In Reply to: in the Cloud ... posted by maxim on April 25, 2012 at 00:29:03:
Many ISPs are now limiting the volume of traffic (both up & down) over their pipes. AT&T limits DSL to 150G per month or 250G for Uverse. Charter, Comcast and others have similar caps. You can find yourself subject to additional charges or even a speed reduction if you exceed the cap.
These caps aren't well advertised. You often have to read the fine print of your TOS agreement to find what they are.
For my music storage, I'd have to split my music upload over a 7 month period and not use my internet connection for any other activity to avoid exceeding my cap. The process would be repeated if I had to restore the collection - either incur a lot of additional charges or take months to get my collection back.
(The cap is not a problem otherwise, I've never used more than about a third of my limit and that is with Netflix and other video streaming.)
Just another item in the equation to consider.
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- bandwidth restrictions a possible issue - mls-stl 09:40:22 04/25/12 (0)