Posted on 08/22/2015 2:30:01 AM PDT by Swordmaker
I have a mac. I live in Indonesia. Telkomsel tries to limit us to 10 gig per month. Apple updates and app updates do take up a large part of 10 gig each month.
I have heard that some people have multiple accounts and do some other things so they can actually use more than 10 gig. But if 10 gig were it ... these updates would infuriate me.
...not even leaving enough bandwidth crumbs behind for browsing FR for news or posting.
I use AT&T. My monthly cap is 45GB. ‘Course, my monthly phone bill is $275.
Swoardmaker, there is a very clear option on installation where you can specify if you are on a metered connection. I’m not metered so I haven’t looked to see what it does, but I am guessing there are settings to help deal with this issue.
Most of the software I use (And that’s a lot) runs on Windows. I use Office 365, Sonar recording studio software, Cubase (same) and a couple of games. I tried Ubuntu about five years ago and decided I just wanted to use my computer as a comodity. It works and I don’t need to tinker with it.
I still see Linux as for computer hobbyists or folks who run servers, etc. For the average computer user - who uses their computer as a simple tool to do their job, Linux is not practical.
And I’ve been in IT since 1983 and build my own computers.
So if I’m reading correctly into this, does Windows 10 track your bandwidth usage and report it someplace? Because if it does this has an Obamasque Operation Net Neutrality feel to it and it sounds like Microsoft might have worked with the WH to develop software that controls bandwidth usage. That would sound very Gateish. I could be wrong but nothing surprises me these days. Not anymore.
http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/product-training/windows
For any Freepers that are IT geeks and need to learn the OS, it is good training.
> And I’ve been in IT since 1983 and build my own computers.
I build my own too. Not often the cheapest route but I get a lot better computer for the money and it beats the crap out of those Dell and HP computers any day.
Think of gigabytes as gallons of water. Your ISP allows you 250 gallons a months. If you go over the 250 gallon limit they will cut the water pressure. You still have water but only a trickle. Some Internet Service Providers will charge you an extra fee for every gallon you go over.
I like having the install disks.
They all do now. It has nothing to do with Obammy. It’s a way make money. Never had limits until a few years ago.
For a guy that screams about “FUD”, he should have easily done 2 minutes of research and found that out.
But then again FR needs yet another Win10 post for Linux people to pimp that marginal OS, Old cranks boasting about their old computers running some old version of Windows, and clueless so-called “tech geeks” to scream how “stupid M$” is.
This is true in those very limited areas of the country that have real competition for broadband access. Not so much for the vast majority of us.
Thanks for putting a name to it. I knew the principle but not the naming.
Ditch Windows, use Linux.
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And have different set of problems.
Side note: Reaper 5 was just released. Might wanna have a look.
“Get a Mac.”
Only men under 25 who wear Birkenstocks, have goatees, and carry man purses use a Mac.
Real men use Windows and LOVE the challenge of downloading patches and fighting viruses.
It’s what men do.
“This isn’t the fault of the operating system,” said one Reddit user. “This is the fault of the ISP.”
Not everyone has, or can have, a fat pipe straight into a terabyte drive.
Sometimes I work by cellular data. Don’t silently start sucking vast amounts thru a low capacity pipe I’m paying dearly for.
It will over time. Thats why even bad markets have options today where none existed before. It’s a time/trickle down thing.
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