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leung324

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I am going to college the coming sept. I am just wonder if the college that I am going to will have a limit on the bandwidth usage. I will be screwed if they do. 146gb dowloaded and 33gb uploaded last month.

my friend told me Cornell will have a 2gb/month download limit....
 
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Darein

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UW (Washington) was pretty good about it. I never noticed a normal download cap, except when it came to file sharing services, Kazaa and stuff was around 2k/s. The upload was pretty good, but they have been cracking down on people with FTP's and what not, and the overall policy is becoming much stricker but I haven't noticed it much. I loved downloading from MS accross the lake at over 900k/sec. :D
 
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Originally posted by: leung324
I am going to college the coming sept. I am just wonder if the college that I am going to will have a limit on the bandwidth usage. I will be screwed if they do. 146gb dowloaded and 33gb uploaded last month.

my friend told me Cornell will have a 2gb/month download limit....
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I go to Cornell and I'm dreading the cap. :(

But, what Cornell is doing is allowing 2gigs of downloads without being charged. After that it's a fraction of a cent per meg. Which is pretty steep and it going to suck, but I understand why they're doing it.

 
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Zugzwang152

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well since you're only supposed to be using school bandwidth for educational purposes, you're all supporting terrorism! and communism! and everything thats is wholely evil in this world!
 
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leung324

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I am going to a state Uni which is SUNY buffalo. I haven't heard anything about their bandwidth policy. actually, I am too lazy to ask. shouldn't be too strict, since it is public.
 
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when UT first started up weekly bandwidth caps (something like 5 gig a week) the idiotic freshmen complained that they were paying for it so they should have unlimited bandwidth. they were paying something like $30 a semester. dumbasses.
 
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Chumpman

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
when UT first started up weekly bandwidth caps (something like 5 gig a week) the idiotic freshmen complained that they were paying for it so they should have unlimited bandwidth. they were paying something like $30 a semester. dumbasses.
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Did they get it? The unlimited bandwidth that is.
 
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OulOat

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UIUC is 700 megs per 24 hour cycle, and as you approach the limit, the speed lowers until you reach modem speed...
 
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Storm

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Originally posted by: leung324
I am going to college the coming sept. I am just wonder if the college that I am going to will have a limit on the bandwidth usage. I will be screwed if they do. 146gb dowloaded and 33gb uploaded last month.

my friend told me Cornell will have a 2gb/month download limit....
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My question is what are you doing? to download 146 gigs and upload 33 gigs a month? Warez, software, games, movies, music?

If you're so concerned you should have applied and gotten accepted to several different schools that dont have any type of cap. I guess its a little late now. Otherwise suck it up like everyone else thats sooo concerned with bandwidth.
 
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Sukhoi

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Originally posted by: OulOat
UIUC is 700 megs per 24 hour cycle, and as you approach the limit, the speed lowers until you reach modem speed...
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It's actually 750 MB. At 600 MB bandwidth is cut to 128 Kbps, then at 750 MB it's cut to 32 Kbps, then once you get I believe 150% past 750 MB you're down to almost no bandwidth.

The cap is measured oddly too. Say you do 800 MB in an hour. You'd be on the 32 Kbps cap. Then if you switch IPs you will have full speed for another hour, when you will be dropped back to 32 Kbps. Even if you only download 100 KB in that hour. Strangely the 800 MB you DLed earlier on a different IP won't show up on the 24 hour log screen, but the cap will still be in effect for 24 hours.

That's why I'm getting at minimum a second NIC. :) Though right now I don't see a need to DL more than 1.5 GB in a day so I probably won't get a third NIC.
 
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jaydee

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If it's a SUNY, than you're probably not going to get file-sharing programs, but UB is so huge that you'll probably find anything and everything you need via DC. I went to a (different) SUNY last year. No cap there.

BTW, for the love of God, what on earth do you do with 146GB's every single month?!?!
 
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Hossenfeffer

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Yeah, let alone even 1.5GB a day. There's just no "need". Trying to think of what might be the largest average "legit" transfers you'd have running in a day or month. There's no way in hell that it would get close to 146GB. Heck, even 50 GB.
 
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tokamak

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Originally posted by: ElFenix
when UT first started up weekly bandwidth caps (something like 5 gig a week) the idiotic freshmen complained that they were paying for it so they should have unlimited bandwidth. they were paying something like $30 a semester. dumbasses.
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yeah UT has a policy - 2.5 gigs per week (up and down combined) for $12 a month. its fast, though. count me in with those "idiotic freshmen" complainers - i want to run a CS server :p
 
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We can't use any filesharing app but IRC! They block everything.. even BitTorrent damnit! :| All because stupid people playing Counter-Strike complained that it was laggy! ARG! :|:|:|

/me hates UCI resnet.
 
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brunswickite

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Originally posted by: shady06
Originally posted by: brunswickite
Rutgers University has

2gigs per week download
500mb upload per week
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OUCH, what happens when u go over???
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only rutgers internal sites work, and you get kicked off outside for 1 week

although you can set up a proxy with a roomate and are able to get online :)



 
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Spac3d

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Originally posted by: Storm
If you're so concerned you should have applied and gotten accepted to several different schools that dont have any type of cap. I guess its a little late now. Otherwise suck it up like everyone else thats sooo concerned with bandwidth.
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Originally posted by: leung324
I am going to a state Uni which is SUNY buffalo. I haven't heard anything about their bandwidth policy. actually, I am too lazy to ask. shouldn't be too strict, since it is public.
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Cool... I graduated UB in '99. They had no policy on it, but then again, file sharing/progs weren't as prominent then. They do have the network shares amongst residents on RESNET.

Here's a lil sumpin sumpin for you --> http://www.dopeshiznit.net/forums/
 
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leung324

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Originally posted by: rh71
Originally posted by: leung324
I am going to a state Uni which is SUNY buffalo. I haven't heard anything about their bandwidth policy. actually, I am too lazy to ask. shouldn't be too strict, since it is public.
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Cool... I graduated UB in '99. They had no policy on it, but then again, file sharing/progs weren't as prominent then. They do have the network shares amongst residents on RESNET.

Here's a lil sumpin sumpin for you --> http://www.dopeshiznit.net/forums/
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wow....thx
awww.......damnit! i need a ub email box to register :|
soon or later, i will have one
 
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