Sky Broadband - I've went over my bandwidth limit again?!?
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[QUOTE=seanm07;20607475]We have had sky broadband for about 2 years nearly, we were on the basic package last year but then in November 2009 we downloaded over 15GB of files.
We had never went over our bandwidth limit of 5GB even though I download loads and play games and such.
In January we had went over the limit in December and January which they then auto upgraded us and I was happy because my parents wouldn't upgrade our internet package (But I get 7MB/S from the previous 1MB/s xP and I also have to pay them -.-)
Anyway, since this has happened I have been doing the casual stuff on the internet, I haven't downloaded any large files or anything like that, and with our new internet package (Sky broadband anytime) we have 10GB bandwidth limit.
I have went over the limit again..
Since we went over by a lot in November though it seems as if sky is watching our bandwidth usage a lot or maybe I could have a virus or something? :S
What I do on the computer:
Visit general forums and a lot of FTP uploading and downloading, but only of text elated files and images which aren't very big at all.
Watch youtube videos.
Use MSN a lot.
Use Steam a lot.
Do online work stuff on a MMORPG game which I spend a lot of time on and get paid for that so it isn't pointless ¬.¬
Computer on from 7am - 8am 3:30pm - 9pm (school days) (All in above list)
Laptop on from 9pm - 11pm (school days) (Internet and MSN)
Phone on from 11:30pm - 1am (school days) (MSN and internet)
Computer on from 7:30am - 9:30pm (non-school days) (All in above list)
Laptop on from 10pm - 11pm (non-school days) (Internet and MSN)
Phone on from 11:30pm - 2am (non-school days) (MSN and internet)
What could be eating all my bandwidth? :colbert:[/QUOTE]
Well, you should find a program that monitors bandwidth for you.
Only thing that i really could say takes up a lot of bandwidth is youtube.
Limit? What?
Good thing I live in Sweden :smug:
I'd be bankrupt if my internet connection had a limit, I go over 250GB every month :v:
[QUOTE=Blackcomb;20612364]Do you just sit all day uninstalling and reinstalling games from Steam? There's no way you can use that much bandwidth in a month.[/QUOTE]
I use around 1tb-2tb of bandwidth a month.
[img_thumb]http://yumyumbublegum.mine.nu/pics/bandwiasdas.png[/img_thumb]
if you don't believe me
and that's just one of my computers
[QUOTE=Cluckyx;20610736]I still stand by BE Broadband in the UK. Unlimited. Proper Unlimited. No fucking shitty fair use clauses etc. I could DL 5TB a week if I wanted to, they won't throttle it.[/QUOTE]
Oh god how I have longed to move over to BE :saddowns: they don't supply in my area.
[QUOTE=Yumyumbublegum;20613597]I use around 1tb-2tb of bandwidth a month.[/QUOTE]
Holy crap Also I am jealous of your FIOS. But hopefully we will be getting google fiber soon in my area.
>Watch youtube videos.
yeah those eat up a bitchload
Just google for a 'bandwidth monitor' to help you keep track, see where it goes.
I dont get how bandwith works
i know i got 5 mb BT router but not much else
and i download huge files all the time like freeshare music albums like LOVE (ITS FREE DAMNIT CHECK THEIR WEBSITE)
and nothing has happened. what happens when you go over? my router just resets itself every once in a while. is that when i go over?
actually i just found out the 5mb when i went to a website that would tell me how fast mine is. maybe i have unlimited.
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;20614063]I dont get how bandwith works
i know i got 5 mb BT router but not much else
and i download huge files all the time like freeshare music albums like LOVE (ITS FREE DAMNIT CHECK THEIR WEBSITE)
and nothing has happened. what happens when you go over? my router just resets itself every once in a while. is that when i go over?
actually i just found out the 5mb when i went to a website that would tell me how fast mine is. maybe i have unlimited.[/QUOTE]
When you go over your limit, your internet speed slows down to a crawl for the rest of the month.
kay. i must have unlimited since i downloaded Gmod, Audiosurf and MW2 all in 2 weeks.
that probably would have made me go over.
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;20614285]kay. i must have unlimited since i downloaded Gmod, Audiosurf and MW2 all in 2 weeks.
that probably would have made me go over.[/QUOTE]
Naaa Some providers put super small like 20 gigs but that is kinda rare around 100-200 gigs is average and then you have the unlimited ones.
