Babooo Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Guys I need your help. Basically today I just set up my family's new broadband connection, moving from Sky to Talktalk broadband, and I've found out that there is a 40GB download limit, which I'm quite worried about. Cos as a family, we download alot, i.e tv episodes, movies, music, tv streaming etc. We 4 practically all have our own laptops too so alot of web pages will be loading. But the most important thing (for me) is the use of Xbox Live. If I play on average around 2-3 hours a day (hey, no job and summer holidays baby!) or even more, how much of that will eat up the monthly allowance of 40GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicktendo Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Online gaming uses miniscule amounts of data downloads so I wouldn't worry about that. You might want to cut back on Demos and videos a bit if you download them regularly but you won't reach the cap online gaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babooo Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 Online gaming uses miniscule amounts of data downloads so I wouldn't worry about that. You might want to cut back on Demos and videos a bit if you download them regularly but you won't reach the cap online gaming. wicked. thanks for your help man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 You should have no worries with X-Box Live. Heck, even with me on a 20 gig allowance can suffice. Ok, we have minimal downloading of TV episodes and stuff. Except my sister, who downloads a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 You don't actually download that much, it's all on your disc and hard drive already, the only thing you're downloading is the data of what the other players are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McPhee Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 What Sky package were you on before? The free one is a 2GB/month limit, the £5/month one is 40GB/month and the £10/month one is unlimited. The terms might not be any different. Anyway, 40GB is quite a lot, web browsing and online gaming will use hardly any of it. You'll have to clock up at least 35GB of other downloads to go over your limit. At the end of the day just be glad you're not on AOL. 10GB/month limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantsu Man! Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Just a reassurance, like I said in the xbox thread, I was on a 5GB a month download limit and I played Gears and other games online a few times. It used a very small amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 It depends who you're with. I'm on the free Sky package and I've probably used double my monthly allowance most weeks since November. They don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haver Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 At home we have three brothers playing WoW a ton, XBL, people streaming TV, downloading big videos/trailers every so often, and we've never broken 40 I don't think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 The only thing that might be an issue is demos, some of them go well over a gig, but its not like you get more than one a day, all month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathjam Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 There is a 40GB limit on TalkTalk? Been with them for a year, downloading like crazy like anime series sized 8GB overNIGHT, tv series and episodes, demos both on pc and the ps3, and online gaming as well as internet chat through skype and I have never reached the limit. The speeds are aslo very good. I am still getting over the horrible sounds of dialup connecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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