[AusNOG] IPv6 excuses

[James Hodgkinson]

For $10/month I get unlimited uploads on Internode[1]... making the
backup traffic essentially free, and IPV6 enabled.
 
I've been backing up many tens of GB to the cloud for years, meh.
 
James
 
 
On Wed, 8 Jun 2016, at 18:31, Mark Smith wrote:
>
>
> On 8 Jun 2016 5:38 PM, "Zia Nayamuth" <zedestructor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 2016-06-08 1458, Mark Newton wrote:
> >>
> >> On Jun 8, 2016, at 2:55 PM, Simon Attwell <simon at attwell.net>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Therefore one must assume that IPv6 is metered.
> >>
> >>
> >> Quotas are really very big now, compared to the state of the art
> >> when unmetering was first deployed (3 gig cap!).
> >>
> >> If you’re on a 100Gbyte+ plan, does that actually matter anymore?
> >>
> >> - mark
> >
> > The largest capped plan I've seen available here is a mere 1000GB.
> > Currently, at my apartment with 3 people, we're pushing 450GB/mo on
> > a light month and over a terabyte on heavier months, and that's on
> > miserly ADSL2+ 20/1 all thanks to YouTube and Netflix for the most
> > part. If we had faster connections, we'd be pushing a fair bit
> > higher as I'd be in a position to start backing up more of my data
> > offsite.
> >
>
> How much data would you be backing up per month?
> I've seen people say they need no quotas and high speeds for what is
> actually just a single one off large upload. Subsequent months their
> backups are likely to be no more than 10% of the initial backup.
> The extreme case is usually not the common case.
>
> > So no, quotas are not really very big, they're just enough for the
> > average household these days. For all the flak TPG gets (and their
> > stupid lack of IPv6), I will give them credit for not having shaped
> > me in any shape way or form on their unlimited plans.
> >
> > - Z
> >
> > PS: if someone knows a provider with native IPv6 and no metering, do
> >     tell.
> >
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Links:

  1. http://www.internode.on.net/residential/broadband/product_features/power_business_packs/#Power_Pack
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