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Old 09-01-2008, 12:18 PM
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So i just moved into college a few days ago and like every saturday i got my daily download of tekzilla. However, the next day when i checked my e-mail, i got a notice from my college stating that since i downloaded the show, i used over 1/4 of my download availability which is 4096 mb per week. How can i still get my weekly revision3 fix without getting kicked of my college network?
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Old 09-01-2008, 12:27 PM
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So i just moved into college a few days ago and like every saturday i got my daily download of tekzilla. However, the next day when i checked my e-mail, i got a notice from my college stating that since i downloaded the show, i used over 1/4 of my download availability which is 4096 mb per week. How can i still get my weekly revision3 fix without getting kicked of my college network?
Try downloading a lower resolution version.
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Old 09-01-2008, 12:27 PM
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say if i play an internet game such as WoW, will my downloaded usage go up even more?
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say if i play an internet game such as WoW, will my downloaded usage go up even more?
That's an interesting question. How much bandwidth does WoW use? Certainly, not as much as video.
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Old 09-01-2008, 12:47 PM
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according to http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/archive/...p/t-25072.html , WoW uses about 3 - 10 mb / hr
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according to http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/archive/...p/t-25072.html , WoW uses about 3 - 10 mb / hr
That doesn't sound too bad. Afterall, you're in college. You should have that much time for WoW anyway. You could play WoW 24/7 and not use half your bandwidth.
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Where's the college? Have you looked for any places with free [non-school] wifi around campus? At VCU, they throttle it back whenever a lot of data is coming through your computer rather than setting a definite cap, so I just had a habit of going to a local coffee shop that had free wifi and got things like the Rev3 shows from there.
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down with Fascist caps/throttles! DAMN THE MAN!
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down with Fascist caps/throttles! DAMN THE MAN!
is there any reason you can't have your own broadband just because you live in the dorm

sure you'd pay for it but i would in a heartbeat
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Is your bandwidth monitored by MAC address? If so, try cloning the MAC address of someone who you dislike a little bit onto your machine and use their bandwidth to download your precious Tekzilla!!
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