+1GB Club
Finally joined the +1Gb download club
Forum Discussion
So I'm in a market that doesn't have data usage billing. The running joke is just how far over the limit I'll go each month. Since you asked, I checked and I'm typically between 6-8TB/mo.
If you don't mind, let us know how your data usage changes anyway. I suspect higher speeds lead to higher data usage. In your case, it doesn't matter.
I don't think this change is really going to impact data usage on my end. I'm not a streamer, at least across the Internet. Most of the processes I have running are non-time sensitive data based traffic which as of this time are not fully utilizing the available Internet pipe. I picked up one of these cards and installed a pair of 1/2.5/5/10G SFP+ modules:
I wouldn't think increased speed would affect streaming unless someone was buffering before the increase in download speed. The amount of data downloaded while streaming shouldn't change with an increase in available download speed. I think your data usage will probably increase, but the amount depends on what your download speed was before you upgraded. It could be an interesting experiment. Just do what you normally do and see if anything changes.
To clarify, I didn't change my plan with Cox. It's been on the plan formerly known as Gigablast for some time now. What I did just change however, is my connection to my switch upgrading from gigabit to 2x10GB. Otherwise, up until know, I've had 2.5G from modem to firewall and 10G from firewall to switch. It wasn't until upgrading my PC connection to 10G that I could actually test speeds above gigabit reliably.
