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Yauch

join:2005-06-24
Wait a minute

Unless I can't do the math (which I probably can't), isn't that like 30 minutes of using your connection a month?


Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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join:2003-07-20
Jamestown, NC
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said by Yauch See Profile :

Unless I can't do the math (which I probably can't), isn't that like 30 minutes of using your connection a month?
102400 MB * 8 = 819,200Mb
819,200Mb / 60 = 13,653 seconds
13,653 seconds / 60 = 227 mins or so at max speed
227 mins / 60 = 3.8 hours

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macrospect
All The Little Stuff
Premium
join:2005-08-25
Doylestown, PA
Ok, that is the most ridiculous thing I have EVER heard. If the caps are indeed 100GB/mo on the 50mbit deal then you would have to be outright out of your mind to purchase this connection!


JasonJ75

@capitalone.com

For $40/m you'd have to be out of your mind to sign up for a 50/50 connect with 'soft' limits?

Until they start pulling a Comcast and blindsiding folks with magical limits I'd sign up for 50/50 in a heart beat.

Sounds like they're going about things the right way. A shame really, I thought I was going to catch up to the in-laws 15/15 with my 20/20 fios upgrade...Guess not. :/

bruzr
Premium
join:2007-05-05
Essex Junction, VT
reply to Matt
Actually, 13,653 / 60 = 227 minutes, or 3 hrs 47 m. Still, not a lot for a full month.


mathprof P

@parkermajestic.com
reply to Matt
13653/60 = 227.55 minutes


BLUNTED 1

join:2003-11-13
Floral Park, NY
reply to JasonJ75
I'm paying $65 a month for Fios 20/20 so IF if I got 50/50 for less I would take it because I don't use 100 gigs a month most of the time.


Matt
Take me down to the paradise city
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Jamestown, NC
·North State Commun..

reply to bruzr
said by bruzr See Profile :

Actually, 13,653 / 60 = 227 minutes, or 3 hrs 47 m. Still, not a lot for a full month.
Ha, good catch. How in the hell did I screw that up? I even used a calculator ...
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mstar star

@uvsc.edu
reply to Yauch
No, because MSTAR's IPTV service does not count against your cap.

Kralj

join:2007-05-02

reply to Matt
said by Matt See Profile :

said by Yauch See Profile :

Unless I can't do the math (which I probably can't), isn't that like 30 minutes of using your connection a month?
102400 MB * 8 = 819,200Mb
819,200Mb / 60 = 13,653 seconds
13,653 seconds / 60 = 227 mins or so at max speed
227 mins / 60 = 3.8 hours

Actually your answer is still wrong. Nobody noticed your second line which doesn't make any sense at all.
819,200Mb / 60 = 13,653 seconds

Now Mb divided by a unit less number would still be Mb. I don't know how it was magically converted to seconds. Maybe you can explain that. However, if you want to correctly calculate how long one would be able to use a 50Mbps connection you would divide 819,200Mb by 50Mb/s. Megabits would cancel and your answer would be in seconds.

100GB * 1024MB/GB = 102,400MB
102,400MB * 8bits/byte = 819,200Mbits
819,200Mbits / 50Mbits/s = 16,384 seconds
16,384s / (60seconds/minute) = 273.067 minutes
273.067min / (60minutes/hour) = 4.551 hours

It's funny how everyone was laughing at the Verizon rep who didn't know the difference between .01 cents and $.01, but yet we have people here making mistakes with units too.


dv
What was that?
Premium
join:2005-04-19
Goleta, CA
you are correct... i kept getting a different answer, couldn't figure out what i was adding


jade

@comcast.net


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reply to Kralj
KRALJ,
IM INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS CONNECTION , YOU SEEM TO BE THE ONLY PERSON HERE TO BE ABLE TO EQUATE THE PROBLEM, NOW IF U COULD SEND ME AN EMAIL EXPLAINING THIS > I RUN A 17MG WITH COMCAST NOW I PAY ABOUT $30 A MONTH I TRUE LY WANT 50MB'S
, I SUPPOSE MY QUESTIONS ARE,DOES THAT MEAN I ONLY GET 4.551
HOURS OF NET USAGE ? IS THIS WORTH THE MONEY? HOW MUCH WILL THIS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF MY NET? CAN I GET IT IN CHICAGO? I WILL TELL U NOW I VERY RARELY DO ANYTHING BUT PLAY GAMES (WINK) DL SOME PORN EVERY NOW AND THEN DL SOME TUNES FROM SOUL SEEK> BUT OF COURSE I WANT AS MUCH SPEED AS POSSIBLE ,

IF ANYONE AT ALL HAS ANSWERS TO MY ?'S PLS FEEL FREE TO E MAIL ME AT xlx_jesus.saves_xlx[at]yahoo.com , ty for your time in advance to any whom reply
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