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Luvian · 09-25-2003, 04:22 AM

Don't worry about it, it don't affect people doing regular downloading or hosting gaming servers.

It's nothing new around here. My cable contract allow me 15 gigs of download and 10 gigs of upload per months, if I remember right.

I know a guy who hosted a warez server. He was receiving and sending for about 50k per second each for over a year before his isp complained.

Bandwith cost money. You can't expect to be able to download 80 gigs of stuff in a month for your basic price. Even generous webhost don't give you much more than that, and that's for packages costing over 100$ US a month.

About a year ago, I was playing a MMORPG at least 8 hours a day, while downloading tons of stuff, and I never used up all my 15 gig monthly limit.

What I find bad about american companies, is that they don't tell you your limit. They make it look like you have unlimited access, but when you set up a 24/7 file server, they threaten to ban you. I can't blame them, but they could at least admit up front their service is not unlimited, and they should clearly state the limit.

Edit: Do you know what's funny? I have a friend who found a way to abuse his dsl's system to have no limit and higher speed. He's using up a huge shunk of the network by himself. I've seen his stats once, and if I remember well, he had uploaded more than 300 gigs. That wasn't even the end of the month, either. The company know about it, but can do nothing, and can't charge him for it, as it's "legal".

[ 09-25-2003, 04:36 AM: Message edited by: Luvian ]

09-25-2003, 04:22 AM	#8
Luvian Ironworks Moderator Join Date: June 27, 2001 Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Age: 44 Posts: 6,766	Don't worry about it, it don't affect people doing regular downloading or hosting gaming servers. It's nothing new around here. My cable contract allow me 15 gigs of download and 10 gigs of upload per months, if I remember right. I know a guy who hosted a warez server. He was receiving and sending for about 50k per second each for over a year before his isp complained. Bandwith cost money. You can't expect to be able to download 80 gigs of stuff in a month for your basic price. Even generous webhost don't give you much more than that, and that's for packages costing over 100$ US a month. About a year ago, I was playing a MMORPG at least 8 hours a day, while downloading tons of stuff, and I never used up all my 15 gig monthly limit. What I find bad about american companies, is that they don't tell you your limit. They make it look like you have unlimited access, but when you set up a 24/7 file server, they threaten to ban you. I can't blame them, but they could at least admit up front their service is not unlimited, and they should clearly state the limit. Edit: Do you know what's funny? I have a friend who found a way to abuse his dsl's system to have no limit and higher speed. He's using up a huge shunk of the network by himself. I've seen his stats once, and if I remember well, he had uploaded more than 300 gigs. That wasn't even the end of the month, either. The company know about it, but can do nothing, and can't charge him for it, as it's "legal". [ 09-25-2003, 04:36 AM: Message edited by: Luvian ] __________________ Once upon a time in Canada...