Comments on: Japan to punish p2p users http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:33:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: jamie http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-533 jamie Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:09:46 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-533 Mine is about 5,000 yen a month ~ $50 dollars. UPDATE: I got sent a little warning card about the new limit today. Apparently, it starts on August 1st, by which time I will have moved, so for the next month it'll be a free for all on my torrents methinks! Mine is about 5,000 yen a month ~ $50 dollars.

UPDATE: I got sent a little warning card about the new limit today. Apparently, it starts on August 1st, by which time I will have moved, so for the next month it’ll be a free for all on my torrents methinks!

]]> By: idarmadi http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-532 idarmadi Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:04:33 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-532 here @ Jakarta, I am using 'unlimited' up to 384kbps up, up to 128kbps down for appx $10/month. It's pretty 'slow' and crappy, but it's better than before. Jamie, how much does it cost for your connection? here @ Jakarta, I am using ‘unlimited’ up to 384kbps up, up to 128kbps down for appx $10/month. It’s pretty ’slow’ and crappy, but it’s better than before.

Jamie, how much does it cost for your connection?

]]> By: jamie http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-527 jamie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:55:20 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-527 Holy shit. You guys totally need to move to Japan... Holy shit. You guys totally need to move to Japan…

]]> By: antsheaven http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-526 antsheaven Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:48:37 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-526 Well, I'm using "unlimited" connection, so there's no hard bandwidth usage limit. But They capped my upload speed at 128 kbps. Yes, 128 goddamn kbps. Which nicely translate to 16 kByte per second And I have 1500kbps download speed, so i need to seed my (perfectly legal) torrent for at least a week, jut not to feel guilty. And, yeah, there are 8 bits in 1 byte, you forgot to put that up in the equation. Well, I’m using “unlimited” connection, so there’s no hard bandwidth usage limit. But They capped my upload speed at 128 kbps. Yes, 128 goddamn kbps. Which nicely translate to 16 kByte per second
And I have 1500kbps download speed, so i need to seed my (perfectly legal) torrent for at least a week, jut not to feel guilty.
And, yeah, there are 8 bits in 1 byte, you forgot to put that up in the equation.

]]> By: jamie http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-525 jamie Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:40:44 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-525 I thought 16 minutes sounded a bit low. Wow, that is embarrassing, especially since I majored in computer science... I thought 16 minutes sounded a bit low.

Wow, that is embarrassing, especially since I majored in computer science…

]]> By: Kuukunen http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-523 Kuukunen Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:38:03 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-523 Fortunately for you, seems you got bits and bytes messed up, so you're not quite as fucked up. The limit seems to be gigaBYTES, but speedtest counts stuff in BITS. (Notice lower case b in speedtest.net) For some reason internet connection is usually counted in bits, probably because it makes the number much bigger. So just multiply your stuff by 8: It takes 128 minutes to reach the limit at full speed. Azureus, however, probably uses kiloBYTES when you set the limit, so 277 kB/s should be ok. Although 24 GB is playing it a bit safe. Your non-torrent stuff will probably take like 10 MB, tops. Of course there's still the minor thing of: Do they use 1000 bytes per kilobyte or 1024? Because if it's 1024, the upload limit for 24GB would be 291 kB/s, not that it matters too much. :P Limits like that can be a bitch, but I was on 20mbps connection with 14 GB WEEKLY upload limit, but of course when people take stuff like that for granted, it hurts when it changes. :P Fortunately for you, seems you got bits and bytes messed up, so you’re not quite as fucked up. The limit seems to be gigaBYTES, but speedtest counts stuff in BITS. (Notice lower case b in speedtest.net) For some reason internet connection is usually counted in bits, probably because it makes the number much bigger. So just multiply your stuff by 8: It takes 128 minutes to reach the limit at full speed. Azureus, however, probably uses kiloBYTES when you set the limit, so 277 kB/s should be ok. Although 24 GB is playing it a bit safe. Your non-torrent stuff will probably take like 10 MB, tops.

Of course there’s still the minor thing of: Do they use 1000 bytes per kilobyte or 1024? Because if it’s 1024, the upload limit for 24GB would be 291 kB/s, not that it matters too much. :P

Limits like that can be a bitch, but I was on 20mbps connection with 14 GB WEEKLY upload limit, but of course when people take stuff like that for granted, it hurts when it changes. :P

]]> By: Monzo http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-522 Monzo Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:39:45 +0000 http://www.fuckedupjapan.com/2008/japan-to-punish-p2p-users/#comment-522 Heh. You got it easy. Here: 1mb down, 512kbps up, 30Gb MONTHLY limit (up+down combined, all protocols). Heh. You got it easy. Here: 1mb down, 512kbps up, 30Gb MONTHLY limit (up+down combined, all protocols).

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