Bandwidth Usage

landbeforetimelover · **on:** May 12, 2008, 01:36:54 PM

How much bandwidth do you use per month? I'd say I use normally 400-600GB monthly. It really depends. It helps to have a really fast connection though. My speeds are 26mbps download and 4mbps upload. First off, I run a few servers. One of them you all already know about, another is a server I don't exactly want to make public to GOF for legal reasons, and the other is the one I have in my home for nothing but personal use. It isn't even accessible to the outside internet. How else do I use up that much bandwidth? Well, my computers have like only a few gigs of space on them regardless of their HD space. I put a lot of info onto external hard drives, but the rest I put onto my server. 99% of the files I use are on my server. I even install programs such as photoshop on my server so they can be accessible by any computer in the house. This is necessary because photoshop only allows one license per computer. I already bought the program for $1,000. I'm not paying to put it on every computer I have so instead I have it on my server and I run it through the internet. In essence, I only have one computer. All the other 219 I just consider to be terminals to access my main server. The one main computer in my room is the exception since I run it off wireless. I don't wanna be running a program via wireless internet because of it's unreliability. In addition, I download stuff like crazy. I don't download full movies or anything because of legal reasons, however I find nothing wrong with downloading TV shows because I can't always catch them. If they've already come out with a tv box set I'll get that, but they don't do that until the show or at least the season is over and I can't wait that long.

I know my situation is rather extreme, but are there any others of you out there that use tons of bandwidth?

EDIT: I voted 400-500GB because it's only went over 500GB once.

action9000 · **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2008, 02:27:06 PM

I voted 5-50 because it varies a lot in that range for me. My ISP only provides me with 60GB of monthly bandwidth but I've never actually used all of that.

Loofah · **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2008, 02:52:50 PM

I don¥t know that exactly but I think it is between 5 and 15 Gb a month.
I don¥t down or upload many things.

Kor · **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2008, 06:12:53 PM

I"m not sure. Usually I don't download much, but at times I do once in a while.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2008, 08:23:03 PM

My ISP features UNLIMITED bandwidth, however you're not supposed to be running a server but I do it anyways. I just bypassed their port lockout commands. It was very simple. If they ask why I'm using so much bandwidth, all they have to do is come to my house and see the 220 computers.

Petrie. · **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2008, 09:51:29 PM

I don't even know how you'd check. We have about four computers in the house all connected, so it could be quite a bit.

NeptuneNavigator2001 · **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:11:39 AM

...WHAT??? You have THAT MANY COMPUTERS????? ...How....?? Wha- ...HUH?????? :blink:

: :unsure: Uh, WOW!!!!

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2008, 12:20:59 AM

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I don't even know how you'd check.

When your ISP sends you a bill, doesn't it include your bandwidth usage? It does with mine. :unsure:

Kor · **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2008, 01:07:50 AM

Not mine.

Chikara · **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2008, 04:24:27 AM

Me neither. The only reason I know how much I use is because I got a letter telling not to exceed the limit.

I think I use around 10-15 Gb per month.

Petrie. · **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2008, 08:01:52 AM

Nope. Its a flat rate regardless of bandwith usage.

Kor · **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2008, 08:19:25 AM

Mine must be the same way. I've no idea how much I use and I guess since I"m never told my bandwidth usage the isp doesn't keep track of it or doesn't care.