Hi
This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ...
I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious.
i browse , chat, email , upload photos , update critical upgrades ( whatever they are called ) each month, voip on skype and a few tools ... my appetite is about 700 - 1000 megs monthly.
Harsh
Sometime on Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 02:53:29AM +0530, Harsh Busa said:
Hi
This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ...
I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious.
i browse , chat, email , upload photos , update critical upgrades ( whatever they are called ) each month, voip on skype and a few tools ... my appetite is about 700 - 1000 megs monthly.
For personal usage i have 32kbps exatt connection at home. Browsing, irc, and apt-getting random foobar takes ~400MB per month. Though last month i managed to download ~6GB at office, mainly because ubuntu dapper was released and i dist-upgraded and downloaded several x/k/ubuntu isos.
For me 500MB per month is more than enough at home.
Anurag
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:21:20AM +0530, Anurag wrote:
For me 500MB per month is more than enough at home.
I manage within 400 MB. I surf, email and download softwares for linux and that other one. :) No chatting, no P2P and no VoIP. Thats too risky.
Regards,
Rony.
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Harsh,
Quoting Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com:
Hi
This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ...
I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious.
i browse , chat, email , upload photos , update critical upgrades ( whatever they are called ) each month, voip on skype and a few tools ... my appetite is about 700 - 1000 megs monthly.
You forgot some important things :)
apt-get install <package-name>
and how bout those few GIGs of CD / DVD for your choice of latest distro. I am sure many of us want to get their own CD downloaded, before your local magazine delivers it,and probably in non-working condition some times.
O ya also, dont forget about those whole lot of MP3, P2P stuff that you want to be downloaded while you are off at work :)
So no matter how much ever bandwidth you have, people over here are just hungry to eat it all :P
These are the few reasons why people need unlimited data transfers.
Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com
On 7/9/06, Mitul Limbani mitul@enterux.com wrote:
Harsh,
You forgot some important things :)
So no matter how much ever bandwidth you have, people over here are just hungry to eat it all :P
These are the few reasons why people need unlimited data transfers.
you have a point . are we treating bandwidth like drinking water ? have we started abusing it ?
Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com
On Sunday 09 July 2006 03:40 am, Harsh Busa wrote:
you have a point . are we treating bandwidth like drinking water ? have we started abusing it ?
Absolutely. Almost every mail i recieve is one load of html crap. Abt 30% are one line replies with stupido 20 line disclaimer and 20 lines of untrimmed replies in html. someone could make a killing on corporate intranets "optimising" bandwidth by just setting email clients to plain text.
On 7/9/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
On 7/9/06, Mitul Limbani mitul@enterux.com wrote:
Harsh,
You forgot some important things :)
So no matter how much ever bandwidth you have, people over here are just hungry to eat it all :P
These are the few reasons why people need unlimited data transfers.
you have a point . are we treating bandwidth like drinking water ? have we started abusing it ?
Not really. It's like asking "do apps use up too much of memory nowadays". They do because as capacity increases, applications grow to fit that size ( in case of windows, exceed them :P ). Similarly, stuff being downloaded increases in size, right from streaming media, ISOs and pr0n to all of the pirated crap. Inspite of that I think bandwidth usage balances out because for every big downloader there are tens of users who simply check emails, chat and log off.
Having said that I find it silly when users crib and cry at the *exhorbitant prices* for bandwidth. 1000-1300 for 256 kbps is reasonable at the moment here in India (most ISPs are in that range AFAIK). As higher speeds are introduced in user space, prices for 256 kbps will drop. You can see that from the fact that 3 years ago 64 kbps unlimited connections were hovering around the 1000 INR mark. Today 64kbps connections come at below 500 INR and 256 kbps has taken over the mantle of being premium.
Siddhesh
PS: I download an average of 100 MB per day, amounting to around 3Gigs a month. The pattern is erratic though; an odd ISO costs me 700 MB in a single day. And then there are regular dist-upgrades for sid.
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:40:56AM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
you have a point . are we treating bandwidth like drinking water ? have we started abusing it ?
