Looking to cap bandwidth per member, per day - GoFuckYourself.com

bean-aid · 04-26-2012, 04:13 PM

What is a good way to do this? I already have multiple IP login protection and looking for some of the more popular ways to prevent the member name from exceeding a set GB transfer in a 24 hour period.

Thanks

garce · 04-26-2012, 04:19 PM

Don't charge people for membership? If you charge people and cap their bandwidth, then... ooo... yeah. Ok.

Go ahead with that plan. Its always worked out well in the past.

BareBacked · 04-26-2012, 04:20 PM

Bandwith is cheap getting new members is not

bean-aid · 04-26-2012, 04:30 PM

Still looking. Something is amiss, or my password sharing prevention is not working.

350 gigs, mostly 1 user, nah... that's not normal on a streaming website.

signupdamnit · 04-26-2012, 04:31 PM

I've never used it but you might look more into this and see if it does what you need.

http://sysdesign.pl/mod_cband/

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Features

Lightweight bandwidth limiting module for Apache2
per-user bandwidth limiting
per-virtualhost bandwidth limiting
per-destination bandwidth limiting
Limiting:
Bandwidth total usage (bandwidth quota)
Maximal download speed (bandwidth throttling)
Maximal requests-per-second speed
Maximal simultanous IP connections
Support for virtualhosts
Support for defined users
Support for /cband-status handler
Support for /cband-status-me handler

Fat Panda · 04-26-2012, 04:31 PM

capping paying customers? thankfully netflix doesnt do this to me

mikesouth · 04-26-2012, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by SAC

capping paying customers? thankfully netflix doesnt do this to me

netflix doesnt but your isp does probably

Bladewire · 04-26-2012, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by beaner

Something is amiss, or my password sharing prevention is not working.

What's the site?

I think StrongBox by Raymor might be able to help.

garce · 04-26-2012, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mikesouth

netflix doesnt but your isp does probably

In which country? You pay, you download. You want to download more? You pay more.

Not like it used to be, but it is what it is.

babymaker · 04-26-2012, 04:44 PM

Best not to cap a paying user, thats just annoying, and they can goto a tube for free and not get capped. If they used 350 gigs maybe your password sharing is not working, see if you can fix that before losing a member

raymor · 04-26-2012, 05:16 PM

Throttlebox is for doing INTELLIGENT control of bandwidth and ripping. For example, Throttlebox knows the difference between pics and videos and applies appropriate controls for each.

bean-aid · 04-26-2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by raymor

Throttlebox is for doing INTELLIGENT control of bandwidth and ripping. For example, Throttlebox knows the difference between pics and videos and applies appropriate controls for each.

Sent you an email a little bit ago

AdultEUhost · 04-26-2012, 06:22 PM

I mean 350 gigs in a month is like what 2 megabit?
That should cost you less than the actual membership
I really think you are trying to save money on the wrong thing here

If you do want to go through with this, track download counts per user as that will give you more insight about what is happening

MrMaxwell · 04-26-2012, 06:33 PM

That is a terrible idea. That guy could forget to keep using his membership and rebill for months. Even if he keeps using it, the bandwidth shouldn't cost you as much as he's paying. Leave the guy alone.

Maybe you could put some upsells and other ads in the member area for users who go crazy using bandwidth? Or switch them to using cheaper bandwidth? Never sacrifice members for using BW unless it's a lot more than that !!!

MrMaxwell · 04-26-2012, 06:37 PM

You can at _least_ look and see for _sure_ it was all done from one IP .. right?

scubadiver626 · 04-26-2012, 07:05 PM

Apache can also limit the number of simultaneous downloads.

ruff · 04-26-2012, 07:10 PM

I had the same problem when someone would hit my feeds for a couple of hundred gig in less than 24 hours. If you are paying for video feeds and some dude hits you for that kind of bandwidth useage you sure as hell ain't recovering the cost from his membership any time soon.

MrMaxwell · 04-26-2012, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by scubadiver626

Apache can also limit the number of simultaneous downloads.

That is a good idea.

