April 13, 2009 at 16:41How to quickly spend 1 GB of traffic
Now some US Internet service providers are going to introduce traffic pricing on broadband tariff plans. In particular, the provider Time Warner Cable introduces a tariff plan for $ 15 per month with a limit of 1 GB and an additional payment of $ 2 for each gigabyte in excess. Wired magazine decided to show how small this limit is. They announced a contest among their readers on the fastest way to spend a monthly traffic limit, that is, one gigabyte.
One gigabyte is just a ridiculous limit for broadband internet. In fact, you can spend it literally in half a day even at the lowest speed tariff Time Warner at a speed of 786 Kbps.
Readers of Wired have already made several proposals to unfortunate users of tariff plans, including arranging torrent distribution on their PCs, a Tor server, launching Windows Update, raising a web server, removing a password from a Wi-Fi home access point, or doing all this simultaneously . It’s scary to imagine what monthly bill will come to daredevils who decide to test these harmful tips in practice.
One gigabyte is just a ridiculous limit for broadband internet. In fact, you can spend it literally in half a day even at the lowest speed tariff Time Warner at a speed of 786 Kbps.
Readers of Wired have already made several proposals to unfortunate users of tariff plans, including arranging torrent distribution on their PCs, a Tor server, launching Windows Update, raising a web server, removing a password from a Wi-Fi home access point, or doing all this simultaneously . It’s scary to imagine what monthly bill will come to daredevils who decide to test these harmful tips in practice.