Not really. Its a free choice to use the net for any purpose as long as its not illegal. Even if we get 256 KBps unlimitted connections, we will still crave for 512, then 1 MBps, then 10 MBps. The ideal speed would be one where we can download an entire dvd within one second.
Regards,
Rony.
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On 7/9/06, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:40:56AM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
you have a point . are we treating bandwidth like drinking water ? have we started abusing it ?
Not really. Its a free choice to use the net for any purpose as long as its not illegal. Even if we get 256 KBps unlimitted connections, we will still crave for 512, then 1 MBps, then 10 MBps. The ideal speed would be one where we can download an entire dvd within one second.
Rony even if u can download entire dvd in one second can you harddrive / writer or watever media you will store it in will be able to write it ? also it may need to buffer that 4.7 / 8.x gig into memory too :)
there is needs and wants. and that is something that i m trying to highlight by starting this thread. how much of our bandwidth usage is something that can be avoided. there is difference between being illegal and being wrong . eg staring at a girl maynot be illegal but it is certainly wrong. another example cud be downloading mp3 is not illegal in india yet but it is certainly wrong.
the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for free or extremely low cost.
somewhere we need to realise this and be judicious with our resources.
harsh
Regards,
Rony.
On 7/9/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
it is certainly wrong. another example cud be downloading mp3 is not illegal in india yet but it is certainly wrong.
Downloading MP3s, movies, etc is illegal. It's called piracy. It's just that anti-piracy laws are not enforced as strongly at individual level. There are regular "chhapaas" on video and music shops to retrieve illegal DVDs and CDs.
the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for free or extremely low cost.
True
Siddhesh
On Sunday 09 July 2006 03:37 pm, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 7/9/06, Harsh Busa harsh.busa@gmail.com wrote:
it is certainly wrong. another example cud be downloading mp3 is not illegal in india yet but it is certainly wrong.
Downloading MP3s, movies, etc is illegal.
Downloading / copying ANY material in violation of it's copyrights is illegal. U can download / copy loads of MP3s, videos, papers whatever subject to the abv. U are (unintentionally) confusing the act of downloading with piracy. also there was a stupid move to ban P2P networks in the US by the media crooks cause it prevented them from preemptive strikes and other nonsense. This legislation relied on precisely this type of disinformation.
It's called piracy. It's just that anti-piracy laws are not enforced as strongly at individual level. There are regular "chhapaas" on video and music shops to retrieve illegal DVDs and CDs.
the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for free or extremely low cost.
True
Siddhesh
On Sunday 09 July 2006 15:19, Harsh Busa wrote:
the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for free or extremely low cost.
ROTFLMAO. Infrastructure?
*looks around*
What infrastructure are you talking about? :O Do you work in some government agency or are you an aspiring candidate? You just cracked me up...
somewhere we need to realise this and be judicious with our resources.
I agree with you...BUT to be judicious with our resource we need _resources_ in the first place! :/
On 7/9/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
ROTFLMAO. Infrastructure?
*looks around*
What infrastructure are you talking about? :O Do you work in some
Here's the infrastructure in Mumbai as I know it: 1. Road network. Not the best but they're still there. 2. Rail network. One of the best around the world 3. Internet Services. Multiple providers, competition among atleast two players in every area at all times (Triband and another cable operator run service at the least) 4. Electricity. We have decent uptimes; not as good as US yet, but good enough 5. Water Supply 6. Security. We have one of the best police forces in India. Sadly, this point comes in the wake of riots caused by the Sena 7. Public transport (BEST, ST)
That's just the tip of the iceberg. A majority of places in India (and the world) do not have many of the above facilities, so consider yourself lucky.
There are discrepancies in all these services but we do not have much of a moral right to sit & complain about these discrepancies as we share responsibility for these discrepancies (littering, wasting water/electricity, condone vandalism, etc)
Siddhesh
On Sunday 09 July 2006 16:10, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Here's the infrastructure in Mumbai as I know it:
- Road network. Not the best but they're still there.
the one filled with potholes after a single day of rains? you call those roads? I dont.
