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#1 2005-09-02 10:10 am
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10gb of transfer data a month
Wtf. Who here has as little as 10gb transfer data a month for their internet service? I do, and it sucks. You can transfer 10gb in the blink of a eye. I mean, I'm practically transfering like quarter of that just submitting this post.
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#2 2005-09-02 10:21 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
I don't think that DD would approve of your porn habit. Maybe if it's all 1080p in H.264 then it might be more excusable.
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#3 2005-09-02 10:47 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Don't pay for metered net access?
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#4 2005-09-02 8:21 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
It is my sincerest hope that you do not think that you're transferring 2.5GB of data posting on these boards. Sarcasm is hard to detect on the Intarweb.
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#5 2005-09-02 9:19 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
I transfer 200GB/month over two internet connections... I mean, it's not just me wasting bandwith, but i'm still glad I have unlimited bandwith 
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#6 2005-09-02 9:24 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Interactive_Eaten wrote:
Wtf. Who here has as little as 10gb transfer data a month for their internet service? I do, and it sucks. You can transfer 10gb in the blink of a eye. I mean, I'm practically transfering like quarter of that just submitting this post.
and what makes you think anyone cares?
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#7 2005-09-02 9:30 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
I think IE is why we've been having all of these mysql errors-too many users.
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#8 2005-09-03 8:10 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
How do you do over ten gig a month without either a) pirating a lot or b) a major porn habit?
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#9 2005-09-03 8:13 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Interactive_Eaten wrote:
I mean, I'm practically transfering like quarter of that just submitting this post.
Yup. I think the solution you're looking for is a perma-ban. Ask a mod to help you.
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#10 2005-09-03 9:04 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
benightedbastard wrote:
How do you do over ten gig a month without either a) pirating a lot or b) a major porn habit?
It actually is possible. At Berkeley I was limited to 5 gb / week and I could come very close to going over that if I had to reinstall my computer, between all the updates for windows, downloading games (that I DO have legal copies of) and patching them.
Add a couple downloads on movielink and you're basically there.
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#11 2005-09-03 9:13 am
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We're mac users, we don't have to reinstall all the time.
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#12 2005-09-03 9:23 am
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Yeah I figured that would probably be the response I'd get. 
You don't get movielink either.
Just pointing out it is possible.
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#13 2005-09-03 10:26 am
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Everything's possible, just not always probable.
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#14 2005-09-03 1:36 pm
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I just signed up with a newsgroup server and found I couldn't post.
Looked at their help page, and it turns out that they have a spam mechanism in place - before you can post, you have to have downloaded 2 GB worth of stuff and then you are able to agree to a "I won't spam" policy and post.
I use newsgroups lightly - just geeky stuff, no pron, warez, etc.
Getting to 2GB would take me a VERY LONG TIME (my 5GB/mo transfer limit is basically for me unlimited use).
Fortunately, an e-mail to them straightened that out and I can post.
The fact that I'm the maintainer of pan (a newsgroup reader) for Fedora Extras may have helped straighten that out 
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#15 2005-09-03 1:54 pm
Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Interactive_Eaten wrote:
Wtf. Who here has as little as 10gb transfer data a month for their internet service? I do, and it sucks. You can transfer 10gb in the blink of a eye. I mean, I'm practically transfering like quarter of that just submitting this post.
pooooookkkkkkkkkéééééémmmmmmmooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn
gotta download 'em all.
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#16 2005-09-03 1:59 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Where the hell do you live with metered Broadband? Seriously, I have never even seen it offered.
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#17 2005-09-03 2:09 pm
Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
locutus_of_borg wrote:
Where the hell do you live with metered Broadband? Seriously, I have never even seen it offered.
I think some places in Europe have it - and many businesses do to, but for business, not would be metered that small - and they usually just pay per GB, and are not limited to how many.
I know in some mail lists, people non US people complain when you include the entire post in your reply (or use html mail etc.) because they pay for every bit.
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#18 2005-09-03 6:32 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
gozer wrote:
Interactive_Eaten wrote:
Wtf. Who here has as little as 10gb transfer data a month for their internet service? I do, and it sucks. You can transfer 10gb in the blink of a eye. I mean, I'm practically transfering like quarter of that just submitting this post.
pooooookkkkkkkkkéééééémmmmmmmooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnn
gotta download 'em all.
check your inbox, retard.
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#19 2005-09-03 6:36 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Gozer, I chose you! What's in your PM box?
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#21 2005-09-03 7:20 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
Awww.... 
Unless I_E sent you "plays with pokéballs", in which case:
Ewww.... 
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#22 2005-09-03 10:03 pm
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Re: 10gb of transfer data a month
I have a 8GB limit, and I nearly go over every month, and I don't download porn or warez. On a regular day of no large downloads, I download 200-300 MB (that's not just me though, it's my dad, me, and my two brothers). I can only download files that are around 500MB maybe once or twice a month, max.
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