<p>I understand we are capped 10gb a month, I just had some questions about this (yes, I'm terribly computer illiterate):</p>
<p>1) Is this through an account or an individual modem or what? Can I get wireless in the library or somewheres where it won't count, or will it still be running me up?</p>
<p>2) Is there a way to check what percentage of your bandwidth is used up at a given time. I know some colleges have this and you just get on your account and are given a bar graph kind of deal.</p>
<p>3) Realistically speaking, is 10gb going to prevent me from anything if I don't have any video games or anything, but use the internet quite frequently? Can you get in trouble at Cornell for peer to peer downloading with the likes of utorrent, or something along those lines? A college I went to in the past blocked our internet from facebook types of sites that took away from study or whatever, can they peer in on your internet? Would anyone advise something like 'Tor'?</p>
<p>Don't worry about it. As long as you're not illegally downloading songs or movies online, you should be fine. Video games/normal internet browsing should not be hindered.</p>
<p>No, I'm just saying that if you download like 5000 illegal songs/movies you might reach that bandwidth limit =P Okay, maybe that's overexaggerating but you get my point. Downloading movies takes up a lot of bandwidth, that's all I'm saying. I can't possibly see how else you could reach that limit lol.</p>
<p>To sum it up:
Don't break the law downloading illegal things. Oh, and don't download 50 games at once either XD. In other words, I honestly don't see you reaching that bandwidth limit so don't worry about it.</p>
<p>Advice:
Downloading illegal songs/music on a college network is very un-advisable. Much easier to track you down from what I've heard...anyways, that's my 2 cents. I could be completely wrong though =/</p>
<p>but if you go into the library and sit down at a computer there, I don't think they count that because they never check to see who you are. you can just sit down and begin computing.</p>
<p>don't worry, you are definitely allowed on facebook. to block that would be totally uncalled for.</p>
<p>also, I think I went over my bandwidth one month by just the slightest amount. the charges were like literally I could have paid it with the coins in my pocket. really not srs.</p>
<p>That's what I worry about transferstudent9, I use programs like hulu quite a bit.</p>
<p>Thanks for that link Tchaikovsky.</p>
<p>Herostar, you make it sound like illegal downloading takes up more bandwidth than legal downloading. I do download fairly regularly, and no, I don't think that big business should get my capital for the work of a dead musician, legal or not. Thanks for the advice, I do think that is plenty of bandwidth, if it isn't, I probably should be cutting down anyway for health reasons.</p>
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<li>It's all traffic under your NetID. You have to register under your NetID to use ResNet and RedRover (wireless), so all of that will count. I'm not sure what happens if you plug into an ethernet port at the library, though.</li>
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<p>This is a new thing -- before, the cap was 5GB (and 2GB before that), but wireless usage didn't count.</p>
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<li><p>You can go to nubb.cornell.edu at any time to check your usage. You'll be notified by email when you go over the cap.</p></li>
<li><p>Normal browsing shouldn't be a problem. Moderate to heavy downloading, whether legal or illegal, will rack up GBs like you wouldn't believe. Same with voice and video chats over Skype, iChat, etc. </p></li>
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<p>Students have been sued for ridiculous amounts for using P2P programs (for example: Cornell</a> Alumni Magazine - Face the Music), so I wouldn't do it unless you have a really good way to circumvent the spying.</p>
<p>While we're on the subject, how much bandwidth does watching full episodes of shows on nbc.com, for example, take up? My experience seems like it's about 1,000, but is that just my computer? I really need my Heroes fix.</p>
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hmm...I honestly thought 10gb was a lot o_O. Guess I was mistaken?
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<p>It is a lot. If all you do is surf the net, you won't ever go past 10 gb. I was at Cornell back when the limit was 2 gb and I never went over the limit and I was on the internet all the time.</p>
<p>The only people complaining are the small minority who use up the majority of bandwith downloading massive amounts of porn or anime or whatever.</p>
<p>"The only people complaining are the small minority who use up the majority of bandwith downloading massive amounts of porn or anime or whatever."</p>
<p>And people in long-distance relationships.</p>
<p>It's really annoying how the bandwidth cap is a measure against illegal downloading but has much more of a negative effect on people who are doing perfectly legal things (vs. people who illegally get whatever they want via DC++).</p>