Internet Usage

[David H]

Hi, I have a very busy Son who plays a lot, what I am trying to work out the data that is normally consummed playing the game. We have a 40gb plan and we are going through that and more each month. The ISP here in New Zealand have suckered us into a 12 month contract that we can't change for another six months.

So is there any setting that can be changed to keep the data used down. Or what is the normal usage please.

I am not trying to cause my Son greif, just trying to understand the traffic usage.

Thanks David

[freakachu]

a single client doesn't generally use too much bandwidth, but it would depend on how long he was playing I suppose. if you want a real accurate measurement, there are plenty of free bandwidth meter tools you could use to see how much it's using. honestly, I'd look at netflix, torrents, youtube, etc. usage before trying to get less bandwidth out of minecraft.

now, if he's HOSTING a server, that's a whole different kettle of fish.

edit: also, don't sign your posts. set a good example for your son and read the rules :)

[Sacrieur]

40 GB really is quite a bit for a month (or was when I was a kid ;_. You can go through 1 GB a day and still have some to spare, and tekkit or technic won't be chewing through that amount of bandwidth and time soon unless, as freakachu pointed out, he's hosting a server.

Torrenting, downloading porn, streaming music, watching youtube videos, and playing tekkit all at the same time will, though. Torrents, especially, will eat through through data pretty quickly. And with internet speeds that can allow you to download a handful of GB in less than an hour, it's no surprise.

I don't know if this is possible (because I have never had this problem; my ISPs have always had unlimited data), but I suppose you could ask them to throttle your connection and make it slower for his IP address. Or just downgrade your internet to a slower connection entirely so he won't have those 2 MB/s speeds and will be unable to eat up the bandwidth as quickly.

[EzioA]

Ha, 40GB is nothing.. I remember the good ol' days when eMule was in the market and I used to call it blasphemy (I still do!)

blah blah blah downloading porn blah blah blah

How'd you get to that conclusion so fast? :o