hoskib

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bit of a how long is a piece of string question, but i'm new to broadband (1 day!) and i seem to be using alot more than i thought i would.

only been on it for about 18 hrs and i've racked up over 160 MB already. granted i've been updating windows and other software i couldn't be arsed to do on dial up, but i've got a cap of 2000MB and it seems to be spiraling up today just surfing.

any ideas what an average usage is?

ta

stevem2k

depends what you are doing with it. General surfing and the occasional update should be around your 2gig.

given that lots of people pick up US tv series, music & films as well I saw a report the other day that reckoned the 'average' for the uk was around 9Gig per month.

HTH

Steve

hoskib

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thanks for that steve, bloody 9 gig?
might have to watch my account closely then. bloomin' good job i didn't go for the 1/2 meg package, that only came with a 500MB cap!

looking at downloading some music soon so might be looking at the next package up methinks.

cheers again

mart360

I got told off by tiscali for hitting 10gb in a month


i have an unlimited account, but must limit or restrict my downloads between 6pm and 11pm daily, other than that, its fair game


Mart

stevem2k

my record is 90G in a month

Puff The Magic Wagon!

iTrader: (2)

I don't know, don't care as Demon haven't got a limit

ChrisB

My router reckons:

Uptime: 11 days, 20:43:27
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [GB/GB]: 6,71 / 7,12

hoskib

iTrader: (1)

bloody hell guys, do you live on the internet and just download everything in sight?

or is it interests in 'adult themed' sites that wack up your usage

jowl

I use 5.5gb tops a month.

Thats with four users though it's mainly me who does most of it.

Scooby Soon!

I would say easily 9 or 10 gb a month

I would say for a decent user 20 to 25 gb, Pipex 1mb unlimited and never has any problems (not like Tiscali who kicked me off twice!)

Trucker Ted

i'm with Tiscali,2meg with unlimited download,i steered away from others with limited download as i quickly realised i would use my quota with just run of the mill surfing and that would be without downloading series 2 of Lost

As for Tiscali telling you off,surely unlimited should just mean just that!!

ChrisB

I do work from home now and again. I've got a VPN tunnel between my firewall and the office, plus I often do out of hours jobs from home.

Scooby-Doo

Not really unlimited then

wheelwright

jfrf

if you are just web surfing, 2 gig should be fine.
windows update should be a one off hit

i doubt 10 gig is for an avergae user.
10 gig and upwards is only necessary when you are illegally downloading movies which are usually 0.7gig each

jowl

I use mine a lot for work.

Windows Updates, Windows Downloads and lots of other large downloads.

what i don't do a lot of is video/web cam streaming and DVD downloads.

Scooby-Doo

Try running an Xbox 360 for a few hours then usage will shoot up. I'm doing 20-30 GB per month.

Tim-Grove

Ive got 3 PC's and an xbox on my network and an average about 3GB a day

Scotsman

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I'm on around 35 GB a month - probably more but I don't worry about the off peak usage (midnight to 8am). When you download full DVD's at over 4 gigs a shot it doesn't take long to rack up the miles.

SiDHEaD

I have cable, so it's properly unlimited.

Usually see about 40odd in a normal month.