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Would 5 GB be enough for you?
by rafacst - 1/22/08 4:25 PMSo, Dave in Melbourne, Australia, listening to 7 audio podcasts, watching 4 video podcasts, buying music from Itunes and connecting 2 laptops + 1 wii to the internet won't blow away your 5GB limit? Of course not, that's not enough to it. You are a low Internet consumer.
I listen to 12 audio podcasts with high quality audio (3 of them are daily, 9 of them, weekly - average of 25 MB per file) and 16 video podcasts with medium quality format (5 of them are daily, 11 weekly or so - average of 50 MB per file). So let me do the math, considering that none of them are updated in weekends.
Audio:
3 X 25 MB X 20 (days) = 1500 MB per month
9 X 25 MB X 4 (weeks) = 900 MB per month
Total = 2400 per month
Video
5 X 50 MB X 20 (days) = 5000 MB per month
11 X 50 MB X 4 (weeks) = 2200 MB per month
Total = 7200
Total at all = 9600 MB, or 9,6 GB.
And I don't think that I'm a exception. I listen and watch podcasts that a majority of people also do, like Webbalert, Geekbrief, Tekzila, Twit, Diggnation, Buzz Report, BoingBoing TV, Mahalo Daily and a lot more that you can see - and use to subscribe if you want to - in this beautiful OPML file exported via iTunes: http://futilidadepublica.semjuizo.com/Podcasts.opml.
That's just half of the 20GB from that guy (I can't remember who were), but there's absolutely no way that a 5 GB limit would be enough for a lot of users, because I'm not even counting on the 7 TV Shows episodes that I 'legally' download from (undisclosed location), with an average of 700 MB.
hahahahha.. 5gb..
by skyzophrenyk - 1/23/08 9:55 AM In reply to: Would 5 GB be enough for you? by rafacstI use between 200 and 500GB a month.
explain!
by filmn - 1/23/08 3:21 PM In reply to: hahahahha.. 5gb.. by skyzophrenykplease explain what you download?
Large quantities of Pornography?
640Gb should be enough for anybody
by luc-mobile - 1/23/08 4:19 PM In reply to: hahahahha.. 5gb.. by skyzophrenykAnd you can quote me on that. 
really?
by filmn - 1/23/08 4:43 PM In reply to: 640Gb should be enough for anybody by luc-mobilePlease tell me, what do you do? and how would i go about calculating my own consumption!
More or less really
by luc-mobile - 1/23/08 5:02 PM In reply to: really? by filmnThat was supposed to be a joke, of course. Google for the joke if doesn't ring a bell to you.
My carrier provides a monthly bandwidth usage statement. I also have all my network activity metered by a program called GKrellM. GKrellM's reports and my carrier's monthly statements match pretty closely.
My Internet usage is described in another post under this same thread.
lol
by filmn - 1/23/08 5:18 PM In reply to: More or less really by luc-mobilewell i googled it
It would be plenty if...
by paintguru - 1/23/08 4:25 PM In reply to: Would 5 GB be enough for you? by rafacst...you just surfed the net and did email. It isn't that 5 GB would be enough for you (I honestly have no clue how much I use), it is that perhaps people (like my parents) should have the option of getting a 5GB plan instead of being required to pay for an unlimited plan.
"Hahahaha"
by luc-mobile - 1/23/08 4:57 PM In reply to: It would be plenty if... by paintguruSpeaking seriously, I am mystified by skyzophrenyk's usage claims.
A few years ago, when I was younger and had more time to fool around, I did some P2P and downloaded at least a couple of Linux distros a month. At that time, I had a 15Gb cap and spent around 10Gb.
Now I don't do any P2P at all and only download a Linux distro once a year. BOL is my only daily podcast. I watch a lot of Youtube, though. My current usage is around 6Gb or 7Gb every month. But my carrier puts no caps on my plan now, which means I'm paying so that people like skyzophrenyk can download from 200 to 500Gb every month.
People like skyzophrenyk are happy with that because they're getting a free lunch (more like a feast) at my expense and going around posting "hahahaha" in forums. The carrier is happy with that because the bill is footed anyway and "NO CAPS" sounds a lot better in their advertising than "ADEQUATE QUOTAS". Looks like I'm the only unhappy one. Geez, I wonder why.
But another problem is: if my carrier ever introduces quotas, will they reduce my monthly fee accordingly, or just pretend I do not exist and only raise the fees to bandwidth gobblers? The latter sounds a lot more likely, I'm afraid.
agreed
by filmn - 1/23/08 5:20 PM In reply to: "Hahahaha" by luc-mobilei have to agree with that comment, i use the internet a lot but never really go over 15GB, I too am mystified by skyzophrenyk's usage claims and would like to know what he gets up to.
I agree whole-heartedly
by rafacst - 1/24/08 3:20 AM In reply to: It would be plenty if... by paintguruIf the metered bandwidht really turn into a real scenario, the ISPs should make a plan just for low internet users. But my point is that for a majority of BOL listeners that limit wouldn't be enough. I think that Dave is the exception, not us.
no...
by filmn - 1/24/08 5:50 AM In reply to: I agree whole-heartedly by rafacstnot true, in the UK we have both, I think that's the best way to offer both a metered bandwidth plan and an unlimited bandwidth plan.
Surely ISP's in America offer both?
That's exactly what I was trying to say
by rafacst - 1/25/08 12:42 PM In reply to: no... by filmnThey should offer plans not only for low users, but for high users too. And probably charge a little more for the unlimited plan, restricted only to new users of the service.
But they almost never do what we think it's right. So, let's just sit our butts and wait until they roll out the metered system and (very likely) complain about it when they do.
explain
by filmn - 1/25/08 4:09 PM In reply to: That's exactly what I was trying to say by rafacstsorry could you explain this bit:
"And probably charge a little more for the unlimited plan, restricted only to new users of the service."
I think I know what you mean, but I could be wrong....
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