This is correct.
I meant to say that most bandwidth used by majority of any ISP in India is on typical CDN using websites/platforms like youtube/FB/OTTs etc which is basically domestic bandwidth so unless ACT customers are unique & majority of their bandwidth usage is international this FUP limit doesn't make any sense.
Customer care says no change. Asking me to check on ACT Fibernet app which shows 3300GB.
Hathway too assured me that there is no changes from their side and ask to check and when I check they do showing same package which I paid for and again after 6-12 hrs. they start showing 50% reduced FUP, they keep repeating same thing, some time even 2 times in 24 hrs and for 6 month without any shame and after that I left them.
90% of the bandwidth you consume is international at a very conservative estimate, so its a moot point
please dont jinx it, I barely get by with 3.3TB, I dunno what I'll do with half of that and I just got fiber lol
It isn't, look up CDN.
www.tubefilter.com
I know what a CDN is and net usage exists out of just OTT and streaming, you do any kind of piracy and you bet your ass most of the time its not gonna be some CDN/indian Ip you are gonna connect to, infact aside from any major site which can afford a proper CDN setup, 99% of the time you are not gonna connect to an India based IPIt isn't, look up CDN.
Content delivery network - Wikipedia
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In 2022, 65% of all internet traffic came from video sites - Tubefilter
Sandvine's latest Global Internet Phenoma Report reveals that video -- after a 24% YOY increase -- now accounts for 65% of internet traffic.
All of them uses CDN & India has a lot of CDN servers nowadays.
Piracy is not as much popular nowadays especially in India where ppl get used to Rs.50-100 per month ott plans when cheapest unlimited 4/5g plan cost 250 per month. This might come as surprise to users here but general public left piracy scene long ago in India. Nowadays even many pirate sites have started using cdn services. Most ppl in India nowadays get their content from ultra compressed files on TG channels to watch on their mobile.
let me put it this way, what do you think is a typical usage pattern for a normal family who at best streams from Netflix, Prime Video, Hotstar etc and browses facebook and whatsapp? I doubt it'll even go beyond 500 gigs/month, compare to a normal "heavy" user who downloads movies, games and in general is into piracy? can easily be double that or even triple. I am not even one of the heaviest internet users in my circle and my usage easily peaks above 2.5tb every month. Bandwidth is just a first-time investment, maintaining it is very cheap. internet is nothing but just a bunch of servers across continents connected with deep sea cables.
I am not sure what you mean to say because I am saying that majority of bandwidth usage comes via domestic bandwidth which is much cheaper compared to international bandwidth & a typical user will always mostly use domestic bandwidth as piracy contribution to bandwidth usage in India is much lower. So if an ISP reduces fup to 1500GB per month then economically it doesn't make much sense though practically most users wouldn't mind it as much.
Yes but I am only saying that economically it doesn't make sense unless majority of ACT users are niche users using more than 2TB per month.
