Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-12-01 Thread Matthew Crews
Ah, that is pretty reasonable. Cheaper than what their website offers too. Original Message On Nov 30, 2017, 17:46, Eric Oyen wrote: > actually not as bad as you think. > > I have the 50/5 (which is actually 60/11 Mbits/s) for about $79 a month. that > and 7 email addresses, bus

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Stephen Partington
Yeah. The cost for me to do that is insane. On Nov 30, 2017 5:43 PM, "Eric Oyen" wrote: > I believe I did some recent calculations along those lines. > > btw, a standard video stream (1080p) uses just under 750 KB/s and if left > on 24/7 would exceed that cap about 22 days into the month. Now,

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Eric Oyen
actually not as bad as you think. I have the 50/5 (which is actually 60/11 Mbits/s) for about $79 a month. that and 7 email addresses, business support available 24/7, etc. It's a few bucks more, but not substantially so. :) -eric from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Get it now whi

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Eric Oyen
I believe I did some recent calculations along those lines. btw, a standard video stream (1080p) uses just under 750 KB/s and if left on 24/7 would exceed that cap about 22 days into the month. Now, most people don't do that. In fact, the estimated tv viewing per week is about 30 hours or so f

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Matthew Crews
Well said regarding wireless. Original Message On Nov 30, 2017, 16:51, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > Also consider wireless. If you are on wireless depending on where you there > is a great chance you will not even come close to your max bandwidth. This is > because wireles

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Also consider wireless. If you are on wireless depending on where you there is a great chance you will not even come close to your max bandwidth. This is because wireless is a shared medium. You are contending with everyone else that is on your channel. This will most definitely impact your through

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Herminio Hernandez, Jr.
Very few if anyone uses the Max of their pipe for a prolonged period. If you did it would not be an enjoyable experience. If you were downloading a huge file that consumed all your bandwidth and say wanted to watch youtube while you wait, well good luck with that. In networking there is bandwidth a

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Matthew Crews
> >>Yes, my wonderful 30Mbs max is actually only a 385KB link, if I want to use >>it all the time. >> >> Ironically, a 30Mbps connection is 3.75MBps (megabits vs megabytes), so its >> not AS bad as you expect. Cox is pretty "generous" in that regard compared >> to other ISPs such as Comcast (th

Re: What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Matthew Crews
>Yes, my wonderful 30Mbs max is actually only a 385KB link, if I want to use it >all the time. Ironically, a 30Mbps connection is 3.75MBps (megabits vs megabytes), so its not AS bad as you expect. Cox is pretty "generous" in that regard compared to other ISPs such as Comcast (thankfully Comcas

What is the actual bandwith you could use, continuously, given your ISP's bandwith usage cap?

2017-11-30 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Here is the rabbit trail – has anyone else calculated the actual bandwidth you could use (continuously) from your ISP and NOT hit their usage cap? Yeah, that deserves a different topic, and here it is. Ok, under my plan at Cox, I think I get threatened with extra charges when I reach 1TB of da