<p>I'm not that computer literate, I apologize in advance if this a stupid question to some, however, approximately how much computer time is 5 gigabites? Do people usually go over this alloted time? Can a person keep track of how much gigabites they have used so far, so they don't go over?</p>
<p>people can keep track...i forget the website...and you won't go over the 5GB unless you download torrents...or stream video/music...or anime/asiantv</p>
<p>i think it was nubb.cornell.edu</p>
<p>5 GB is a lot more than it sounds. I think the one time I went over was when I decided to play Halo online via the hard line for some time in a month. I went over by about 200 mb or so.</p>
<p>That problem was easily fixed by leeching off of my neighbor's wireless :-P</p>
<p>You can check your bandwith usage at:</p>
<p>nubb.cornell.edu</p>
<p>Unless you're streaming high-res video for hours every day, you probably won't go over your limit. However, it's not a big deal, because extra bandwith is cheap anyway. It won't cost you a boatload if you accidentally go over, it's not like cell phone minutes.</p>
<p>i doth protest...torrenting led me to have $40 worth of nubb one month...</p>
<p>I'm kind of scared that I'll go overboard and exceed the limit. I have dialup, and will be exposed to high speed internet for personal use for the first time (I've browsed and stuff on school computers).</p>
<p>why would you ever need to torrent when we have DC++? I can understand theres a few random things here and there that nobody has, but not enough to go over the bandwith limit.</p>
<p>so downloading one tv show on a torrent will get you over 5 gigs?
how do they measure your usage exactly? for instance, if you leave your AIM on for the entire month (never sign off), how many GBs will that use?</p>
<p>btw, off topic, sorry, just curious, how much do they charge us for laundry at cornell?</p>
<p>i think laundry is like $1.50 per wash $1.50 per dry...might be 1.75$ this year...god knows...</p>
<p>oh and how do you think content gets on dc++? yeah someone had to torrent it...but going over nubb was my choice...i mean there are some things dc++ does not have ;)</p>
<p>Is that 5 Gigs a month? Is just downloading or does it include uploading as well (<em>cough</em>Torrents<em>cough</em>)</p>
<p>that is a good question about uploading...i just remember that what really ****ed me up was leaving the torrents running overnite and forgetting to turn it off while i overslept!!!</p>
<p>^ Ya you should've set a limit for the ratio - probably something like 0.8 or 1.0!</p>
<p>well when you have a limit of 1.0 on a 1gb file...LOL</p>
<p>So i wanna get this straight, if you download a movie from dc++ that is 700MB, did you just use 700 MB of your 5 GB?</p>
<p>The limit only applies if you go outside the local network.</p>
<p>granted that dc++ is on next year...the files you download from other people on campus are within the cornell network so they wont count...</p>
<p>i was talking about torrents that you download from other people outside of campus...these files do count because you are getting them from lines outside of cornell...a few of us are generous enough to acquire content and share with you all on campus :)</p>
<p>dc++ is on all the time, it's even on now in the summer, geez people, rarely do people go over the limit. Also, if you don't torrent, then most of the time you won't go over 1GB. Well, if you stream videos and stuff, you might, but I've never heard of anyone complain of massive overages. Also, wireless doesn't count towards your limit, so you can just switch to that.</p>
<p>I was under the impression that the limit wasn't measured when you use wireless. Is this true?</p>
<p>Will a person who goes online with gaming consoles, such as ps2/3 and 360, for a good 8 hours a week find him/herself in overuse?</p>