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Re: [Internet] Post your total GB usage for December

100 GB September
97 GB October
103 GB November
113 GB December
8 GB for January up to today

My router for Dec 2014 - 119376 MB upload and download
Mr T
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I'm retired so I stream a lot of movies and such.

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On Extreme 30/5 (Don't know if that matters, I would expect users on Extreme are going to be heavier users than Granny on her Basic 3/1 plan.)

Fascinating assumption. Yet I moved more data (in excess of 100 GB) on a 3 MB connection than I have on a 15 GB connection.
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said by Maggs:

Here's mine.

WOW! Before I dropped TV 6 months ago I used to consume 30-60 GB each month this is what I use today... just yesterday I downloaded 15 GB worth of Altera's QuartusII software.
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That's insanely high... how do you managed to use that amount?
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I upload 24/7 backing up personal files to cloud storage (can do about 1.8 TB/month on 5 Mbps upload). I have about 50 TB of data stored locally and I want it all backed up offsite.

And I download stuff. The stuff I keep archived is typical stuff. Movies, video games, television, 4K & 3D porn, Blu-rays...

I have the residential 50/5 tier.

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Here is mine. New PS4 and XB1 game downloads
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etaadmin
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That explains things. I use disk images to store my stuff, the cloud is not for me yet. Let's hope caps will never happen or make an unlimited tier for a higher price.

Looks like I'm in the low end compared to the majority of the guys replying to the OP, I guess I'm relatively safe.

IMHO porn is the only thing worth saving
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wondering how mine would look like with a 300Mbps/20Mbps connection. I did 1.5-2tb/mon with comcast's Blast 105Mbps/10Mbps(actual 124Mbps/12Mbps)

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said by 46436203:

I upload 24/7 backing up personal files to cloud storage (can do about 1.8 TB/month on 5 Mbps upload). I have about 50 TB of data stored locally and I want it all backed up offsite.

You know there are better services for that then using the 5 Mbps upload, right? Get a LTO tape system, you can backup around 2 TB an hour these days, and with a tape robot you can have all 50 TB backed up in a week, shipped it offsite, where you can have it unloaded to a backup provider.

I know most residential backup providers that advertise unlimited, usually have a "soft cap" around 1 or 2 TB, where they kindly ask users to upgrade to a better plan. What backup provider do you use, may I ask?

And what on earth causes you to have 50 TB of data? I know you mentioned security camera data once, but I can't imagine it is important to save that off-site, unless you want to find out if someone walked up to your property right before it burned down. But even then, the last 12 hours is the most important, nothing more.

Anyways, a LTO tape system + courier service that comes and pick up the tapes once a week is much more efficient. Sure, it is more expensive then using your 5 Mbps upload, but since you need around 2-3 Mbps upload just to get your full 100 Mbps download speed (2-3% in request packets) it doesn't seem even REMOTELY worth it to use your upload speed for such an amount of data.

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said by maartena:

You know there are better services for that then using the 5 Mbps upload, right?

Yea but that doesnt put up the numbers for internet cred.
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said by 46436203:

I upload 24/7 backing up personal files to cloud storage (can do about 1.8 TB/month on 5 Mbps upload). I have about 50 TB of data stored locally and I want it all backed up offsite.

You know there are better services for that then using the 5 Mbps upload, right? Get a LTO tape system, you can backup around 2 TB an hour these days, and with a tape robot you can have all 50 TB backed up in a week, shipped it offsite, where you can have it unloaded to a backup provider.

That sounds expensive.
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I know most residential backup providers that advertise unlimited, usually have a "soft cap" around 1 or 2 TB, where they kindly ask users to upgrade to a better plan. What backup provider do you use, may I ask?

I use Usenet and Backblaze.
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And what on earth causes you to have 50 TB of data? I know you mentioned security camera data once, but I can't imagine it is important to save that off-site, unless you want to find out if someone walked up to your property right before it burned down. But even then, the last 12 hours is the most important, nothing more.

I already mentioned this. I archive material that is difficult or impossible to replace. I have a FTA satellite setup so I can record rare material in qualities impossible to find elsewhere. I'm talking about Blu-ray quality backhaul feeds. You know that Peter Pan live play they had on NBC a few months ago? Yeah, I've got a 45 Mbps H.264 recording of that with no channel bug on it captured via C-band satellite. Good luck finding a better quality copy of that, anywhere, ever. That's a 42 GB recording for 2 hours of video.

Or if you pick up a TV season of a show on Blu-ray, that's 250 GB of data to back up. I expect the Blu-ray 4K format to further balloon my data collection.

Then of course there's porn which is harder to replace than mainstream Hollywood stuff that shipped on physical media which you can usually find a good 1:1 copy of on piracy sites. Replacing a specific XXX scene in a specific quality is a much harder task than replacing a movie. This is the most important type of media to keep stored locally because you never know what you're going to be in the mood for; you need to have a large collection of material ready to go at a moment's notice. But with a normal movie you can just think 'Hmm, I want to watch [X] tonight, let me throw it in the download queue.'

When others lose all their shit in fire or theft, I'll be ready to re-download all my stuff as if nothing ever happened.

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said by 46436203:

I use Usenet and Backblaze.

You backup personal only files to usenet? Isnt there far more efficient and proper ways?
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I have yet to find cloud hosting as fast, reliable, and cost effective as Usenet. And the sheer number of server farms around the world make it the most redundant solution as well.

Surely you should know all about Usenet's superiority

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Surely you should know all about Usenet's superiority

Yes, but I also know that usenet isnt a private cloud storage method either, it is a public network. 50 TBs of posts that only the poster can utilize is a waste of resources. Unless I misunderstood you and you are just saving NZBs of other posts for later retrieval.
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Not even a cord cutter. Just a family of four that's streams daily. Downloads games also.
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Who said only the poster can utilize them?

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FWIW... 5Mbps ADSL (I know, not TWC.. yet). Usage is a bit low towards the end of the month due to congestion issues.
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Managing several (offsite)servers and lots of heavy streamers in my house.

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This is with some Netflix, some XBox1 downloads, and a SamKnows box running its testing regularly. I'm on the 30/5 plan; upload runs fairly close to the rated 5, but the download (per SamKnows) averages 26-28.

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Im on 325/20 and this is mine I have 3 xbox ones and netflix, some hulu and thats it 6 people use this internet including me

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Where are you guys getting these blue bar charts from? I based mine on what my router sez.
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Where are you guys getting these blue bar charts from? I based mine on what my router sez.

»myservices.timewarnercable.com/

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Month view for September, 2014 - January, 2015
You may research usage activity for any of your cable modems; view usage by month, day and hour or select your own date range.

Please note: Usage is currently displayed as a calendar month. To view your usage for a specific billing period, please enter the Service Period dates provided on your bill statement. Usage is rounded down to the nearest gigabyte.

The total usage for this timeframe is175 GB - Click on month to see daily usage

34GB 34GB 46GB 54GB 5GB (Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan)
1 GB (gigabyte) = 1,024 MB (megabytes). Usage is rounded down to the nearest gigabyte.

From my acct from Time Warner. Listen mostly to radio stations, web surfing & email and occasional Roku. Time Warner Extreme (30/5)
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55GB download / 7 GB upload

Interesting how my router reported 55GB but this shows much more for December. I was on vacation most of September and October
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Little low for me lately.
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2nd account. Just used for basic web browsing. No video at all really.

See how much of a rip off smart phones are. I refuse to buy 1, ever! Still using my trusty flip phone.

Go ahead, laugh. I do all the time, when I have full bars and you "smart" phone has no service. haha!!

And as you can see it's been used more and more each month.