[TechGuy]

In the latest move to rein in the heaviest users of the Internet, Comcast Corp. announced a cap on the amount of data its customers can download.

Starting Oct. 1, residential high-speed Internet customers will be limited to 250 gigabytes of traffic a month. Typical customers use between two gigabytes and three gigabytes a month, Comcast spokeswoman Jen Khoury said.

[hewee]

Typical customers use between two gigabytes and three gigabytes a month.

Almost need this just for MS updates but no way do I use 250 gigabytes of traffic a month.

Wonder if that is the same cap they alway had but would never tell you what it was but they would just email you and tell you that you was using to much and to stop or they would stop you internet.

[ekim68]

I read a while back that providers were going to start charging for however much you use. I wonder if this is a first step?

[JohnWill]

I'd love to know where they got the 2-3 gigabyte number.

[BoDySNaTcHeRz]

Too bad you have to subscribe to see the full article lol. I have never downloaded 250 gb worth of stuff anyway so I'm not worried about it.

[new tech guy]

IMO, still a generous number but a little rediculous on the 2-3 gb a month. If your counting both up/down traffic you would probably use that much in your home within a week. Consider backups online, web browsing, gaming online is a TON of bandwidth, on top of that if you have a network its more traffic. Still ridiculous the FCC doesnt slap them with anything.

[Skivvywaver]

I wonder how much bandwidth youtube uses up? I am a youtube junkie.

[new tech guy]

Well you think, they have a 100mb limit, so prob a few megs per video... That definitely adds up, i say on average the average pc user has to generate around 1-200mb per day at least considering any backing up, downloading, email...etc.

[hewee]

I do a backup each day of a forum and there are two backup files. 19 MB and 121 MB so that ads up. Then now and then I got to redownload the bigger file because it is not 121 MB but was a lot smaller for what ever reason like 68.4 MB when it should of been 121 MB.
Then all the other things I do each day with other downloads that are smaller.

[JohnWill]

I doubt I use 250gigs/mo, but I do have an on-line backup application running, not to mention there are about 9 computers connected here, so that's updates for Windows and AV/spyware applications for each of them many times a month.

Finally, I have to have a lot of bandwidth to run up my post count here at TSG!

[hewee]

I got no way of knowing the total bandwidth I use with everything from web pages loading, updates on programs and what programs or files I download.

[ekim68]

Originally Posted by Skivvywaver

I wonder how much bandwidth youtube uses up? I am a youtube junkie.

I've thought about that, too. I read an article, I'll try to find, that said because of youtube, the internet will fill up by the year 2011...Not withstanding the internet promises of 2 and 3...

[~Candy~]

Originally Posted by BoDySNaTcHeRz

Too bad you have to subscribe to see the full article lol. I have never downloaded 250 gb worth of stuff anyway so I'm not worried about it.

A bit more can be read here:

http://dialzero.blogspot.com/2008/09...ad-volume.html

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by hewee

I got no way of knowing the total bandwidth I use with everything from web pages loading, updates on programs and what programs or files I download.

Your ISP generally has a location to look at your usage.

[hewee]

Originally Posted by RootbeaR

Your ISP generally has a location to look at your usage.

I sure don't where it is at but they should if we are to know how much we are using.