- Rail network. One of the best around the world
Oh yeah I forgot about our excellent rail services which like stop after normal 12 hour Bombay rain. Oh and not to mention we cram about 4000 people per coach where only 1000 can fit. Excellent. Is it Gzip or bz2 compression?
- Internet Services. Multiple providers, competition among atleast
two players in every area at all times (Triband and another cable operator run service at the least)
Yes, the kind that fry your motherboard in every rainy season or the ones where you need to quarrel with them for excessive billing. And lets not forget those who go down after a little shower...
- Electricity. We have decent uptimes; not as good as US yet, but
good enough
Yes, well, probably you live in some affluent location of Mumbai thats why. Many parts of Mumbai are facing load shedding.
- Water Supply
Same situation as electricity. For affluent areas its pretty good while not so good situation in other areas. People have to actually wake up at 4.30AM and fill buckets and vessels you know...
- Security. We have one of the best police forces in India. Sadly,
this point comes in the wake of riots caused by the Sena
Might I remind you the rape charges that officers of this "excellent" police force are facing? Might I mention corruption?
- Public transport (BEST, ST)
Ooh right. Sadly, I dont travel by the AC buses. I travel in highly crowded buses such as 266, 79, 38.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. A majority of places in India (and the world) do not have many of the above facilities, so consider yourself lucky.
Should I compare Mumbai to world class financial capitals of countries such as Japan, China, USA? Mumbai stands nowhere. Infact where are the public libraries? Where are the medical facilities? We have the largest slums in Asia. Do you wish to gloat on these sides of Mumbai as well?
There are discrepancies in all these services but we do not have much of a moral right to sit & complain about these discrepancies as we share responsibility for these discrepancies (littering, wasting water/electricity, condone vandalism, etc)
So you mean to say, as a citizen of this great city, I have no right to complain? I should just shut my mouth and bear with whatever substandard services I get? Look buddy, I dont have the habit of settling for less. I will whine and criticise all I want until someone takes notice of it. And the constitution of this country gives us the right to criticise anything we want and we will exercise it whether anybody likes it or not.
Quoting a TV show from yesterday....
As a part of Mumbai disaster recovery plan, the city has purchased 12 inflatable boats for a population of 14million.
Infrastructure... ROTFLMAO
I believe the Indian mentality has become to settle for whatever we have. Sure the citizens are at fault. I do feel strongly when people spit / litter on the road or when people double park on a crowded street or when people open the doors of their AC cars just to spit out. But they surely can't be blamed for the influx of people that are coming in or for a 100 year old drainage system or for the corruption amongst their officials.
Now this thread is going waaay off topic...
Dinesh,
Quoting Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com:
On Sunday 09 July 2006 16:10, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
Here's the infrastructure in Mumbai as I know it:
- Road network. Not the best but they're still there.
the one filled with potholes after a single day of rains? you call those roads? I dont.
Well, did you fill those potholes with some stones around the road rather then just complaining about it ?
- Rail network. One of the best around the world
Oh yeah I forgot about our excellent rail services which like stop after normal 12 hour Bombay rain. Oh and not to mention we cram about 4000 people per coach where only 1000 can fit. Excellent. Is it Gzip or bz2 compression?
Well we must not forget that we are the 2nd highest population in world, bz2 compressions wont help. And on an average around 10,000 new people land into Mumbai in search of roti, kapda, makan, and our constitution provides freedom to live in any part of country without procuring visa.
Mumbai Rail network is one of the oldest worldwide, to make changes on it really takes lot of time. I think you are one the same person who would be yelling when trains dont halt at some stations while there is repair work going around.
- Internet Services. Multiple providers, competition among atleast
two players in every area at all times (Triband and another cable operator run service at the least)
Yes, the kind that fry your motherboard in every rainy season or the ones where you need to quarrel with them for excessive billing. And lets not forget those who go down after a little shower...
Well, if you dont buy a proper electricity gaurd, dont blame the govt about it. Have you ever ventured into providing a service like what your ISP provides ? You shall then know the real issues, I have worked with some of them, and I know how bad it becomes. So Stop ranting, do your own part.
