Well,
Recently i just got internet. which is a big step up for me. But i have a problem i only have 5GB of data transfer a month(i think this is correct). And I'm wondering if i play games on byond how big of a chunk is it gonna take out of my data transfer ammount. I know you have to download the games, which tends to be a few Mb at most. But I'm worried about stuff being sent during the games like sound packets and such. Is there really anything that could eat up my 5gb in a hurry on byond?
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 Jan 16 2009, 5:48 pm
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5gb is very little. Consider one game download on steam would wipe out your bandwidth.
Go easy on the youtube and such. I can't see a few byond gaming sessions taking up too much bandwidth. | |
all right thank you all very much. Its a shame tho this is the biggest bandwidth verizon offers tho(There commercials are a lie(the one with the guy gaming)). Alright thank yall.
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Do you live in an area other than the US? My family has unlimited bandwidth to my knowledge, and our ISP is Verizon.
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I live in the U.S., the thing is tho i'm using a black berry storm as my modem, using Verizon access.
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That's your problem. You shouldn't really use a phone as a modem, it's probably slower than a wired line as well. Get some actual service, like Verizon FiOS or DSL, you have unlimited (or near unlimited) data transfer, and probably much better speeds.
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YEs, but this is a good fix, i live out in the stixs with a limited income. I reckon it will have to do.
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Yeah, 5GB is nearly unlimited for most cell phones, currently. But for a desktop, well, I legally downloaded about 15GB last night, and probably will download at least 3GB tonight, and who knows how much I eat up playing games and surfing sites like youtube.
There are, however, bandwidth monitoring programs out there. I can't recommend a specific one, but they exist. Because Comcast recently placed a cap on their monthly bandwidth, a good search might be "comcast bandwidth monitor windows". | |
George Gough