[Leaplist] Some non-technical advice

[Damien McKenna]

On May 24, 2007, at 10:37 PM, Ram K. Singh wrote:
> Since I do not get broadband in the location I am, I decided to  
> sign up with a company that offers satellite Internet service but  
> it limits download to about 7.7 G per month. I am not sure if that  
> would be enough for my ordinary use, surfing net and viewing a few  
> sites that have some photos.

Do they differentiate between different port numbers / file types for  
downloads, e.g. do they view a generic webpage (HTML + images)  
differently to e.g. executables?

Also is it giga *bytes* or giga *bits*?  There's a factor of 8  
difference between the two.

If you do some math...
7.7gb per month ~= 256mb per day

For most users that should be more than plenty, but downloading large  
installers, ISO images or *lots* of system updates would get you near  
your limit quicker.  Don't sign up to beta-test a major OSS project  
or distro, stay away from torrents and Usenet, and you should be fine.

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