- Electricity. We have decent uptimes; not as good as US yet, but
good enough
Yes, well, probably you live in some affluent location of Mumbai thats why. Many parts of Mumbai are facing load shedding.
Dont forget another wastage that you might have done (like keeping the machine on all the time, whereby wasting electricity, just for the comfort of starting to work the moment you are on desk.) Now thats the reason why you face outage. Did you know that Electricity requirement of Mumbai has grown 3-4 times within last couple of years ? Tell us what you did to save electricity :)
- Water Supply
Same situation as electricity. For affluent areas its pretty good while not so good situation in other areas. People have to actually wake up at 4.30AM and fill buckets and vessels you know...
Did you remember close the water tap while you were brushing / shaving / bathing ? You have to understand that these are natural resources, if you dont preserve it, no govt ever can produce it.
- Security. We have one of the best police forces in India. Sadly,
this point comes in the wake of riots caused by the Sena
Might I remind you the rape charges that officers of this "excellent" police force are facing? Might I mention corruption?
Mumbai Police is the second best worldwide, actually you should be proud to know that they know what time a crime is going to happen and at wat levels and what time :) Corruption is integral part of society, you might have looked at banning it at your levels, tell us what are the things that you did which would have stopped corruption. And you think corruption doesnt happen in the most developed nations ? Then I think you need to experience places around world to feel it :)
- Public transport (BEST, ST)
Ooh right. Sadly, I dont travel by the AC buses. I travel in highly crowded buses such as 266, 79, 38.
That's just the tip of the iceberg. A majority of places in India (and the world) do not have many of the above facilities, so consider yourself lucky.
Did you know that the most advanced society in world (US) doesnt have bus / train service entire nation wide as spread up and consistent as that of BEST / ST.
Should I compare Mumbai to world class financial capitals of countries such as Japan, China, USA? Mumbai stands nowhere. Infact where are the public libraries? Where are the medical facilities? We have the largest slums in Asia. Do you wish to gloat on these sides of Mumbai as well?
Have you been to any of these locations physically ? Probably you might have seen some good parts over TV and trying to compare.
FYI Medicine costs the lowest in India according to worldwide standards, if govt. wasnt here, you would have been victim of marketting from world's best pharma company. Dont expect to get a paracetamol for 50 paise - 1 rupee, in US its 10 - 15 Rs. per unit.
There are discrepancies in all these services but we do not have much of a moral right to sit & complain about these discrepancies as we share responsibility for these discrepancies (littering, wasting water/electricity, condone vandalism, etc)
So you mean to say, as a citizen of this great city, I have no right to complain? I should just shut my mouth and bear with whatever substandard services I get? Look buddy, I dont have the habit of settling for less. I will whine and criticise all I want until someone takes notice of it. And the constitution of this country gives us the right to criticise anything we want and we will exercise it whether anybody likes it or not.
Well, dont just sit there and complain, do your part, if everyone does their part of the job, things would be more easier for the administration.
Quoting a TV show from yesterday....
As a part of Mumbai disaster recovery plan, the city has purchased 12 inflatable boats for a population of 14million.
How many people did you help during the last or current flood rather then sitting at home and watching TV reports on the disasters ?
Infrastructure... ROTFLMAO
I believe the Indian mentality has become to settle for whatever we have. Sure the citizens are at fault. I do feel strongly when people spit / litter on the road or when people double park on a crowded street or when people open the doors of their AC cars just to spit out. But they surely can't be blamed for the influx of people that are coming in or for a 100 year old drainage system or for the corruption amongst their officials.
Rome wasnt built in a Day !! It took years.
As i mentioned, did you do your part of the job ? If yes then you shouldnt be complaining, just keep on doing your part.
Now this thread is going waaay off topic...
Yes it indeed is, coz you are new born kid out of college probably, go out in the real world. When you need to compare, always compare with the down trodden, rather then comparing with the upper portion. Compare India V/s Africa and we are much better.
-- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi
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On Sunday 09 July 2006 21:54, Mitul Limbani wrote:
Yes it indeed is, coz you are new born kid out of college probably, go out in the real world. When you need to compare, always compare with the down trodden, rather then comparing with the upper portion. Compare India V/s Africa and we are much better.
Its much easier to compare ourselves with the down trodden. Makes reality easier to bear, doesn't it? Well that just doesn't help us move forward.
On 7/9/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Its much easier to compare ourselves with the down trodden. Makes reality easier to bear, doesn't it? Well that just doesn't help us move forward.
We have come all the way from being like an African nation to what we are now in just over 50 years. That's a really big achievement.
And now sverving on topic again...
If piracy (software/mp3/movies) is minimized, I think bandwidth usage will fall dramatically in India. Almost everyone I know uses P2P to download MP3s and movies. The only thing that will rule then is pr0n. Then again, even pr0n is illegal in India ;)
We'll never be satisfied with what we have. Once you use 64kbps, dialup seems slow. After 128 kbps, 64kbps will seem slow. A friend who came back from the US finds his 512 kbps TriBand package as "meh... I've gotta adjust I guess" after surfing on T1/DSL lines there.
For all _legal_ purposes what we have right now (256kbps max) is good enough. I can wait for a day for my ISO today. Some day in the future I may find it hard to wait for an hour ;)
DAMN THIS 128 GBPS LINE!!! IT'S TOO SLOWWW!!!!!!1111
;)
Siddhesh
On Sunday 09 July 2006 21:33, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 7/9/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Its much easier to compare ourselves with the down trodden. Makes reality easier to bear, doesn't it? Well that just doesn't help us move forward.
We have come all the way from being like an African nation to what we are now in just over 50 years. That's a really big achievement.
Why dont you look at Japan, Germany or China instead? Japan and Germany were destroyed by war.
We'll never be satisfied with what we have. Once you use 64kbps, dialup seems slow. After 128 kbps, 64kbps will seem slow. A friend who came back from the US finds his 512 kbps TriBand package as "meh... I've gotta adjust I guess" after surfing on T1/DSL lines there.
Well yes that is human nature... But it is stupid to be on a 64Kbps connection ( which works more like a 48Kbps connection ) when rest of the world is on atleast 512Kbps :/
For all _legal_ purposes what we have right now (256kbps max) is good enough. I can wait for a day for my ISO today. Some day in the future I may find it hard to wait for an hour ;)
Agreed. But the download caps are what suck the fun out of surfing on a 256Kbps connection... Atleast they should have decent download caps of 40-60GB/month.
On 09/07/06 22:48 +0530, Dinesh Joshi wrote:
On Sunday 09 July 2006 21:33, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
On 7/9/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
Its much easier to compare ourselves with the down trodden. Makes reality easier to bear, doesn't it? Well that just doesn't help us move forward.
We have come all the way from being like an African nation to what we are now in just over 50 years. That's a really big achievement.
Why dont you look at Japan, Germany or China instead? Japan and Germany were destroyed by war.
http://www.google.com/search?q=marshall+plan
Devdas Bhagat
On 7/9/06, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.joshi@gmail.com wrote:
On Sunday 09 July 2006 15:19, Harsh Busa wrote:
ROTFLMAO. Infrastructure?
*looks around*
What infrastructure are you talking about? :O Do you work in some government agency or are you an aspiring candidate? You just cracked me up...
hey dinesh i must say you are really a smart dude ... i break the stones on the road for govt. ( hehahahee ) i have never been to school so i donot understand economics and civil scienes or some basics that you educated humans get priviledge to .
dont know why but u sound really immature ( yes this is rude but dude wake up ) .... just grow up . bombay is screwed coz we citizens screws it more .... yes there is no excuse for govt to be in sad state but what are the citizens doing to maintain the infra structure we have .... we just keep adding ppl to the city ... and cities are not like raid / lvm that you can add capacity without much issues . you are taking ur city and freedom a little too far for granted.
but alas i m wrong coz i break stones on the road
i m sure list admin is now going to blow up on me
Let's not go on condemning our ISPs, Government and the Whole World. Let's stick to the OT topic ''Bandwidth Patterns'' and how much bandwidth is too much.
