From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 7 2: 2: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCB237B412 for ; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 02:01:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from grimoire.chen.org.nz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g5791nNg075404; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 21:01:49 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc@grimoire.chen.org.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by grimoire.chen.org.nz (8.12.3/8.12.3/Submit) id g5791m7V075403; Fri, 7 Jun 2002 21:01:48 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 21:01:48 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Brian Astill Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 300M/Mth too small? Message-ID: <20020607210148.A75359@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <200206070338.g573c6143932@tierzero.apana.org.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <200206070338.g573c6143932@tierzero.apana.org.au>; from bastill@sa.apana.org.au on Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:23:53PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 07:23:53PM +0930, Brian Astill wrote: > I am considering "going broadband" using ADSL. > The cheapest offering has a 300M/Mth limit (you pay extra if you download > more than that in any one month) > I am running FBSD 4.5. > Q. Is 300M/Mth sufficient to keep FBSD up to date, collect e-mail, do a > little web-surfing, and download the odd port or two occasionally? > If not, what would you suggest as a reasonable limit? I get by with 400Mb/month. This includes several freebsd lists (including -questions), staying -stable, and keeping about 150 ports up to date. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Power corrupts, Absolute Power is pretty neat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message