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Chrysalis · 04-03-2006, 02:17

20gig is more like what I would call moderate. 1TB is a heavy user.

End of the day everyone will never agree what is heavy and what is light, I think isps will always fudge the figures to make the average appear lower then what it is so they "appear" more generous with cap levels. After all if you offer 10 gig and the average is 10gig doesnt look so great but if the average is 3 gig it looks generous.

The legalities of what people download is debatable but end of the day a mass of people do it and is currently accepted as a use by isp's else they would be blocking it.

04-03-2006, 02:17	#5
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,050	Re: An interesting definition of "Heavy User" 20gig is more like what I would call moderate. 1TB is a heavy user. End of the day everyone will never agree what is heavy and what is light, I think isps will always fudge the figures to make the average appear lower then what it is so they "appear" more generous with cap levels. After all if you offer 10 gig and the average is 10gig doesnt look so great but if the average is 3 gig it looks generous. The legalities of what people download is debatable but end of the day a mass of people do it and is currently accepted as a use by isp's else they would be blocking it.