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They're talking about charging $15 for each 10GB over the 250GB limit. At 5GB per DVD you can still download 50 DVDs per month (ok, probably less due to protoco
by cstejerean 19y ago
They're talking about charging $15 for each 10GB over the 250GB limit. At 5GB per DVD you can still download 50 DVDs per month (ok, probably less due to protocol overhead). That sounds reasonable.
- Goronmon 19y agoAssuming downloadable HD movies become more prevalent in the future, that 250GB cap no longer seems as generous.
- LogicHoleFlaw 19y agoStreaming video also throws a kink in the hose. There's no indication of how much bandwidth you are actually using when you use such a service. With no files persisting to the hard drive it's very difficult to say what your actual usage levels are.
- smhinsey 19y agoYou have the same problem with almost any streaming media, be it internet radio or youtube. I personally almost always have KEXP streaming in the background. I have no idea how much bandwidth I use for that alone but it's non-trivial.
- xirium 19y agoI know of a house of non-geek professionals in London who collectively download 10GB per day, excluding protocol overhead. That's easily 300MB per month. Collectively, they're saturating a 2Mb/s connection much of the time. That may be obscene to some but in parts of Asia, 100Mb/s connections are affordable. So, if a 250MB per month limit becomes established and accepted, it could very quickly become constraining and economically damaging.