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what counts as a download

gerky · 2006-09-08 14:35:02

I know theres the usual music,films,software, but what else counts as downloading

08-09-2006 3:35pm

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I know theres the usual music,films,software, but what else counts as downloading

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#2 08-09-2006 3:36pm

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Websites loading... Anything that recieves and Sends informations....

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#3 08-09-2006 3:37pm

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I'd read 'downloading' as 'downstream traffic' tbh... so pretty much any data you recieve from the net.

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#4 08-09-2006 3:38pm

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any packet sent to your computer from another source, which is recieved by your modem/router

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#5 08-09-2006 3:40pm

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So does that mean just surfing is using part of a download limit

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Yes

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#7 08-09-2006 3:46pm

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Thanks for the information guys

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