So you are doing 3-4TB/month to your house?  

That's a *bit* on the high side, I would think.

> On Apr 10, 2016, at 6:57 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> My house runs between 10-15 Mbps sustained. When we do our 4K upgrade next 
> year, that will be between 50-75Mbps sustained depending on HDR/non-hdr 
> content and codec type.
> 
>> On Apr 10, 2016 5:34 PM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Me too. Just checked our traffic, and we've actually got a 95th percentile 
>> of less than 500 Kbps (although in November/December we were running closer 
>> to 1.5 Mbps). We can go way higher than that due mostly to where we are on 
>> the network, but we can't (or don't choose to) saturate our online-ness like 
>> a millennial.
>> 
>> bp
>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>> 
>>> On 4/10/2016 3:24 PM, George Skorup wrote:
>>> I can get 30Mbps at home on my 450. I might hit 25-30 to download windows 
>>> updates or a game patch or something, but my average is less than a meg. 
>>> Would I notice if I had only 10Mbps, probably not. And yeah, mine is free. 
>>> :)
>>> 
>>> I guess I'm just not an average millennial. Meh.
>>> 
>>>> On 4/10/2016 5:06 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote:
>>>> I’m talking about Comcast’s $10 Internet Essentials.
>>>> https://internetessentials.com/
>>>>  
>>>> Available if child qualifies for school lunch program.  Not a contract or 
>>>> promo price.  And you don’t have to live in public housing.
>>>>  
>>>> I do realize typical residential pricing is around $50/mo.  What I’m 
>>>> saying is the “free” price was ridiculous, especially since Google Fiber 
>>>> is so holier-than-thou showing the other ISPs how it’s done.  It was 
>>>> either a stunt to get municipal approval, or they honestly believed 10 
>>>> Mbps was so lame that most people would rather pay for gigabit.
>>>>  
>>>> No matter what their logic, increasing your minimum tier from $0 to $50 is 
>>>> a helluva price increase.  It would certainly seem to offer the local 
>>>> cable and telephone companies an opportunity to offer 10 Mbps at something 
>>>> less than $50, maybe around $30.  And maybe get some cable TV revenue.  
>>>> Because lots of people will still be happy with a meager 10 Mbps if it’s 
>>>> affordable, no matter what the elites think.  Just like some people are 
>>>> fine with French’s mustard instead of Grey Poupon, and beer instead of 
>>>> wine.
>>>>  
>>>>  
>>>> From: Josh Reynolds
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 4:45 PM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas 
>>>> City| Ars Technica
>>>>  
>>>> I am under the impression you are not familiar with common metro broadband 
>>>> pricing.
>>>> 
>>>> Honestly.
>>>> 
>>>> I have a rather large spreadsheet of major North American fiber / cable / 
>>>> DSL providers, contracts, misc fees, etc.
>>>> 
>>>> Once you get past the "contract promo" pricing, seeing 10Mbps for $45-55+ 
>>>> a month is far from uncommon - especially for the cable cos, which sucks 
>>>> when you see that 10Mbps stay at 2-4Mbps during peak because of how vastly 
>>>> over provisioned much of those networks are.
>>>> 
>>>> That said, their 1Gbps pricing (which they want customers on, as gpon 
>>>> ports aren't free in the strategic sense) really stoked a fire under most 
>>>> of the providers asses.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Apr 10, 2016 4:38 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> Free was silly.  But hiking the minimum tier from $0 to $50 is kind of 
>>>>> extreme.  They must have been surprised how many people were OK with a 
>>>>> mere 10 Mbps at America’s favorite price.
>>>>>  
>>>>> Comcast’s $10 price is more reasonable than either $0 or $50.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>> From: Jaime Solorza
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 2:31 PM
>>>>> To: Animal Farm
>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Google Fiber ends free 5Mbps Internet offer in Kansas 
>>>>> City| Ars Technica
>>>>>  
>>>>> http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/04/google-fiber-ends-free-5mbps-internet-offer-in-kansas-city/

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