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Why would I even notice something like this?
GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
I'd rather see the bar graph than have to learn how to use a TI84 calculator...
What do we want?
The bar graph!
When do we want it?
Now!
(Is it too soon for satirical posts about skulduggery??)
maratsade wrote:GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
Well, I made it through. Only 42 minutes to go. It's the closest I've ever come, though. It's also the most data, combined, that I've ever used.
It's your duty. I heard That.
GabeU wrote:
maratsade wrote:GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
Well, I made it through. Only 42 minutes to go. It's the closest I've ever come, though. It's also the most data, combined, that I've ever used.
Well. WHAT was so darn Important that you downloaded the most data EVER for? Token - Prepaid (500MB)
Most Data EVER?
GabeU wrote:
maratsade wrote:GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
Well, I made it through. Only 42 minutes to go. It's the closest I've ever come, though. It's also the most data, combined, that I've ever used.
I went on a binge in Nov 2017 and downloaded a bunch of "flac" audio file of live concerts in '68 and early 70's.
about 4.8 Gb of Grateful Dead, 10 Gb of NRPS, another 10Gb of Gram Parsons with the Byrds, and Flying Burrito Bros, and EmmyLou Harris. Token - Prepaid (500MB) who all Gram sang with. I met Mr FAP that month Token - Prepaid (500MB) FAP wasnt so bad. I probably have more Audio files time stamped that month. I was downloading on 2 Drives so that they wouldnt over heat.
I didnt know those little tokens were hiding till just a few days ago.
So, YOU haven't met Mr FAP yet? (the cell phones made me do it)
MarkJFine wrote:- select Dead concerts. Was always tempted but never got started, 'cause I'd never stop.
I got hooked. I started in the beginning, when Napster got busted, BearShare took hold.
My BroBill said it was awesome, but there was no Bluegrass. (notice I didnt say country)
OK I'll look , found BluegrassCountry.org and they got sutdown and moved all their files to Etree.org.
(the digital version of the original tape traders of Dead Concerts.)
I came to find out........ Token - Free (500MB) that Garcia played banjo in a Caliifornia band with the name of Old & In the Way.
Who Knew? Grateful Dead played Bluegrass?
kitnbob wrote:It's your duty. I heard That.
GabeU wrote:
maratsade wrote:GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
Well, I made it through. Only 42 minutes to go. It's the closest I've ever come, though. It's also the most data, combined, that I've ever used.
Well. WHAT was so darn Important that you downloaded the most data EVER for? Token - Prepaid (500MB)
Lots and lots of speed testing, for the most part. I did a little bit of HBO Go streaming earlier in the month, too, which I normally don't do.
BTW, you have great taste in music. Though I'm not much on live tracks, save for the actual concerts, the late 60s through mid/late 70s is my favorite era for music.
Yep. I wrote something about one of my folks' dogs wanting to "consume me" everytime I go over there, but I used the word eat instead of consume, and the system bleeped it. It was absolutely hilarious.
GabeU wrote:
kitnbob wrote:It's your duty. I heard That.
Well. WHAT was so darn Important that you downloaded the most data EVER for? Token - Prepaid (500MB)
. I did a little bit of HBO Go streaming earlier in the month, too, which I normally don't do.
Before ATT aquired DirecTV, my television provider had a desktop app called Genie Go. (whole house DVR.type of thing)
was pretty buggy and ATT dropped it and removed all the help support.
The new mobile app for smart phones and tablets works good for playing the Recordings>Playlist from my DirecTV receiver
But my Desktop computer wont. Considering even the TV receiver is using the same wi-fi network as the smartphones and tabletson my HT2000w modem
My desktop is ethernet cable.
ATT&T says Desktop app For DirecTV-DVR is Coming Soon
I think I'll start a new thread and that will be the name of the Topic
I would tell my friends my name has only one "o"
It's big Bob, not big **bleep**
Since this is a non-tech area, is this not an area to
post a message including all the objectional words I can think of,
Just to test out their script??? :smileyhappy:
pretty sure there are three of us with enough Brit vernacular to muster a few they hadn't thought of yet.
Happy New Year All!
GabeU wrote:
kitnbob wrote:It's your duty. I heard That.
