New Bandwidth Monitor Question

[wh7qq]

For the first time since the new monitor was put online, I did a major download one evening last week, carefully timed to hit inside the free access period. It was completed within the alotted time (my modem is on a clock that shuts it off before the free period ends and my browser shows Local and NY time in its status bar). The next day, my account was showing the entire 930 M download. I haven't been FAP'd or warned yet but I wonder if they are showing ALL usage on the graph now or is the free period gone?

[atqak]

you don't mention what actual time, in what time zone this happened.

were you aware of the change recent?

the east coast reference time has shifted to everyone's own time zone

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=391

if you're aware, and that download got tally'd, thanks for the warning

[wh7qq]

I am very aware of the time differences. I use foxclocks on my browser page to keep track of local (Honolulu), LA, NY and UTC time. I started the download well after 6 PM local and the download was completed before my system shutdown occurred at 11 PM, so I was well within the "free" period. Foxclocks (Firefox addon) does track daylight time changes properly and as I use ntp updating for my OS, my computer time is accurate. BTW, we don't do daylight time here.

[atqak]

i wasn't referencing time zone differences

the newer policy gives unmonitored use between midnight local, wherever you are, untill 6am local

no longer 12 to 6 east coast time, except for people with east coast zip codes

all users, midnight to 6 am, their local time

i only mention this because you mentioned (local time) as reference to your large download

[WebUser]

I started the download well after 6 PM local and the download was completed before my system shutdown occurred at 11 PM, so I was well within the "free" period.

You started 6 hours too early. The policy change is being discussed here: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=391

[bjnolley]

Isn't it that Hawaii doesn't do STANDARD time, but remains on daylights savings time year round?

AZ, on the other hand, doesn't do Daylight Savings Time, but remains on Standard time year round.

[wh7qq]

Barb,

To the best of my knowledge, HI is standard time year round...not daylight time. No point in daylight time this far south...the difference in summer and winter day length is not that great.

Nice of SB to communicate changes of policy with us but I guess they aren't being real hard-nosed about enforcing right now because I haven't been capped.

[bjnolley]

Officially, it's Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time (HST), but you are correct that it is the equivalent of standard time.

It's 2 hours further west than Pacific time ... -10 GMT vs -8 ... and when the west coast is on standard time, it is a 2 hour difference!

[wh7qq]

Quite so. We are at -157 degrees longitude. Each time zone is 15 degrees (360/24) wide so we are at -10 hrs from UTC which has no daylight time either

[UgashikBob]

Wh7:
My lat long is 57 34 14-157 00 18 and we are -9 from UTC. ADT or Alaska Daylight Time is around 19 hours about now.

[wh7qq]

As you go around the world, some of those boundaries aren't strictlylongitude based. Politics raised its ugly head. Gerrymandered time zones, who'd a thought? Those bozo's will screw with anything.

-157.23, 21.18, UTC -10 hrs

[Ag2000CO]

Politics raised its ugly head. Gerrymandered time zones, who'd a thought? Those bozo's will screw with anything.

Arizona come to mind.

[Don Pedro]

Arizona come to mind.

LOU!