What to do with 20mbps upstream

[dgouldin]

I just discovered that Verizon has a 20/20 fios option at my address, so naturally I upgraded without having the slightest idea what I'm going to do with all of that upstream bandwidth. Anybody have a suggestion? Currently I'm thinking about:

http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en

or

http://beta.legaltorrents.com/

 

[Vehemence]

Seed a ton of shit on Demonoid

 

[CptCrunch]

host a killer fileserver/gameserver?

 

[txrandom]

Host a Natural Selection server!

 

[BigJ]

That's the main reason why I didn't consider upgrading. WTF am I going to do with 20mbps upstream?

 

[Atomic Playboy]

HD webcam.

 

[soccerballtux]

I'd get a bunch of legal torrents to prove legal uses of it and such. Seed a Linux ISO, etc. Don't set up TOR unless you'll be leaving your comp on 24/7.

 

[frostedflakes]

Lol, it's not like you have to use the bandwidth just because it's available.

I'd probably set my PC up so I could access all my files remotely, or maybe even do remote desktop. At 20Mbps even large files (movies, music, etc.) could load very quickly. Heck, you could easily stream high-def video.

 

[dgouldin]

Of course I have to use it! Think of all the bandwidth-starved children in Africa! I have indeed thought about remote rsync ... hd webcam is an interesting idea but would be boring as hell to watch. The 2nd link in my original post is the guarantee to stay out of legal trouble while seeding torrents, and I'm a supporter of CC anyway.

Not being much of a gamer anymore I hadn't thought about a gameserver. That's something to consider.

 

[ElFenix]

get your ratio really high

 

[neutralizer]

Yeah, game server! Now to decide what game. More ATOT gaming

 

[shabby]

Does verizon have an bandwidth cap on those insanely fast packages?

 

[biggestmuff]

A good quality webcam stream for ATOT to see you posting on ATOT?

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: BigJ
That's the main reason why I didn't consider upgrading. WTF am I going to do with 20mbps upstream?

yup, 10/2 is perfect for me.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: dgouldin
Of course I have to use it! Think of all the bandwidth-starved children in Africa! I have indeed thought about remote rsync ... hd webcam is an interesting idea but would be boring as hell to watch. The 2nd link in my original post is the guarantee to stay out of legal trouble while seeding torrents, and I'm a supporter of CC anyway.

Not being much of a gamer anymore I hadn't thought about a gameserver. That's something to consider.

More than likely it's against their TOS.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Host a Natural Selection server!

OMG I played this in 2003 back when I had SATs. I reinstalled it FOR FUN this spring after midterm season and I was surprised people play this still. OMG I loved that game.

 

[dgouldin]

Originally posted by: shabby
Does verizon have an bandwidth cap on those insanely fast packages?

Not that I know of. My current 15/2 has been thoroughly abused without incident.

And as far as TOS goes, I'll take the risk. You give a civilian a tank, you're going to have problems whether or not you tell him not to drive it.