How much bandwidth do you use at home in a month?

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ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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DD-WRT says: Incoming: 67005 MB / Outgoing: 44570 MB. This was mostly because I had to reload all of my Steam games due to a HD crash though.
 

0roo0roo

No Lifer
Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: fossilburner
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

ddwrt...i have mine to auto reboot every couple days...

why do you do this?

garrantee stability i guess. torrent can rape connection. but i guess it might be more stable now days... i've been using ddwrt builds for a while, its just a habit that stuck. theres a reboot timer, its no trouble to just let it do its thing, so i let it reboot.
 

HannibalX

Diamond Member
May 12, 2000
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Originally posted by: rh71
April: 280GB up, 71GB down = 350GB
May: 213GB up, 60GB down = 273GB

FIOS ftw.

IMO this kind of transfer level is a red flag to the ISP and anyone else (RIAA?) who may be watching/investigating.

I suppose though if this is all legit transfers you have nothing to worry about.
 

Eos

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2000
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Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
Originally posted by: fossilburner
Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

ddwrt...i have mine to auto reboot every couple days...

why do you do this?

garrantee stability i guess. torrent can rape connection. but i guess it might be more stable now days... i've been using ddwrt builds for a while, its just a habit that stuck. theres a reboot timer, its no trouble to just let it do its thing, so i let it reboot.

I'm at 281 days with dd-wrt v23 sp2. No problems ever with needing to reboot.
 

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I use about 2-5 GB a week for normal web surfing. If I'm torrenting it can get much higher.
 

dennilfloss

Past Lifer 1957-2014 In Memoriam
Oct 21, 1999
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Varies a lot but I have exceeded 400GB montly download on a couple of occasions last year. Not much upload though. I'm pretty much a leecher as I limit my torrent uploads to 5kb/s and quit as soon as I've gotten what I want (and remove it from my completed list). Probably average just over 70gb per month downloads nowadays. Distrowatch and Distromania own me even though I haven't installed Linux yet. :eek:
 

frostedflakes

Diamond Member
Mar 1, 2005
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Originally posted by: dennilfloss
Varies a lot but I have exceeded 400GB montly download on a couple of occasions last year. Not much upload though. I'm pretty much a leecher as I limit my torrent uploads to 5kb/s and quit as soon as I've gotten what I want (and remove it from my completed list). Probably average just over 70gb per month downloads nowadays. Distrowatch and Distromania own me even though I haven't installed Linux yet. :eek:
Your ports not forwarded?
 

Kelemvor

Lifer
May 23, 2002
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Originally posted by: eos

I'm at 281 days with dd-wrt v23 sp2. No problems ever with needing to reboot.

I'd be around there except for the power outage we had the other day... :(

Does this version have the bandwidth stats? I didn't see them when I looked.
 

Eos

Diamond Member
Jun 14, 2000
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Originally posted by: Kelemvor
Originally posted by: eos

I'm at 281 days with dd-wrt v23 sp2. No problems ever with needing to reboot.

I'd be around there except for the power outage we had the other day... :(

Does this version have the bandwidth stats? I didn't see them when I looked.

No, but I have been using Bandwidth Monitor Extreme since 2004 anyway.

NOT SWITCHING ROUTER FIRMWARE! ;) If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
 

KoolDrew

Lifer
Jun 30, 2004
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I don't really know, nor care. I do know that it's probably a lot though with me seeding torrents 24/7.
 

rh71

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Aug 28, 2001
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Originally posted by: Pale Rider
Originally posted by: rh71
April: 280GB up, 71GB down = 350GB
May: 213GB up, 60GB down = 273GB

FIOS ftw.

IMO this kind of transfer level is a red flag to the ISP and anyone else (RIAA?) who may be watching/investigating.

I suppose though if this is all legit transfers you have nothing to worry about.

no movies, games, or music. ;) lots of tv episodes and misc stuff.
 

Pabster

Lifer
Apr 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: Pale Rider
IMO this kind of transfer level is a red flag to the ISP and anyone else (RIAA?) who may be watching/investigating.

I suppose though if this is all legit transfers you have nothing to worry about.

Well they'd really get scared of me, because I used over 800GB upstream (alone) last month. I had to reload my online backups. (MozyPro)

Just remember that everyone using "excessive" bandwidth isn't seeding illegal torrents or raping Usenet.
 

fossilburner

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May 22, 2008
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Originally posted by: Pabster
Originally posted by: Pale Rider
IMO this kind of transfer level is a red flag to the ISP and anyone else (RIAA?) who may be watching/investigating.

I suppose though if this is all legit transfers you have nothing to worry about.

Well they'd really get scared of me, because I used over 800GB upstream (alone) last month. I had to reload my online backups. (MozyPro)

Just remember that everyone using "excessive" bandwidth isn't seeding illegal torrents or raping Usenet.



How much do you pay for MozyPro? Do you like it?
 

Evadman

Administrator Emeritus<br>Elite Member
Feb 18, 2001
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Originally posted by: Calculator83
Basically this is a pat on the shoulder Thread for those who stealz from the internet. Congrats Ya'll

I downloaded the internet in '03, I should probably update my backup.
 

n7

Elite Member
Jan 4, 2004
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ISP screams at me if i use more than 100 GB/month, so that's what i tend to average around.
 

Pabster

Lifer
Apr 15, 2001
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Originally posted by: fossilburner
How much do you pay for MozyPro? Do you like it?

Cost is $3.95 + $0.50 per GB stored on their servers.

I'm paying a tad over $400 a month right now. Worth every penny though.