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solutions for high bandwidth webmasters

         

scorpion

4:30 am on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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Not sure if this is the right forum, but how are webmasters who upload/download to their off-site servers from home (residential) cope with the issue of the internet provider saying you are using too much bandwidth? It seems no isp you can get for a reasonable price (<$200-$300/mo) from home offers close to enough bandwidth necessary to administer a site. Any thoughts or solutions?

oilman

4:47 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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what kind of bandwidth are you pushing? I listen to internet radio all day, download mp3s, upload digital pics, upload websites, transfer gigs of log files and nobody's ever called me from my ISP to tell me to slow down.

trillianjedi

4:48 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I administer mine from home, run voice-over IP servers and download and upload music etc all the time and never had a problem either.

TJ

scorpion

8:52 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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my cable provider has a limit of 6g download, 2gig upload. They won't call me even at 20g download, 5g upload, but they did call at 50g download, 13g upload, perhaps they are getting pickier...