att dsl bandwidth useage page is up, I'm screwed

[SAWYER]

I just talked to dsl extreme customer service on chat and they have no caps, I guess I will try them

 

[thescreensavers]

What a seeder...

 

[Bignate603]

Yup, the best way to show you're unhappy is to vote with your money. If AT&T doesn't want to give you the service you want try somebody else.

 

[Mike Gayner]

How do you use so much data?

 

[sjwaste]

How do you use so much data?

Seriously...

 

[SAWYER]

netflix on multiple devices and I download a few tv shows weekly, no real cable or satellite service

 

[Mike Gayner]

Sorry but that wouldn't account for 300gb.

 

[SAWYER]

Well that is all I do, my dad lives with me and watches netflix ALL day and night usually, and my wife and kids watch it all the time as well.

 

[thescreensavers]

Sorry but that wouldn't account for 300gb.

Yes it does, I watched alot of 24 during one summer, 12 hours a day or more, the month we had 280gb used, if OP does not have a TV I would assume he usses it a heck of a lot more.

 

[uhohs]

 

[SAWYER]

 

[thegimp03]

Wow, over 1TB a month...that's a shit ton.

 

[child of wonder]

For people who only watch streamed TV the bandwidth adds up fast. All our TV is streamed online. I work from home and am VPNed in all day as well. Through work I get to participate in software beta programs and have to download the releases. This week I had to install vSpere 4.1 at a client's site so there was a few GB's of downloading. I have a home lab with 2 VMware hosts, 5 Windows servers, 3 Linux servers, 2 desktop PCs, and 3 laptops so every time patches come out that's a good amount of downloading. I purchase and download all my games through Steam. I play Xbox Live! a fair amount and purchase DLC for my games. When Windows 2008 R2/7 SP1 was released, I logged into Technet and downloaded the x86 and x64 ISOs. That's almost 20GB right there.

I literally laugh out loud when people say 250GB is "enough" and anyone that uses that much is "abusing" their internet service.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Where's the usage page?

 

[Aikouka]

Is AT&T anal about the usage though? Comcast doesn't seem to care when I go over the 250GB limit.

 

[uhohs]

probably, but we'll find out soon enough. The cap starts this week.

 

[Bryf50]

anime?

 

[uhohs]

japanese idols/tv/pop

:~

 

[Homerboy]

whats the link? Im not seeing one available for me.

 

[AnonymouseUser]

What a seeder...

You do realize that for him to be a "seeder", his upload will surpass his download. At the very least they will be close to equal usage. If you look closely you'll see he has a much higher download usage than upload, though I'm sure it's easier to simply jump to conclusions.

 

[indamixx99]

You do realize that for him to be a "seeder", his upload will surpass his download. At the very least they will be close to equal usage. If you look closely you'll see he has a much higher download usage than upload, though I'm sure it's easier to simply jump to conclusions.

sarcasm fail?

 

[Brovane]

For people who only watch streamed TV the bandwidth adds up fast. All our TV is streamed online. I work from home and am VPNed in all day as well. Through work I get to participate in software beta programs and have to download the releases. This week I had to install vSpere 4.1 at a client's site so there was a few GB's of downloading. I have a home lab with 2 VMware hosts, 5 Windows servers, 3 Linux servers, 2 desktop PCs, and 3 laptops so every time patches come out that's a good amount of downloading. I purchase and download all my games through Steam. I play Xbox Live! a fair amount and purchase DLC for my games. When Windows 2008 R2/7 SP1 was released, I logged into Technet and downloaded the x86 and x64 ISOs. That's almost 20GB right there.

I literally laugh out loud when people say 250GB is "enough" and anyone that uses that much is "abusing" their internet service.

250GB would be enough for 99% of the users. At the end of the day you are paying for a service. A company can decide not to serve you. Just as a all-you-can eat restaurant can decide not to serve someone. I am sure that if 1% of the users are using over 50% of the resources they would be happy to see that 1% go so the rest of the 99% can get better service. If you are using that much data then maybe a business plan would be a better option. I wouldn't say that you are abusing the service. However there is no "right" to internet service. If a company decides that you are tying up to much bandwidth because you are on the extreme end they are well within their right to decide not to serve you.

 

[bobdole369]

Yes it does, I watched alot of 24 during one summer, 12 hours a day or more, the month we had 280gb used, if OP does not have a TV I would assume he usses it a heck of a lot more.

I'll agree. Netflix and a few tv shows via provider websites + just a little bit of torrents get us over 300GB regularly. I also transfer backups up to the cloud for work and send files back and forth a LOT. My wife is a pro photographer. She moves a WHOLE lot of data (backing up RAWs and sending stuff to customers too) Have Uverse and luckily no caps in place "yet", but they are coming.

Even if I cut out the few torrents (that exist only when the TV and movies I want are not available via legitimate means) - I'm still screwed. I moved from Comcast because they kept warning me. Talk about fail. I'm considering going back to Comcast but seeing about a business account. I'd do the same at Uverse but they don't have a 24/3 business tier, just 18/1.5. It's the upload thats the killer for us (for work).

We might even consider an additional shitty dsl line just for certain things that don't need serious bandwidth, which might just spread the load out a bit.

 

[mmntech]

How do you use so much data?

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/mmntech/hunter.jpg

 

[Eli]

Holy fuck.

I guess I'm not nearly as nerdy as some of you, because the SO and I do 20gb/mo.. lol

So would that be 544kb/sec every second of every day, in the last billing cycle?