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Skie · 12-06-2011, 10:51

I'd be willing to pay a bit more for lower jitter. Fastpath style. That and to not have the network eat packets either due to congestion or horrible DPI when things get busy.

Streaming HD content from iPlayer can use quite a bit or simply downloading them. 800K/sec to stream or 1.1gb to download a 59 minute show. (I should note the streaming value is a bit of a guesstimate as the iPlayer tends to pulse from 2MB/sec to 100K/sec rather than being a continual stream of data). One person hitting 350GB in that way would be possible if only they spent their life watching online TV, but a household would do it much easier (especially with teens watching their own shows in their own rooms).

Toss in Steam (one 9GB game recently had two patches of 9GB each), dropbox and general youtube viewing and you could reasonably get close each month.

12-06-2011, 10:51	#17
Skie a giant headend Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Liverpool Posts: 1,169	Re: Anyone actually been cut off/restricted because of the Detrimental Usage? I'd be willing to pay a bit more for lower jitter. Fastpath style. That and to not have the network eat packets either due to congestion or horrible DPI when things get busy. Streaming HD content from iPlayer can use quite a bit or simply downloading them. 800K/sec to stream or 1.1gb to download a 59 minute show. (I should note the streaming value is a bit of a guesstimate as the iPlayer tends to pulse from 2MB/sec to 100K/sec rather than being a continual stream of data). One person hitting 350GB in that way would be possible if only they spent their life watching online TV, but a household would do it much easier (especially with teens watching their own shows in their own rooms). Toss in Steam (one 9GB game recently had two patches of 9GB each), dropbox and general youtube viewing and you could reasonably get close each month.