On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 04:49:54PM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
bombay is screwed coz we citizens screws it more .... yes there is no excuse for govt to be in sad state but what are the citizens doing to maintain the infra structure we have .... we just keep adding ppl to the city ... and cities are not like raid / lvm that you can add capacity without much issues . you are taking ur city and freedom a little too far for granted.
Mumbai is screwed because, the concept of building Mumbai and its infrastructure, which initially created Mumbai and gave it its top position, does not exist anymore. The 'sethias' of yesterday contributed their wealth in building residential buildinmgs, roads, hospitals, schools. colleges etc. for the **common** man. Now the seths are only building infrastructure for the affluent class be it schools, hospitals, buildings.
Regards,
Rony.
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On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 03:19:10PM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
even if u can download entire dvd in one second can you harddrive / writer or watever media you will store it in will be able to write it ? also it may need to buffer that 4.7 / 8.x gig into memory too :)
Thats a very small problem. If you really get such a service in future ( 10 GBps), then it will have all these considerations sorted out.
there is needs and wants. and that is something that i m trying to highlight by starting this thread. how much of our bandwidth usage is something that can be avoided.
Not necessarily. More and more businesses are becoming location independent (can't remember the correct term for that) so a lot of data is passing through the net. A lot of home users too are online the whole day for online share trading. Those who are into multimedia need to upload and download large files from the net. If I get an unlimitted fast connection, I would consider downloading software cds and dvds (legal ones). If unlimitted broadband connections are easily available throughout the country, then as JTD mentions about VoIP, we will change the way we communicate. With every home installing a VoIP phone, then even the problem of interconnectivity as mentioned by Saswata would not arise.
there is difference between being illegal and being wrong . eg staring at a girl maynot be illegal but it is certainly wrong. another example cud be downloading mp3 is not illegal in india yet but it is certainly wrong.
My definition of illegal was with reference to the general perception in India as well as abroad. MP3 downloads included. High usage need not indicate illegal activity.
the problem that india and indians have faced is that we have taken our country / state / city infrastructure for granted . we think we are the most imp individuals on earth and we need all that service for free or extremely low cost.
Very very true.
somewhere we need to realise this and be judicious with our resources.
True.
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On Sun, Jul 09, 2006 at 02:53:29AM +0530, Harsh Busa wrote:
I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ?
I move multi-megabyte video files across the internet to a machine more capable of editing them. I also move various other files (via rsync), for backup purposes, to various machines.
The email and chat traffic is a small fraction of that. A slightly larger but still small fraction is the web browsing traffic.
I reckon most of my quiescent state traffic is IMAPS in idle mode and idle ssh packets.
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This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ... I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious. i browse , chat, email , upload photos , update critical upgrades ( whatever they are called ) each month, voip on skype and a few tools ... my appetite is about 700 - 1000 megs monthly.
Well, I have noticed a trend among Winblows users that they use P2P to download a LOT of pirated software and applications (so called warez) and a huge amount of movies (read pr0n). If you visit all major Indian torrent forums, you will see that almost all of them have some type of broadband connection. As for me, I do mail (which eats up a lot of traffic), then IRC (which is also pretty heavy considering the number of channels and servers I am in) and APT (which is also considerable). That eats up 1 GB each month, many times even more than that when I dist-upgrade or something.
Regards, BG
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Harsh Busa wrote:
Hi
This is a snip off from a thread abt how sad some isps are monopolistic coz others bill you more etc ...
I m just curious how much bandwidth does an average linuxer need each month ? I know it varies from person to person and all sorts of things but just curious.
i browse , chat, email , upload photos , update critical upgrades ( whatever they are called ) each month, voip on skype and a few tools ... my appetite is about 700 - 1000 megs monthly.
Harsh
I have not been able to use more than 500 mb in any month in normal business working. Mostly, I end up using 300-350 mb per moth. But then, I do not update sofware or download isos or music / movies. Those I take from friends on cd / dvd or lan connections :-)
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