Streaming Media?

[Samslice12]

Hey,

I'm just wondering, if I am streaming media eg. Movies, Music, Pictures, over my wireless network would this contribute to my monthly download quota?

I wouldn't assume that it would, but I just wanna make sure.

 

[r.j.s]

Yes.

 

[Sambo110]

No it wouldn't. If your streaming to, say, another Mac using Airport it wouldn't use your quota.

 

[r.j.s]

No it wouldn't. If your streaming to, say, another Mac using Airport it wouldn't use your quota.

Correct, it that case it wouldn't, but streaming from anywhere else would.

 

[Sambo110]

But he said over his wireless networks, so I would assume it is from one computer to another.

 

[MacBook.Matt]

I've heard that an hour of flash video can total at 1 GB of streamed data. The College I'm heading to next year has a 10GB per week limit, so that sort of blows....

Perhaps there are workarounds. Like maybe if you were to stream media from a Network Attatched Storage drive from your home to wherever you are now, it would take up less of your quota. But I don't really know.