Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 12:50 am
if it will be relevant it will be the easy part, it is simple code not connected to cmplicated things like managing newsgroup views or incoming header processing into the database.
i'm not sure about limiting the download data amount, but in principle we could tie speed / data volume to every time interval like 10-17 (2000MB 10Kb/s), also add combo box to limit the view to 1 week without specific dates / 1 day / 1 year with dates.
yes i see following your link they "punish" the user, so if not to follow their "rules" you are downloading less total during the day, but it is not clear whether the scheme will be common, e.g. there might be more simple scheme like after you download x MB - your speed will be limited until the rest of the day to y mbps, then in your interest to download at max speed as fast as possible and then you go at the reduced speed to maximize the total, here what they have is like crime and punishment approach.
also if you download something in the same time, e.g. some dvd .iso from the web - UE won't know that and the limit may be still exceeded, such things probably better to address on the winsock level where applications like dumeter or proxycap work, e.g. download x MB during the time interval then limit the speed to minimum to the rest of the time interval whatever application is downloading.
from other side the trend may be well lifting the restrictions as in many instances it was the case in the past.
i'm not sure about limiting the download data amount, but in principle we could tie speed / data volume to every time interval like 10-17 (2000MB 10Kb/s), also add combo box to limit the view to 1 week without specific dates / 1 day / 1 year with dates.
yes i see following your link they "punish" the user, so if not to follow their "rules" you are downloading less total during the day, but it is not clear whether the scheme will be common, e.g. there might be more simple scheme like after you download x MB - your speed will be limited until the rest of the day to y mbps, then in your interest to download at max speed as fast as possible and then you go at the reduced speed to maximize the total, here what they have is like crime and punishment approach.
also if you download something in the same time, e.g. some dvd .iso from the web - UE won't know that and the limit may be still exceeded, such things probably better to address on the winsock level where applications like dumeter or proxycap work, e.g. download x MB during the time interval then limit the speed to minimum to the rest of the time interval whatever application is downloading.
from other side the trend may be well lifting the restrictions as in many instances it was the case in the past.
