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[Ed Robbins]

On 01/26/2011 05:33 PM, Bruce Dawson wrote:
> Just keep in mind Comcast's 250 GB cap, which we ran up against in
> November. Nearly got shut down until we bought another internet-only
> line (and modem) and divided our traffic between the two. Unfortunately,
> even with a 2nd line we still don't have enough bandwidth to do
> everything we want.
>
> How much bandwidth does Netflix/Hulu/... consume? Just to get useful
> data, how much is, say, a typical Mythbuster's show and a 90 minute movie?
>
> --Bruce
>
We started bumping into this over the Christmas break.  We streamed 
Netflix everyday, all day long and I was surprised to see how much 
bandwidth we where chewing through.  The kicker was the snow days that 
lasted into the beginning of January, in one week we used up 30% of the 
250gb cap.  Knowing that I want to get rid of cable TV and seeing the 
writing on the wall, I switched over to Comcast business class, which 
doesn't have a bandwidth limit.

I was fortunate enough to get my work to pick up the tab for that since 
I work out of my house.  I would have preferred to have gone with fiber 
but when Granite State Telephone came out to the house they were talking 
about trenching through my driveway and my neighbors driveway, plus it 
would be some unknown time in the future.

Ed