Sheesh, I didn't think to do the math ... but 7.5GBs is really nothing if you're using filesharing at all. Too bad I can't disable my upstream for the filesharing client I use. I really only utilize about 10k/s or about 80 Kbps of my upstream for uploads ... But you would still easily go through that by leaving a filesharing client open on a few nights during a given month.
Considering my roomate does the same thing (runs a filesharing client once in awhile overnight to finish downloads) ... Its probably fairly easy to go through the 7.5GBs ... Probably time to search for a new service or see how crazy Cox is about enforcing these new policies.
I wonder if I should switch regardless since I plan on utilizing my broadband connection for X-Box Live, and I know I need a fairly decent amount of upstream bandwidth for the service. Even without filesharing it wouldn't be hard to imagine going over 7.5GB simply by playing a game obsessively for a few weekends.
said by 2kmaro:
Don't know where their basis is coming from. They do have the ability to monitor bandwidth user on a per user basis - I've known that since day one of the service with @Home. Can't wait to see if I get one -- while I do no file sharing, I am here several hours per day.
Oh - again, I would suspect the upload of files more than anything else unless you're (and I mean "you're" in the anyone sense, not you personally) an avid MP3 or movie collector, it shouldn't be a problem on the download side.
--- Let's do some upload math (someone check me on these numbers, sometimes I misplace decimals)---
7.5GB = 7,500,000,000 * 8 = 60,000,000,000 bits
192,000 bits/sec upload speed (per LiQiCE's post earlier)
60,000,000,000/192,000 = 312500 seconds = 5208.333 minutes = 86.806 hrs = 3.617 days.
3.617 days is just over 10% of a month's worth of days. Basically that says that if someone is uploading from your machine for 6 minutes of each hour throughout the month, then you've just exceeded your 7.5GB limit.
[text was edited by author 2002-11-11 23:12:23]