<p>Hello. I am currently living in at the dorms for summer classes. I get internet from Rescomp and have a weekly bandwidth limit allotted (which is 20 GB). I don't want to go over the limit and become disabled or have to take a quiz. In the room I'm currently in, I am able to receive Rescomp Wifi. Does anyone know if the Rescomp Wifi will also be factored into the bandwidth limit I have? Thank you for your help!</p>
<p>To make up for its slowness, ResComp wifi doesn’t count toward your allotted bandwidth :)!</p>
<p>That is absolutely not true. ResComp’s wifi definitely counts towards the weekly bandwidth limit (at least, it does during Fall and Spring, Summer could be different, but probably not). Regardless, 20GB is a huge limit, I never once came close to hitting it, and on occasion I watched 3-4 Netflix movies in a week.</p>
<p>As Starship said, rescomp wifi absolutely does count toward your bandwidth. But the only cases of people hitting the bandwidth when were they were streaming e-sports in HD several hours a day. Soooo…just don’t do that.</p>
<p>If you are really worried about bandwidth, you can use Berkeley’s VPN for bandwidth free Internet.</p>
<p>It’s pretty hard to go over the 20 GB limit. I had a wireless router so my roommate would use it on her laptop and my neighbor would use it on his tablet. Occasionally other people from my floor would use it when they happened to be in my room as well. I streamed shows on it every single week with continuous usage from others and never went over the bandwidth limit. They send you a little warning e-mail when you get to about 16-18 GBs anyway, so you should know when to cut back a bit.</p>
<p>Hmm I didn’t know that the wifi counts toward bandwidth then. Maybe since I rarely use it due to being in a corner room :(!</p>
<p>@Calicious: I was actually under the impression that ResComp wifi doesn’t affect your bandwidth either (I remember someone telling me this before). If that’s the case, then I have no idea why it would be. I’m a security monitor (the person that swipes your ID card as you walk into the dorm) so I frequently use ResComp while on duty and at the monthly meetings in the dorm lounges. The security monitors don’t even live in the dorms, meaning we don’t even have an allotted bandwidth usage. We basically just use up however much we want during our shifts. I also know that many nonresident students come over to visit and do homework in the lounges with their friends on ResComp’s wifi as well. If the nonresidents don’t have their bandwidth usage counted toward anything, why would the residents?</p>
<p>^Oh that’s a really good point anneexp. I recall some nonresident friends using ResComp at the floor lounge as well. Hmmm!</p>
<p>Rescomp wi-fi does count toward your individual bandwidth limit. However, if you exceed your cap and get your in-room connection disabled, you’ll still be able to use the (slow) Rescomp wi-fi (which, at least in my Unit 2 building, only worked in common areas). IIRC.</p>