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You would have to call your provider to find out.
Comshit just has a 250 GB total download cap, so it's not [I]that[/I] bad, but still. It's Comshit, the guys who throttled BitTorrent for a year or two.(Try downloading the latest ISOs of Ubuntu on release day from HTTP).
My router keeps getting the "Orange light" which means there is a problem with the internet connection. D:
Damn
I'm sure glad I don't have a cap. I can easily download 30 GB a week.
$50/month for 30mb/s with TWC. Unlimited of course.
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Tomato is hella useful.
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[QUOTE=LarparNar;20607841]So your family downloads approximately 166.6GB a day, or 6.94GB an hour, or ~7111MB an hour, or 118.5MB an hour, or a constant 1.975MB/s all 24 hours a day?
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In a 30 day month this is.[/QUOTE]
I do that.
Same linux torrents, same rack of servers. :ninja:
By the way, how do I activate the Traffic Meter on my Netgear WMR-3500v2 as the button's greyed out, and I'd love to see how much I actually use a month.
[QUOTE=Mr_Sun;20614063]I dont get how bandwith works
i know i got 5 mb BT router but not much else
and i download huge files all the time like freeshare music albums like LOVE (ITS FREE DAMNIT CHECK THEIR WEBSITE)
and nothing has happened. what happens when you go over? my router just resets itself every once in a while. is that when i go over?
actually i just found out the 5mb when i went to a website that would tell me how fast mine is. maybe i have unlimited.[/QUOTE]
A lot of ISPs maintain "Fair Use" Clauses which basically translate to "Unlimited as long as you're profitable"
There are plenty of different ways of how they work. Most are a static amount as defined by the ISP. Some (Like Virgin Broadband UK) do it comparatively, so maybe the top 4% of users over the last 24 hours etc.
There are usually 2 responses, The moment you go over it, the send you back to the dark ages limited your connection to 100kbps or around that. It's nothing to do with your router as you thought, it happens on the other side of the phone line at the exchanges. So you can't physically stop them and you're stuck in slowsville until next month. Or they send you an angry letter that you're apparently abusing their services. And if you do it again they use it as grounds to sever the contract and stop providing sweet sweet internets.
Move to America. $40 USD for 16 Mb/s w/250GB cap.
[QUOTE=its shortie;20619059]Move to America. $40 USD for 16 Mb/s w/250GB cap.[/QUOTE]
$45/month for 25mb/s with unlimited cap :smug:
[QUOTE=Evilan;20619103]$45/month for 25mb/s with unlimited cap :smug:[/QUOTE]
40 dollars 8 meg and 100 gig cap. SHIT.
30/month 3 meg... D: FUCKING ATT
Jesus how can you guys live with a 5gb cap?
My home connection is uncapped, and my phone's data connection has a 10gb cap, then they throw me down to EDGE. I only really use it when I tether to my netbook when I'm at school, couple hundred megs a day or so.
About $70CDN/month for 1.5Mb down and .2Kb up. Expensive and slow, but no bandwidth cap so I make sure to use it 24/7 just to spite them.
I guess the Sky isn't the limit for the OP.
[QUOTE=its shortie;20619059]Move to America. $40 USD for 16 Mb/s w/250GB cap.[/QUOTE]
£17.50/m 24/1 completely unlimited with no fair usage bull. I often use >100GB a week. [url]http://bethere.co.uk[/url]
[QUOTE=its shortie;20619059]Move to America. $40 USD for 16 Mb/s w/250GB cap.[/QUOTE]
Torrent throttling and DMCA included at no extra charge
I got unlimited bandwidth as my ISP is so shit that they gave me it to stop me leaving. It's still shit though, my download speed's been steadily dropping over the last year. I used to get the full 800kbps max, now I get shit like 300kbps, and that's if I sacrifice a goat and pray. They don't seem to care about me torrenting my [b]LINUX DISTROS[/b], though, so I suppose that's alright. Even though my connection means that torrenting pretty much means I'm in any download for the long haul and I can't seed for shit.
There are no ISP's here with bandwith limits! :dance:
200GB bandwidth limit.
We use maybe 20 a month.
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