How much of your hard drive are you currently using? (2 Viewers)

[Jeo]

my servers got like a few tb i think

 

[SoCal]

Huy, how long does it take you to download an average sized movie with your cable connection?

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Merethrond
Huy, how long does it take you to download an average sized movie with your cable connection?

I'm on Telstra 3GB Residential... I only get 3GB per month of data allowance (this includes uploads, excess data = more $$$ for Telstra, but you're not capped speed-wise).

I don't download things directly to my disks, if that's what you're thinking.

ie from the Internet to my primary storage devices

fxping, mates on adsl (further fxp/xfers), LANs, trading HDs, etc.

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Technically, if I wanted to download a 700MB movie?

Say at 250KB/s
1MB every 4 seconds
700MB in 2800 seconds

2800 seconds = ~47 minutes

Average movie goes for about 1.5 to 2 hours

Unless, of course, it's 2 CDs or ~1.4GB
Which would mean it takes about 1hour, 20 mins for 1.4GB

(and of course, it will kill my internet usage and therefore I'll stop using the Internet for a few weeks so I don't go over 3GB per month)

 

[Ragerunner]

Telstra.

HAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA

sorry, i had the urge to say that

once again, telstra

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

 

[Huy]

Ragerunner

I don't pay for the bill, so it's "free" Internet for me (older brother pays for it).

I should tell him to move to adsl, since we've been on the same ISP, same plan since 1999 now.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by Huy
I don't download things directly to my disks, if that's what you're thinking.

Thats what I was thinking. 47 minutes!

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Merethrond
Thats what I was thinking. 47 minutes!

10Mbit line capacity on Telstra BigPond Broadband Cable

Maximum line throughput of about 1MB/s

It would, theoretically, take 700 seconds, or just under 12 minutes for a complete 700MB film (say 48*15MB)

That is, in an ideal world

Most bredbandsbolaget.se (bbb.se) cable connections (wonder what these are used for?) in Sweden/Euro are 10mbit

:whistles:

 

[Ragerunner]

I'm surprised people are still with telstra.

Especially those whose contract has run out.

 

[Newbie]

lol

im thinking about signing up to telstra cable after hsc

 

[Huy]

Originally posted by Ragerunner
I'm surprised people are still with telstra.

Especially those whose contract has run out.

My contract ran out in 2001 (18 month since 1999) - Year 10

I've been with them for an additional 2 years (could have gone on another 24 month contract, but who cares).

D'oh!

 

[Ragerunner]

Originally posted by Newbie
lol

im thinking about signing up to telstra cable after hsc

That would be the worst decision of your life. [/exaggeration]

 

[McLake]

30 of 80 GBs free. Lots of iMovie files ...

 

[enak]

(Disk Space) C:\ (8.9GB/29.3GB) D:\ (4.4GB/74.5GB) E:\ (24.8GB/82.5GB) Total (38.1GB/186.3GB) (NWNK-iRC)

Values are free/total.
1*80 + 1*120= 200-13.7

 

[ezzy85]

ive adsl and a 12 gig harddrive. so everytime i download something, i gotta burn it. ive always got 700 megs free so i install something. ive prolly got 200gigs worth of cds with crap on them and im constantly using CD RWs to temporarily store crap. so i think after the hsc ill be looking for a new harddrive.

 

[enak]

lol thats crazy, definately get a new hdd.
Also, the more free space you have, usually the faster things run.
Don't forget defragging

 

[ezzy85]

i dont understand where my free space went. i dont have that much installed.

 

[SoCal]

Originally posted by ezzy85
i dont understand where my free space went. i dont have that much installed.

You didn't have much free space to begin with. Your operating system fills up a few gigabytes anyway.

 

[ezzy85]

not 9 though?

 

[Rahul]

55.8 Gb HDD, 42.7 used. 13.1 Gb free

hmm....i would buy new hard drives if i had adsl,
i want adsl

 

[fatmuscle]

don't worry ezzy, i've got 12G too.
and 4of them go to Linux...

getting a 120Gb though, yay!