Will my ISP shut me down for doing this
March 18, 2011 8:14 AM Subscribe
I am presently running Audiogalaxy on my computer using and sharing my music library with friends over their smartphones. Does this cause a problem for me with my ISP Comcast and any bandwith limitations?
Well, I'm not sure what you're asking really. The sharing that you do will count against your bandwidth limit. You can check how much you've used on comcast.net.
posted by inturnaround at 8:21 AM on March 18, 2011
posted by inturnaround at 8:21 AM on March 18, 2011
Response by poster: I guess one of the questions I'm trying to ask is does this type of streaming use up a lot of bandwith at a rapid pace. The monthly cap is 250gb.
posted by malhaley at 8:34 AM on March 18, 2011
posted by malhaley at 8:34 AM on March 18, 2011
A 128kbps stream is roughly a meg a minute. So your upper bound is going to be around 4166 hours, or 173 days. Ballpark figure. I wouldn't worry until Comcast come knocking.
posted by Leon at 10:03 AM on March 18, 2011
posted by Leon at 10:03 AM on March 18, 2011
First of all the 250GB cap is not a hard limit, Comcast's official statements make it sound like that so people don't try to use more, but in reality that is the minimum amount that they will take any action on. Second, how big is your music library? Probably not 250GB. So you would have to stream your entire collection multiple times for it to really be an issue.
posted by burnmp3s at 10:29 AM on March 18, 2011
posted by burnmp3s at 10:29 AM on March 18, 2011
I guess one of the questions I'm trying to ask is does this type of streaming use up a lot of bandwith at a rapid pace. The monthly cap is 250gb.
Firstly: If your cap is 250gb, you'll probably be OK, as long as you're not using 249gb of that each month to twitface or download hentai or whatever it is that the kids do these days.
Secondly (and more interestingly): Where I live, traffic caps are the norm. One interesting question, when selecting an ISP, is whether or not uploads are included in the cap. Under my current plan, for example, I'll only get billed (well, not billed, but you know what I mean) for the download traffic. Your streaming out is not going to contribute much to that (just all the acknowledgements that the (much larger) outbound packets got to wherever they were going. Two ISPs ago, uploads would've been counted in my traffic cap.
I'd ordinarily suggest you re-read your contract, but I'm guessing that this capping thing is some variation on the original deal. If this is the case, I'd advise you to hit their website and determine what the rules for your account really are - if only to allow you a real comparison to other ISPs.
posted by pompomtom at 5:46 AM on March 19, 2011
Firstly: If your cap is 250gb, you'll probably be OK, as long as you're not using 249gb of that each month to twitface or download hentai or whatever it is that the kids do these days.
Secondly (and more interestingly): Where I live, traffic caps are the norm. One interesting question, when selecting an ISP, is whether or not uploads are included in the cap. Under my current plan, for example, I'll only get billed (well, not billed, but you know what I mean) for the download traffic. Your streaming out is not going to contribute much to that (just all the acknowledgements that the (much larger) outbound packets got to wherever they were going. Two ISPs ago, uploads would've been counted in my traffic cap.
I'd ordinarily suggest you re-read your contract, but I'm guessing that this capping thing is some variation on the original deal. If this is the case, I'd advise you to hit their website and determine what the rules for your account really are - if only to allow you a real comparison to other ISPs.
posted by pompomtom at 5:46 AM on March 19, 2011
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