98:Your argument makes no sense what so ever because if the people upgraded to a business account with a higher cap they would still be running on the same crappy hybrid network and on the same oversold nodes. Actually, Comcast business is, supposedly, on another network.
And with Comcast Business there is no cap. |
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Re: Downloaded over 800 gigs with AT&T DSL last month! said by inferno:I got AT&T DSL in December just to run torrents 24/7 and I used over 800 gigs of bandwidth in 31 days and they did not say anything... While Comcast terminates you for using 250 gigs a month... I have Comcast and AT&T DSL right now. I use comcast for gaming and dsl for downloads/torrents. Hmmm....
800GB of bandwidth?
Either you are hosting wiki leaks, or you are doing something that isn't legal. Either way, the *average* user shouldn't have a problem with 250GB.
If you seriously use that much bandwidth in a given month, why don't you just get a something like T1/T3 service from speakeasy or an OC hookup? At 800GB/month it only begs that question. |
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