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#335239 26-May-2010 21:20

I'm on Orcon DSL.

I can get a total for each billing period, but not a simple list.

I have 101GB quota / month.

For the past 6 months I've ranged between 70GB (lowest) and 100.5GB (highest).

Typically, 2/3s of my data traffic is upward-bound. So while I might see 30GB down, I'll probably have done 60-70GB up.

As long as it's in my quota, it makes no difference to me - up or down.

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#335681 28-May-2010 06:55

What a great thread to let google dig. Hopefully some people will see the sad state that is NZ's broadband..

I used to use 15GB then 20 then now 26GB/month.

And I have a quote for such behaviour!

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#335696 28-May-2010 08:39

alliao: What a great thread to let google dig. Hopefully some people will see the sad state that is NZ's broadband..

I used to use 15GB then 20 then now 26GB/month.

And I have a quote for such behaviour!

Because once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage you prepare your own limbs to wear them. -Rudy Timmons

Nice quote and so often true. I'm thinking Canadians and their telcos and banks. If you think Kiwi telcos are pirates, you've seen NOTHING. Compared to their canadian counterparts, our three cellcos are Mother Theresa wrapped in fibre. :-)

But the data thing is all about money. I pay $128 / month for 101GB of data over DSL.

If you get rid of Sky TV, that should be affordable for a LOT of people.

I watch TV maybe 4 hours / week. I do that and more on the Internet every day.

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#336324 30-May-2010 17:44

I'm on Big time, with 5 computers, 3 kids and Missus all doing their own internet thing and I would average about 70 gigs per month. Lots of Utube etc but not much torrenting going on.

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#338918 6-Jun-2010 23:13

My usage.. with megatel.
I need at least 80GB a month for torrents etc.. my parents thinks I'm crazy and used to get huge bills
All data measured in Megabytes
Date Upload Download Daily Total Running Total

2010-06-01 280.239 4,667.553 4,947.792
2010-06-02 294.786 4,253.426 4,548.212
2010-06-03 258.917 2,807.031 3,065.949
2010-06-04 271.006 3,827.905 4,098.911
2010-06-05 204.720 2,325.465 2,530.185
2010-06-06 107.580 867.581 975.161
Total 1,417.248 18,748.961 20,166.210

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#339093 7-Jun-2010 18:54

Pretty average usage, and occasional off-site backups.

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#339988 9-Jun-2010 22:06

So far this month I have done 323490.49 MB. hoping to break 409,600MB before the 19th

All comments are my own opinion, and not that of my employer unless explicitly stated.

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#339992 9-Jun-2010 22:14

lokhor: So far this month I have done 323490.49 MB. hoping to break 409,600MB before the 19th

"hoping" to break 409GB?

Whats your prize? a growth in your e-penis?

Sorry guys, but posts like this really bug me.

But anyway. For some reason my data usage went up to 140GB last month. not sure why, I suspect my sister has something to do with it though. I haven't changed what I download, if anything, I should have used less.

140 is still lower than my all time high though, so thats okay.

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#339997 9-Jun-2010 22:30

lokhor: So far this month I have done 323490.49 MB. hoping to break 409,600MB before the 19th

Oh wow who are you trying to impress? It's people like you that got BigTime taken away in the first place.Whats the point in downloading that much??

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#340029 10-Jun-2010 00:37

People tend download heaps of stuff on an unlimited plan, more news at 10!

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#340036 10-Jun-2010 01:13

i'm normally on less than 40GB per month, but i got a big bill last month as i hit about 120GB. The increase was due to two things: downloading three pre-built virtual machines from microsoft (at 30GB+ each); and due to performing an initial backup to mozy account of 80GB of data (still continuing, given teh upload speeds of adsl)

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#340041 10-Jun-2010 01:38

I don't think we'll ever get unlimited internet. Sad side of the digital divide really.

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#340044 10-Jun-2010 01:54

Ragnor: People tend download heaps of stuff on an unlimited plan, more news at 10!

just because you can do something, doens't mean you should do something

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#340051 10-Jun-2010 07:18

I don't usually download anything close to this much. however I'm annoyed at Telecom for closing down Big Time hence the attempts to download the internet!

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#340054 10-Jun-2010 07:30

Averaging 140GB a month at present, thats with 6 ppl, 5 computers and 1 homebusiness.

If anything, the blame should be directed as such: 60% towards those who find it fun and worthwhile to download 500GB+ a month, and 40% towards Telecom for putting into place a plan that is effectively open-ended after what happened with Go-Large

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