It's going to be very rough because my usage patterns will change radically when I move.
The shows that I am watching on the stream will be available on TV. The places that I am dealing with online will be down the block. My daughter's usage is mostly research for her college papers, and she might even go away to school. My son Ceffy's online games will not change. The move is maybe two weeks, maybe two years. My wife and I don't have jobs in Canada, yet. She plans on working in Niagara Falls, NY and the hospital that was paying signing bonuses two years ago now isn't hiring. In this environment it's hard to walk away from an $80,000 a year job. On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 16:38 -0400, Hal Cohen wrote: > Mark. > > > I don't know how immanent your move to Canada is. Therefore, there > may not be enough time to gather your own statistics. > > > I also don't know if you are trying to estimate the bandwidth you use > for one computer (yours) or a whole household. I also assume you have > FIOS with the Actiontec M1424WR router which does not offer SNMP. If > it is only your computer you could use MTRG or CACTI on your computer > to monitor your bandwidth usage for a while. If by chance you have a > router with SNMP and need to monitor the whole household then MTRG or > CACTI would work there too. > > > Hal > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Mark Wallace > <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I won't have a problem at all. Could somebody look who > understands band width guesstimate > > Here is what the Bell Canada chat rep said (These are Canadian > dollars, > currently worth $1.02 US): > > (They have plans with more gigs included that sell you excess > for $2 a > gig. The trouble is that I don't have the faintest idea how > much > bandwidth I am using.) They charge you $25 if you start out > with too > much and downgrade your package because another one is > cheaper. > > > Francesca: Home Phone Lite: $22.94/mo. > Francesca: Essential Plus High Speed: $28.90/mo. > Francesca: Digital Basic TV: $33/mo. (1 year Free HD Receiver > included) > Francesca: Total: $84.84/mo. + taxes for 1 year and thereafter > $94.84/mo. + taxes. > > Francesca: I am sorry, with Bell there is no unlimited usage > plan though > you will get option to get more GB on > top of your plan. > > Francesca: It included 2 GB usage /mo > Francesca: And If you need extra GB's you can add 40 GB for > just $5. > Francesca: Like wise you can add this 40 GB - $5 plan 3 times > in a > month. > Francesca: So, you can get maximum of 120 GB for $15. > > Francesca: The maximum usage overage fee of $60 per month will > continue > to apply for usage of 300 GB or > less. > Francesca: There will be an extreme usage charge of $1.00 for > every GB > of usage exceeding 300 GB per > month. (I never thought of myself as an extremist, but someone > who > downloads all of his software through an Ubuntu mirror site > might be.) > > > Francesca: Let me give you the few examples. > Francesca: With 50 GB, you can download 73 Movies or, 12,500 > Songs or , > 50,000 digital pictures or, Visit > 1,250,000 web pages or send 3,000,000 emails. > Francesca: and > Francesca: With 75 GB, you can download 109 Movies or, 18,750 > Songs or, > 75,000 digital pictures or, Visit > 1,850,000 web pages or send 5,500,000 emails. > > It would be hard to find a consumer who sends five million > emails a > month but never downloads a movie or visits a web page. > > > -- > Robert Mark Wallace > 60 Delaware Road > Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 > Tel: (845) 566-0586 > US Cell (845) 264-7228 > Ca Cell: (902) 314-4521 > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group > http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS > Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > > > > -- > No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large > number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Tel: (845) 566-0586 US Cell (845) 264-7228 Ca Cell: (902) 314-4521 _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 May 4 - Inkscape Jun 1 - Zimbra