GabeU wrote:
maratsade wrote:GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
Well, I made it through. Only 42 minutes to go. It's the closest I've ever come, though. It's also the most data, combined, that I've ever used.
I got VERY close to using all my data Plan in Dec,and I noticed THIS;Looks to me like I needed 64 MB and they gave me CHANGE back from a3000 MB Token. :smileysurprised:I would start a new topic in Tech Support to address this. With that said, though, I don't know if the data remaining for a particular date is what's remaining at the end of the date or the beginning. To have the system go into FAP while you still have data left would be odd, to say the least. It's possible that the reps can look back in your history to see if you went into FAP, and when, and if it was due to a glitch or actually running out of data.
I'll keep a look out for your topic and make sure to follow it if/when I see it, as I'm curious which is the case. I know that the graph can be a pain when looking at the current day due to to it updating very oddly, but with past days it should be accurate. Again, though, I'm not sure from which time of day it's reflecting the remaining data. And the data shown as used on the 12th reflects very little usage, as well. A head scratcher, for sure.
kitnbob wrote:Looks to me like I needed 64 MB and they gave me CHANGE back from a3000 MB Token. :smileysurprised:GabeU Always gives thoughtfull replies, which I was not expecting for this silly post. The time of day does have bearing on when FAP occurs. I Do know I enter my Bonus Zone data before you do Gabe.
I find that the graphs provided with the Usage meter are not as accurate as the ones found in myHughesNet> My Account> Usage. The Usage meter graphs (my snips) are rounded up or down ie; "Tokens Remaining" 5.9 GB rather than 5936 MB.
Because I used data from two different sources, It looks odd, "Head scratcher"
In the old days, instead of "Billing cycle" 11 Days remaining
I used to read something like 10 days, 13 hours and 44 mins.
Back then, we could watch it to the very end, and resume our download.
Kinda like waiting for the last 15 seconds to increase my bid in an EBay auction. :-)
kitnbob wrote:The time of day does have bearing on when FAP occurs. I Do know I enter my Bonus Zone data before you do Gabe.
Why would the time of day have a bearing on when FAP occurs? Other than 2:00AM to 8:00AM if you have Bonus data, of course. And with when you enter the Bonuz Zone, I enter mine at 2AM Eastern Time.
kitnbob wrote:Kinda like waiting for the last 15 seconds to increase my bid in an EBay auction. :-)
Years ago I got into a bidding war for a PC game (CD) on eBay. Somehow, even with the latency, and going back and forth up until the last seconds, I won. I got the game for something like $6.40. We kept increasing out bids by five or ten cents, but my last bid was raised by $2 in the last couple of seconds, so I got it. :p
GabeU wrote:
kitnbob wrote:The time of day does have bearing on when FAP occurs. I Do know I enter my Bonus Zone data before you do Gabe.
Why would the time of day have a bearing on when FAP occurs? Other than 2:00AM to 8:00AM if you have Bonus data, of course. And with when you enter the Bonuz Zone, I enter mine at 2AM Eastern Time.
My bad. I was thinkin that you were west coast.
Im a Virginia hill billy. In the hills out of cell coverage.
kitnbob wrote:Im a Virginia hill billy. In the hills out of cell coverage.
Virginia is my second home. If I ever had the chance to move back there, I would. I grew up and now again live in Western NY State, but in 1993 I moved to Northern VA and absolutely loved it. I ended up moving to MD in 2000, then back here in 2002, but I would absolutely love to live in VA again someday. I miss it terribly. Northern VA is a melting pot of people. People from just about every part of the world you can think of. It was amazing. And there were a lot of great job opportunities there, as well. I lived in Manassas and worked in Manassas and Fairfax. When I moved to MD, OTOH, I hated it. Perhaps it was just the area (Hagerstown) that I didn't like.
My brother moved to VA a couple of years before I did, which is why I went down in the first place. He's still there, though in southern VA now.
My cell coverage here is okay, at best. Most of the time just one or two bars, but on a really clear day and in just the right spot I can get three. Not really a problem for talking and texting, but trying to use the data is a bit rough. 5Mbps or so is about the best I've seen with my phone, but it's usually around 2Mbps.
