Broadband limit

**shedite** · 05/05/2004, 1:32 PM

Hey guys,

I got broadband a few weeks ago and have been downloading music right left and center. Actually my brother and sister have too. My download limit is 4GB. Is there any way of checking how close we are to that? And what happens if you reach it? Does the internet not work for the rest of the month or are you charged extra?

**dahamsta** · 05/05/2004, 1:38 PM

Who are you with? (Eircom, Esat, UTV, etc.)

**tiktok** · 05/05/2004, 1:43 PM

I've heard that if it's with eircom that once you pass your limit they start charging you through the nose, so be careful.

**Metrostars** · 05/05/2004, 2:33 PM

I hope you are downloading music legally and not stealing from music artists.

**shedite** · 05/05/2004, 2:52 PM

I'm with Eircom. And I'm using Yahoo's music video thing so it's all legal.

**max power** · 05/05/2004, 3:06 PM

go on to http://support.eircom.net/ and click on broadband customer icon....now go to the bottom right corner of that screen and put in your user name and password and your download stats are there, its all explianed on the eircom.net web site.....

**A face** · 05/05/2004, 3:12 PM

Originally Posted by Metrostars

I hope you are downloading music legally and not stealing from music artists.

Or is that more of a case of "i hope the artists and more to the point, the record company's are trading with honourable intension and not trying to shaft joe public" ..... but heaven forbid that we should even acuse them of such a thing.

**Gary** · 05/05/2004, 4:38 PM

Isnt 4GB a fairly huge amount music wise anyway.

And thats on a monthly basis as well isnt it? ive been doing alot of downloading, and havent been hit with a penalty yet.

**dahamsta** · 05/05/2004, 4:57 PM

Originally Posted by Gary

Isnt 4GB a fairly huge amount music wise anyway.

Pretty much, yeah. An album encoded at 320kbps works out to about 100-125 megs, so you're talking about 8 albums a gig = 32 albums. 320kbps is pretty much lossless, but a lot of music is encoded at a lower rate, which means more albums.

Quite a lot to download in a month really, and in fairness you'd want to be a big music fan to want to spend that much money on music a month. Assuming it's legal of course...

adam