LinkBack URL
About LinkBacksWell it's not like hard drives are expensive now is it?
Well it's not like hard drives are expensive now is it?
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
no.. i suppose so. me though i just couldnt be arsed to sit there and watch my torrents or whatever download lol
you n me both..got so much other stuff to get on with...Originally Posted by harry1
like this forum
You should watch your downloads it's proven to make them slower
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
Torrents are not very bandwidth friendly as you "have" to upload what you have downloaded, if you dont you are considered as scum
I was with Zen and the 20gb cap, tried to manage my downloads and general internet usage but it turned out to be to difficult so I had to move to a ISP that didnt invoke bandwidth caps, if like me you use the internet "a lot" then you need to look at a "capless" ISP or contract.
Hope that helps.
ManC
the only reason i would agree is when doing a counter strike reinstall or update when you watch it its dog slow but u minimize and it goes up lol.
My friend in Hong Kong have IPTV and the packet sniffer shows 550KB/s constant 7x24 as he never switch off the IPTV box
Btw he could flatline his 100Mbps at 20Mbps upload for 3 days PLUS the IPTV and the ISP don't say a thing (P.S. thats 2.5MB/s as he was backing up his whole system to his server in China). No one can / will do this with 256Kbps upload really. Once you have the bandwidth you have a LOT more things you can do.
And the most important thing is he only pays 13 quids a MONTH (can't remember how much the IPTV cost extra but its pretty cheap)
Regarding to online gaming, it DEPENDS on what gaming you mean. WoW and Lineage 2 probably only use 1K/s but CSS and BF2 will use a lot more as you are tracking up to 64 other players like every 20ms.
My 256kbps upload struggles on certain games with 32+ players where my ping goes through the roof due to upload saturation.
Last edited by arthurleung; 21-09-2006 at 02:16 PM.
Workstation 1: Intel i7 950 @ 3.8Ghz / X58 / 12GB DDR3-1600 / HD4870 512MB / Antec P180
Workstation 2: Intel C2Q Q9550 @ 3.6Ghz / X38 / 4GB DDR2-800 / 8400GS 512MB / Open Air
Workstation 3: Intel Xeon X3350 @ 3.2Ghz / P35 / 4GB DDR2-800 / HD4770 512MB / Shuttle SP35P2
HTPC: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6Ghz / 780G / 4GB DDR2-1000 / Antec Mini P180 White
Mobile Workstation: Intel C2D T8300 @ 2.4Ghz / GM965 / 3GB DDR2-667 / DELL Inspiron 1525 / 6+6+9 Cell Battery
Display (Monitor): DELL Ultrasharp 2709W + DELL Ultrasharp 2001FP
Display (Projector): Epson TW-3500 1080p
Speakers: Creative Megaworks THX550 5.1
Headphones: Etymotic hf2 / Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 Pro
Storage: 8x2TB Hitachi @ DELL PERC 6/i RAID6 / 13TB Non-RAID Across 12 HDDs
Consoles: PS3 Slim 120GB / Xbox 360 Arcade 20GB / PS2
Since all the limits have come into play what with peak time and off peak I've had to change when I download to avoid going over peak limit.. But I can do 30gig easily in some months. Of course this varies during the year..
But if you don't download video too often and just do usual stuff you probably won't touch 20gig.
and to be fair, for the sake of 10 quid ill buy the film. i downloaded dodgeball once, it took about three days lol. then i watched it and deleted it coz i cba to have it taking up space. the way fowards is building a dvd collection u damn theives
I have over 500 bought dvd'sand to be fair, for the sake of 10 quid ill buy the film. i downloaded dodgeball once, it took about three days lol. then i watched it and deleted it coz i cba to have it taking up space. the way fowards is building a dvd collection u damn theives
Living and dying laughing and crying
Once you have seen it you will never be the same
Life in the fast lane is just how it seems
Hard and it is heavy dirty and mean
The (perhaps not) amusing thing is the way we're all quite happy to accept relatively low limits as compared to other european countries - both in terms of speed and amount available (not to mention cost I suppose). The great British trait of 'ah well, that's just the way it is..'
Crosshair VIII Hero (WIFI), 3900x, 32GB DDR4, Many SSDs, EVGA FTW3 3090, Ethoo 719
I read somewhere that a symmetrical 100mb line (thats 100 upload and download, for those not in the know) was just over $30 a month in Tokyo, not much more in Korea and Sweden. You have to ask why BT cant even get to half that and still need draconian bandwidth limits.
BT cant even do this if you're willing to pay a highher price for it.
lol, we england supposed to be an advanced country and there you go sweeden are making us look like bangladesh. brilliant.
I'm just going to say - how far will 20gb take you with CS Updates, Gaming - 500+mb Demos etc... (Fear Multiplayer is nigh on 2gb)?
Upload speed bothers me more than bandwidth though. Try sending somone a few hundred meg .psd and you can wave good bye to your internet connection for a day or so.
burn it to cd and post it to them
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote
