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> Bandwidth is cheap. Most ISPs in the US now have a 1TB datacap and charge ridiculous rates for overages.
by cptskippy 8y ago
> Bandwidth is cheap.
Most ISPs in the US now have a 1TB datacap and charge ridiculous rates for overages.
- bastawhiz 8y agoAre you really pushing 1TB/mo, though? That would be a full quarter of OP's lifetime of data. And in those cases where you are, could you not afford business class internet for a bit of a premium?
- detaro 8y agoIt's on top of your other bandwidth usage though. Family of 4 with Netflix/YouTube/Twitch can accumulate quite a bit. Still, using an online service at least for an important subset is a good idea.
- cptskippy 8y ago3 Nest cameras and streaming in 4k (Netflix, YouTube, Amazon) use up quite a bit. Since I started tracking last April, 736gb a month has been our lowest. Most AAA video games are 40-80gb, and my partner and I both can work from home with always on VPN. So downloading random Steam games to play or taking a few videos of the kids for family can easily result in an extra 150gb of incidental bandwidth. Over Thanksgiving we hit 973gb with guests in the house. I reduced all the camera and Netflix quality settings the last week of November to avoid the penalty fee.
- vonseel 8y agoYikes, seeing as I just signed up with Backblaze and uploaded about 3TB the last week, I was a bit worried there for a minute. AT&T gigabit customers are on unlimited plan for anyone else seeing this who is a customer, see https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-speed-internet/KM1010099 https://www.att.com/esupport/article.html#!/u-verse-high-spe...