Dreambox internet usage

[mrvinther]

Dreambox takes a few bytes of data every 7-10 sec of viewing. If your a heavy zapper you might get a gig/month but then i guess you would have to buy a new remote every month also.

[ohno]

im the guy that did that study ive 10 gig a month download
and i keep an eye on it like a hawk
and as the previous poster said ya asked a question and ya got an answer no need to be getting carried away about it

ya can believe the results or not im not bothered

you must find a new server then you wont have to use apetube and the likes loads of servers have what your looking for without you needing to download a byte. then you might use 1 gb like the rest of us.

[daithi]

you must find a new server then you wont have to use apetube and the likes loads of servers have what your looking for without you needing to download a byte. then you might use 1 gb like the rest of us.

when i said ive a 10 gig download thats not all from the box ive a dongle and thats my limit i use about 3 gig with the box a month

a for a different server where can i get one then preferably free

[ohno]

everything cs is free if you can be botherd looking. as for you using 3gig a month on your box i already told you on other thread that is bull#hit.
if everybody on here posted facts only instead of opinions and what s#it they hav read on other sites this forum would have alot less muck to wade through. and be more informative for it.
you would need to be connected to 180+ seperate servers 24hrs a day to use 3gb a month.

[andy91]

Been following these threads with great interest so what your saying is i might get away with a dongle with a 1 meg package if i take it easy and use it just for Dreambox only?

Andy

[ohno]

its all depends on ur usage.
cheers

ok i give up. you can only p#ss into a gale force wind for so long before drowning and i have no lifejacket.

[daithi]

everything cs is free if you can be botherd looking. as for you using 3gig a month on your box i already told you on other thread that is bull#hit.
if everybody on here posted facts only instead of opinions and what s#it they hav read on other sites this forum would have alot less muck to wade through. and be more informative for it.
you would need to be connected to 180+ seperate servers 24hrs a day to use 3gb a month.

whats with the abuse did ya not read the rules
im stating my facts which recorded from my box
all your doing is mouthing off for some reason

and andy its 1 gig ya want not 1 meg and when the 1 gig is used please come back on this site and tell peeps how much ya really need or prove me wrong i couldn care

[andy91]

whats with the abuse did ya not read the rules
im stating my facts which recorded from my box
all your doing is mouthing off for some reason

and andy its 1 gig ya want not 1 meg and when the 1 gig is used please come back on this site and tell peeps how much ya really need or prove me wrong i couldn care

Was having a blonde moment there i meant 1 gig

I think everyone is entitled to an opinion if they have the hard facts,no point noobs posting silly comments and second guessing thats why these threads get out of hand.

Hopefully a few more people will test internet usage with dongles and post back.
Thanks for those who posted guys,

Andy.

[Manic01]

Heres a test run by Jimi from another site for spiderbox.
I know it's not a linux box but gives you an idea maybe.
Spiderbox and internet usage :Updated:

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Members often ask how much internet usage the Spiderbox uses and although it is low I hate not being able to answer this question fully.
I decided to measure my SD5000 over a week and to do this I setup a second router connected just to my Spiderbox (well almost)*.
I used a Netgear MBR 624 which is a 3G router and a 3net USB modem (dongle) the reason I used a 3net USB modem is a lot of users will just have mobile internet and not have access to a landline.
The setup was run for 15 hours a day for the 7 days which I would consider to be fairly heavy usage.

Ok at the start of the test I checked the 3net modem's data allowance (for the test I used a 3net sim removed from a 3net mobile phone fitted into a USB modem)** and the remaining data allowance was 469MB at the end of the week the remaining allowance was 437MB so the Spiderbox had used 32MB*.
Note this is 32MB which equals 0.032GB (1GB=1000MB).
What this means is the Spiderbox uses 1GB in 32weeks or put another way approximately 1.7GB a year.
I think we all agree this is indeed very low internet usage, clearly there will be some variation in members usage.
Things that will alter the usage will be the number of hours of TV viewing a day, the ratio of FTA to encrypted channels and so on but I think the results will be fairly typical.

*There will be some margin of error as I logged into my 3net account daily to check usage and on the odd occasion forgot to disconnect from the Spiderbox router and continued to use the web.

** If you do decide to use a USB modem just be warned that exceeding you monthly allowance comes at a high price, 3net charge ?10/GB over your allowance and O2 charge ?25/GB over your allowance.
The Spiderbox will never approach even a basic 1GB a month limit but surfing the net could easily exceed it.
You can ask your ISP to limit your usage when you reach it, this will prevent excessive charges.

Because I made a few mistakes I will run the test over the next week making sure I logout of the Spiderbox router before using the net. I will update this post next week.

Updated 4th October, As promised last week I have rerun the usage test and find my original errors were not as large as I first thought. This weeks total usage reading is 28MB (0.028GB) so it would take 250 days to use 1GB or put another way approximately 1.5GB a year.
Again this setup was used for around 15 hours a day for the 7 days so represents fairly heavy usage.
For members on a limited internet allowance the actual monthly usage would amount to around 0.12GB a month note this is just 12% of a 1GB/monthly allowance.