MrMaxwell · 04-26-2012, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ruff

I had the same problem when someone would hit my feeds for a couple of hundred gig in less than 24 hours. If you are paying for video feeds and some dude hits you for that kind of bandwidth useage you sure as hell ain't recovering the cost from his membership any time soon.

That's not the same as 350gb in a month though

raymor · 04-26-2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by AdultEUhost

I mean 350 gigs in a month is like what 2 megabit?
That should cost you less than the actual membership
I really think you are trying to save money on the wrong thing here

If you do want to go through with this, track download counts per user as that will give you more insight about what is happening

Yeah Throttlebox tracks counts and bandwidth. Bandwidth is one said of it. The other side of it is, do you think the guy downloading 350 GB overnight is jacking off 300 hours a day, or posting those hundreds of vids to all the tubes? I'd rather not have him posting 350GB of MY content on the tubes, so I don't see any reason he needs to download that much overnight.

I wonder if Netflix will really let you download a hundred full length films in one night? Ever tried it? Done right, the controls would never be seen by normal customers. Only the people totally abusing the system see their downloads slowed.

bean-aid · 04-26-2012, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell

That's not the same as 350gb in a month though

350 gig was just today

MrMaxwell · 04-26-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by beaner

350 gig was just today

For the love of christ disable that account NOW

Bladewire · 04-26-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by beaner

350 gig was just today

Do you have scrapers and bad bots blocked in your .htaccess ?

bean-aid · 04-26-2012, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Squirtit

Do you have scrapers and bad bots blocked in your .htaccess ?

i've changed the username that I thought was the problem. It has stopped the leak on BW.

The fix is coming shortly.

Yngwie · 04-26-2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mikesouth

netflix doesnt but your isp does probably

Mine doesn't with the package that I have. I'm on a 20mbps down/1mbps up package and I'm uncapped. If I upgrade to the 40/2 or 100/5 package then I would have a cap, but I'm happy with my 20/1 uncapped internet.

04-26-2012, 04:13 PM	#1
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AdultEUhost ORLY? Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NL & US Posts: 2,579	I mean 350 gigs in a month is like what 2 megabit? That should cost you less than the actual membership I really think you are trying to save money on the wrong thing here If you do want to go through with this, track download counts per user as that will give you more insight about what is happening __________________ ICQ: 267-443-722 / leon [at] adulteuhost [dotcom] Nominated for an XBIZ Award as "Webhost of the Year" in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014

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garce Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Toronto Posts: 7,103	Don't charge people for membership? If you charge people and cap their bandwidth, then... ooo... yeah. Ok. Go ahead with that plan. Its always worked out well in the past.

04-26-2012, 04:30 PM	#4
bean-aid So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: the land of woke sleuths Posts: 16,493	Still looking. Something is amiss, or my password sharing prevention is not working. 350 gigs, mostly 1 user, nah... that's not normal on a streaming website.

04-26-2012, 04:31 PM	#6
Fat Panda Porn is Dead. Move along. Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 13,295	capping paying customers? thankfully netflix doesnt do this to me

04-26-2012, 06:33 PM	#14
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	That is a terrible idea. That guy could forget to keep using his membership and rebill for months. Even if he keeps using it, the bandwidth shouldn't cost you as much as he's paying. Leave the guy alone. Maybe you could put some upsells and other ads in the member area for users who go crazy using bandwidth? Or switch them to using cheaper bandwidth? Never sacrifice members for using BW unless it's a lot more than that !!!

04-26-2012, 06:37 PM	#15
MrMaxwell Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 10,057	You can at _least_ look and see for _sure_ it was all done from one IP .. right?

04-26-2012, 07:05 PM	#16
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04-26-2012, 07:10 PM	#17
ruff I have a plan B Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Seattle - Miami - St Kitts Posts: 5,501	I had the same problem when someone would hit my feeds for a couple of hundred gig in less than 24 hours. If you are paying for video feeds and some dude hits you for that kind of bandwidth useage you sure as hell ain't recovering the cost from his membership any time soon. __________________ CryptoFeeds