sprint capping "unlimited" data

[Dr.8820]

i tried to do the math but got lost i think lol. i figured 1.07 gbs so far this month and i'm always on the net!

[Negrito]

Originally Posted by p-slim

It does sound ludacris but i work for comcast and or limit is 250 gb, less then 1% have been shut off but some people hit the mark and need to be shut down.

Yes, but comcast is real internet, right? Im saying its not possible to use 100GB on cellular, there isnt enough time in a month at the current speeds.

[gTen]

lets assume you torrent(upload+download) and have around 200kb/sec, thats 12mb/min, thats 720mb/hour and 17.28GB/day

I used 1000 as calculation instead to 1024 just to make it easier and I based it off 200kbps for both download and upload which should be easily attainable considering

Sprint -
Average download speed, EV-DO Rev. A: 1361kbps (170 kilobytes/sec)
Average upload speed, EV-DO Rev. A: 267kbps (33 kilobytes/sec)

As you can clearly see maxing out 100gb in a month shouldn't be a problem, mostly if you are in the top of those averages.

this is also based on you not disconnecting and other circumstances and etc.

Edit: Also, this would mean in a 31 day month you would be able to do 535.68gb, don't try this at home >.>

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by Negrito

got a screen shot? 100GB/month is ludacris! I'm too lazy to do the math, but I don't think it's even possible, not even on WiMax...

This was back during the school months. I just check my Sprint account and they doesn't seem to list historic data usage on their website nor on paper billing.

As for obtaining 100GB a month on Sprint isn't impossible, for my prior experience at least. I basically have two phones back then. One for temporary data usage and phone for everyday use. The data phone is on like 24/7, but I do sometime takes it off occasionally to cool it off and to fully charge the battery. Even though the phone is charging while DLing, the power coming in is much less than the power being used. I always get a 'low battery' message at the days end. For instance, if I use 110 kbps of DL constantly for 300 hours (generously quoted at 10 hours per day for 30 days), my monthly usage would be over 110GB.

Originally Posted by p-slim

It does sound ludacris but i work for comcast and or limit is 250 gb, less then 1% have been shut off but some people hit the mark and need to be shut down.

Ever heard of Usenet and newsgroup? You get to max out your download bandwidth consistently when trying to download stuff, unlike torrents. The good thing about Usenet is that you don't really have to seed anything. The uploader just upload it once and it is there for good. The only drawback for usenet/newsgroup is that you got to pay a premium for its service. Check out giganews.com or newshosting.com. For instance, if I got 200GB of stuff in queue, my speed would always be constant throughout. Not to mention, if you got a bad file, quickpar repairs the file(s) instead of having to re-download the bad files.

In my case, DVD disc are the way to go. Is ~4.5 GB per DVD-r and ~8.8GB per DL disc. I haven't download BR disc, but that can easily be 15GB+ per disc (never looked much into BR). Also, I max out my house connect in a matter of day or two. I usually use 200GB of DL for newsgroup each month and the rest for are web surfing and family usage.

Here is my math for Comcast: 2,500 kBps consistently for 24 hours is 206GB. Of course, I got to watch my data as for you get 1 strike from Comcast for going over 250GB in a month and if violated again within the next six month, it is a ban. I never experienced this yet, but before the official data limitation announcement by Comcast, I did get a call for using 1 - 2TB of DL per month for many months. I usually max out at 1,500 kBps before the announcement.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by TnA-2xXtReM

The data phone is on like 24/7, but I do sometime takes it off occasionally to cool it off and to fully charge the battery. Even though the phone is charging while DLing, the power coming in is much less than the power being used. I always get a 'low battery' message at the days end. For instance, if I use 110 kbps of DL constantly for 300 hours (generously quoted at 10 hours per day for 30 days), my monthly usage would be over 110GB.

Thats not why your phone is dieing...your phone is overheating and once it reaches a certain point your battery stops charging all together. Just aim a Fan at your phone and you can run it 24/7 while charging..thats what I do.

I am hoping they fixed this issue on TP2 but no one has yet posted a "conclusive" response.

on other note, many ISPs give newsgroups accoutns you can access for free

and BT cant have bad file unless the seeder has a bad file

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by gTen

Thats not why your phone is dieing...your phone is overheating and once it reaches a certain point your battery stops charging all together. Just aim a Fan at your phone and you can run it 24/7 while charging..thats what I do.

I am hoping they fixed this issue on TP2 but no one has yet posted a "conclusive" response.

on other note, many ISPs give newsgroups accoutns you can access for free

and BT cant have bad file unless the seeder has a bad file

Yeah, I kind of thought about that heat issue so my 'extra' notebook cooler handle it very nicely. Even less heat are being generated, I still have to charge it daily without running anything on the phone though. About ISP giving away free newsgroups accounts, it was fine thing before, but most major ISP cracked down them. Comcast killed that resettable 2GB giganews account back then and more recently, Verizon felt the pressure about child pornography and had to shut down theirs as well.

Although those freebies were great, but they can stress you out a lot when trying to download really old files or having to reset your limit. Premium newsgroup are really cheap at ~$20 a month, if you utilize them though (no porn necessary). About bad files, it sometime happens on torrents, but not all the time. But if did happen, it is unrepairable, unlike quickpar is what I'm trying to say. Also, if I only use torrents, I depends on other users to seed and don't necessary have a constant speed all the time.. which I dislike. Can't comment on those private torrent sites though...

If people don't use torrents or newsgroups, they will never reach their limit, like that Comcast guy says. But I got to admit, Comcast is pretty generous on their 250GB limit...

[gTen]

my isp(optimum online) gives newsgroups free at decent speeds and I can use up as much bandwidth as I want. In a month I probably go over a terrabyte easily. comcast is just being too cheap to upgrade their lines.

As for phone I guarantee you your never using up more energy then you charge. Ive ran BT(on my phone) while sharing internet and using bluetooth all at cone for hours straight and leave my phone sharing internet 24/7....with my fan, my battery bar doesn't move a bit.

[horndoctor]

Holy Crap!!!
A Terrabyte in a month!!!

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by gTen

my isp(optimum online) gives newsgroups free at decent speeds and I can use up as much bandwidth as I want. In a month I probably go over a terrabyte easily. comcast is just being too cheap to upgrade their lines.

As for phone I guarantee you your never using up more energy then you charge. Ive ran BT(on my phone) while sharing internet and using bluetooth all at cone for hours straight and leave my phone sharing internet 24/7....with my fan, my battery bar doesn't move a bit.

Pretty nice! Around here, we only get either Verizon or Comcast, which both disabled their newsgroup servers. Seem like yours and a couple others are capped, but most of the time (when trying trials from small newsgroup companies) I found the cap is irrelevant as for I went beyond their advertised caps. For an example, Usenext said that I can use as much data as I want for the next 2 week except that they will be capped at ~125 kBps (150GB in the 2 weeks span). Surprisingly, I hit my max of 2,500 kBps and stayed like that until I reached my monthly newsgroup limit of 200GB, which is less than 1 day.

About the heat, yeah I got what you meant. That and maybe due to the fact I connected phone via USB for tethering. Just hate it when I can't remove the battery and run on AC mode

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by horndoctor

Holy Crap!!!
A Terrabyte in a month!!!

LOL.. If I had Fios and 'unlimited' DL, I might reach the petabyte rate