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ark_ader:
Yikes that is a lot. 

In the UK 40gb and Fair Usage Policy is the norm.  But 250gb is plain asking for it.

My mate pulls something similar, but he has a home network with kids and the PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox etc. so he can clear 120gb a month easy.

You get caught pulling 250gb a month, better have documentation of your exploits, like iTunes movie downloads, etc.  ;D

I couldn't touch that volume and I am active with home video production and a huge distribution list.  That's upping not downloading.  Wow.  :o

Cakemeister:
I'm on Comcast. I wonder if there is a way for me to monitor total bandwidth usage for myself?

I don't watch streaming video or download loads of pr0n or share multigigabyte torrents, so I should be okay, I guess.

AtomSmasher:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on August 30, 2008, 01:58:23 pm ---If you watch a movie every night (I generally do) you could nail 250GB pretty quickly when you lump in all your other online activity.

--- End quote ---
Heh, ya.  Ever since I got a netflix player and with nothing on regular TV lately, I'd bet I pretty easily cleared 250GB the past few months.  However, I don't have comcast and couldn't even get comcast here if I wanted, so theres not a lot for me to do about it.

Ed_McCarron:

--- Quote from: Cakemeister on August 30, 2008, 11:37:46 am ---I'm on Comcast. I wonder if there is a way for me to monitor total bandwidth usage for myself?

--- End quote ---

Not without doing it in your router, or installing software on every PC in your house.  Oh, and that won't count the Tivos and console games.

Did you seriously thinkComcast was going to give you a way to monitor your usage?  That'd cost 'em money to roll out.

Malenko:

--- Quote from: Ed_McCarron on August 30, 2008, 03:26:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Cakemeister on August 30, 2008, 11:37:46 am ---I'm on Comcast. I wonder if there is a way for me to monitor total bandwidth usage for myself?

--- End quote ---

Not without doing it in your router, or installing software on every PC in your house.  Oh, and that won't count the Tivos and console games.

Did you seriously thinkComcast was going to give you a way to monitor your usage?  That'd cost 'em money to roll out.

--- End quote ---

I work for comcast , and I cant even bring up my usage (or anyone else's in the system)   250GB is ALOT
As for being a ploy...I dunno if I ran an ISP I wouldnt want people raping it. With Comcast being Comcast they'll prolly have a thing where you can pay $5 a month for an extra 250GB or something dumb like that.

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