{"id":732,"date":"2009-04-06T11:58:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T15:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/?p=732"},"modified":"2009-04-24T15:58:54","modified_gmt":"2009-04-24T19:58:54","slug":"verizon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/verizon\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Warner Bandwidth insights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time Warner has done a good job of advertising their bandwidth cap, and making it sound like they are working to ensure everyone has a “good experience”. Why should you care? Simple, it is your bill that they are playing with.<\/p>\n

Bandwidth is the problem, what is it? Just simply the root of the problem, and the smallest “particle” in the internet. Bandwidth is a bit of a misnomer, Channel Capacity is correct term. What we are describing is the data that flows through your high speed connection. It is normally measured in bits per Second, K-bits per Second, or Megabits per Second.<\/p>\n

Any resource that you use on the internet requires your computer, and the remote service \/ server, to exchange data. That is what Time Warner is going to be measuring…But the main issue here is how many people watch Youtube videos, Stream Internet Radio, watch a video on Hulu, and so forth? \u00c2\u00a0Do you even know how much data is being transfered watching these videos?<\/p>\n

For example,<\/p>\n

The average size of a web page – 300 – 500 kB<\/li>\n
The average size of an YouTube video 2MB to 15MB<\/li>\n
The average size of an MP3 \/ Mp4 Audio File – 5Mb to 6Mb<\/li>\n
The average size of a New York Times Technology PodCast (David Pogue) – 45 Mb<\/li>\n
The average size of a Hulu Television episode (Standard Def) – 300 – 400 Mb<\/li>\n
The average size of a TV Episode (Legal, Standard Definition, iTunes Download) – 500 Mb – 600 Mb<\/li>\n
The average size of a TV Episode (Legal, High Definition, iTunes Download) – 1.6 Gb + 600 Mb = 2.4 Gb (High Definition downloads include the Standard Definition for video iPods)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
So with Time Warner’s 40 Gb Cap… How quickly will you exceed their Cap?<\/p>\n
- High Definition, iTunes Video Download, 16.6 Episodes, 1 episode downloaded every other day<\/strong><\/li>\n
- Standard Definition, iTunes Video Download, 66 Episodes, 2 episodes per day<\/li>\n
- Video Podcasts, roughly 660+ Podcasts, 22 per day<\/li>\n
- Anything smaller becomes laughable….<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  But Time Warner is counting on this to increase their revenue, after all, bandwidth is cheap (10 cents per Gb). \u00c2\u00a0Why else do this? \u00c2\u00a0Take a look at what some of the competition are offering?<\/p>\n
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  Frontier Digital Phone w\/High Speed Internet – $69.99 \u00c2\u00a0(No Cap)<\/li>\n
  Verizon Fios 10 Mb \/ 2 Mb – $49.99 \u00c2\u00a0(No Cap)<\/li>\n
  Verizon Fios 20 Mb \/ 5 Mb – $59.99\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0(No Cap)<\/li>\n
  Verizon Fios 20 Mb \/ 20 Mb – $69.99\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0(No Cap)<\/li>\n
  Verizon Fios 50 Mb \/ 20 Mb – $144.95\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0(No Cap)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  I still hate the fact that Verizon Fios isn’t available in the Rochester area, since they are the best option at this time…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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