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>It's a lot of electricity used, I guess? Is it though? How much electricity is used to serve a 1080p Netflix movie several times vs. playing the same movie fr

by Hamuko 6y ago

>It's a lot of electricity used, I guess? Is it though? How much electricity is used to serve a 1080p Netflix movie several times vs. playing the same movie from a local storage medium? If you asked me, I'd rather burn Bitcoin mining rigs if I wanted to get rid of electricity waste.

bserge 6y ago
Yeah, I don't know. I just think about the bandwidth we all use sometimes and it seems extremely wasteful and it bothers me for some reason. I use around ~200-300 GB/month, which I thought was a lot until I saw how much other people use :D
- Hamuko 6y ago
  >I use around ~200-300 GB/month Pretty sure I use more than that in a day.
  - brokenmachine 6y ago
    That's a lot of linux isos to download per day. Seriously, why would you use that much data per day for? Even getting full blu-rays you wouldn't be able to watch that many.
    - Hamuko 6y ago
      It's more up than down.
      - brokenmachine 6y ago
        Bless you, good sir.
    - carlhjerpe 6y ago
      A couple years ago I participated in a private tracker and wanted to get a good ratio, I uploaded constantly at about 95Mbps 95/8 = 11.875 (Mbit to MByte) 11.875 * 3600 = 42750 (MByte/s to MByte/h) 42750 / 1000 = 42.750 (MByte/g to GByte/h) 42.750 * 24 = 1026 (GByte/h to GByte/d) 1026 / 1000 = 1.026 (GByte/d to TByte/d) In a two month period I uploaded about 50TB according to the tracker so my calculations seem about right. It's easy to reach these numbers in a country where net neutrality is a thing.
    - withinboredom 6y ago
      I was once working on some automation stuff once. I did, in fact, download 4tb worth of (the exact same) linux ISO in a day. From my house. Luckily it was over fiber and through a corporate VPN and I barely noticed it. But I was shocked when I saw the usage on my router later that month.
chii 6y ago
> I'd rather burn Bitcoin mining rigs that's because you benefit from it. You're not currently paying the cost of that 1080p stream - netflix (and the ISP/peering networks) are paying. Netflix recoups the cost from your subscription, and the ISP/peering arrangement is mostly cost neutral to them (save for a small amount i presume). But it's still not "free".

by Hamuko 6y ago

bserge 6y ago

Yeah, I don't know. I just think about the bandwidth we all use sometimes and it seems extremely wasteful and it bothers me for some reason. I use around ~200-300 GB/month, which I thought was a lot until I saw how much other people use :D

Hamuko 6y ago
>I use around ~200-300 GB/month Pretty sure I use more than that in a day.
- brokenmachine 6y ago
  That's a lot of linux isos to download per day. Seriously, why would you use that much data per day for? Even getting full blu-rays you wouldn't be able to watch that many.
  - Hamuko 6y ago
    It's more up than down.
    - brokenmachine 6y ago
      Bless you, good sir.
  - carlhjerpe 6y ago
    A couple years ago I participated in a private tracker and wanted to get a good ratio, I uploaded constantly at about 95Mbps 95/8 = 11.875 (Mbit to MByte) 11.875 * 3600 = 42750 (MByte/s to MByte/h) 42750 / 1000 = 42.750 (MByte/g to GByte/h) 42.750 * 24 = 1026 (GByte/h to GByte/d) 1026 / 1000 = 1.026 (GByte/d to TByte/d) In a two month period I uploaded about 50TB according to the tracker so my calculations seem about right. It's easy to reach these numbers in a country where net neutrality is a thing.
  - withinboredom 6y ago
    I was once working on some automation stuff once. I did, in fact, download 4tb worth of (the exact same) linux ISO in a day. From my house. Luckily it was over fiber and through a corporate VPN and I barely noticed it. But I was shocked when I saw the usage on my router later that month.

chii 6y ago

> I'd rather burn Bitcoin mining rigs that's because you benefit from it. You're not currently paying the cost of that 1080p stream - netflix (and the ISP/peering networks) are paying. Netflix recoups the cost from your subscription, and the ISP/peering arrangement is mostly cost neutral to them (save for a small amount i presume). But it's still not "free".