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Originally Posted by SaltyDawg
Your calculations seem extreme for a single man. But for a family of 6 or 8 or something like that, it's not far fetched at all. Again- On Demand and Netflix are the ONLY thing some people watch these days. I hear about people on an almost daily basis who tell me they only watch On Demand programming and stream Netflix. I think we're probably not too far away from all premium tv being IP based. And when you're talking about HD video and surround sound, that's a lot of data getting transferred. Not to mention more and more people are using VOIP phone services and security cameras streamed online.
Put it like this- how much data does your DVR hold- a few hundred gigs? Now, is there anyone out there who doesn't think they could fill it up in a month? Imagine if all you watched was On Demand and Netflix progamming- and you have 4 or 5 others in the house, each with their own receiver, and they mostly watched On Demand and Netflix too. That data would add up pretty quick...
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My calculations are showing that 3tb in a month is exterme, much less 4tb. 1tb is believable but to achieve 3tb would require you to do MAX upload and Download for 12hrs a day. In a more realistic world to watch a movie at around 200mb/20min would be around 720p using h264 encode. So thats 10mb/min. Even if 8 people watch, that will be 80mb/min. So to reach the 3tb you will need 8 people to watch 12 hours of video a day. still a bit extreme, no?