<p>Anyone have any idea how to track this? I'm a freshman so unsure. How much is 50GB of usage in terms of downloading and online movie streaming. I've got a netflix free trial, how much usage does take?</p>
<p>nubb.cornell.edu</p>
<p>Log in and it’ll show your usage. Your bill (if you actually manage to get to 50GB/mth) will reflect the usuage listed here. When I was a freshman we had 2GB I think… then it was 5 10 and 20 last year or something. Then again, we had a fileshare (DC++. Don’t know what is going on with that now) running so Hulu wasn’t a necessity. I’m not sure how much Hulu/Netflix/Youtube since I didn’t start using them until I was off-campus. I do know that video games online don’t actually use that much bandwidth at all.</p>
<p>Downloading is downloading. If the site you’re downloading from is not on the Cornell server (blackboard.cornell.edu where you dl stuff for classes is within Cornell servers) then it will show up. </p>
<p>If you think you’re using more than it’s shown it’s one of two things:
- The site lags about a few hours to a day or two from your actual usage
- You’re using less than you think you are.</p>
<p>Also, you can use the campus computer labs/libraries to watch netflix as long as it’s not exam season. The computing facilities are surprisingly powerful if you’re willing to watch your movies in public while wearing headphones.</p>
<p>unless you know you’re an extremely heavy downloader (and you wouldn know) you should not have a problem with limits. I always watched about 2-3 hours of Hulu a week in the dorms, plus maybe streaming a sports event or two, and I never ever got near the limit. freshman year (when the limits were lower) it was sometimes an issue, but nowadays it’s so high you probably won’t have to think about it.</p>
<p>@fallenmerc </p>
<p>Sorry, I’m a fresman so don’t know this. But where would most campus computers be located? 
Could I get in trouble for using them ?</p>
<p>Well I believe the largest concentration of computers would be in Mann Library on the Ag Quad. If you’re closer to the engineering quad (farthest away from freshman dorms) there’s Upson Lab (basement of Upson Hall). Also, if you’re in CS/ECE I believe that you might gain card access to some of the more dedicated computer labs. Not sure if this works for freshmen though</p>
<p>On North campus (freshmen dorms) there’s RPCC (not possible for you not to figure out where this is once you get here) but this tends to be pretty busy. As well, Dickson Hall used to have a computer lab in the south annex (entrance is outside and separate from Dickson hall’s main entrance) but last time I checked they were renovating that space for something. </p>
<p>There’s a policy that the computers should be prioritized for students who need to study (duh… plz dont be a ******) but other than that, as long as you’re not doing anything illegal or sketchy (pron) you can do anything. The computers restart if untouched for 1 hour ish and everytime you restart a campus computer everything is reset to a “clean” state maintained by Cornell IT (CIT). Personally I’ve watched hulu, Netflix and downloaded, installed, and played a dozen different games on campus computers. </p>
<p>Really though, 50 GB is a LOT for streaming/surfing. Of course, 1080p files are now over 2GB each but if you’re downloading that stuff from illegal sites/fileshare sites and you get caught, you might get “one of those letters” so I wouldn’t recommend it. </p>
<p>Also, FYI there’s WIFI covering 90% of Cornell campus (actually I’m not sure if the buildings near the Vet school have it). Accessing this network will still count towards your net usage though.</p>