Out of frying pans, into fires

Fox Business news reports that Verizon may be interested in purchasing Netflix.Verizon also announced plans to buy wireless spectrum from ComCast, TimeWarner, and Brighthouse.

CATV is no longer where it's at. Virgin Media admitted they earn more from their Internet services than from TV in an SEC filing. Naturally: they pay content licenses to supply that service.  Content cost is pushed onto the consumer, who's licensing directly from studios or indirectly from Netflix, Amazon, Vudu, or whomever.

More consumers are watching shows on gaming consoles and other appliances.  Sony is thinking about starting its own TV content service.  Given the break-ins on Sony's Playstation Network, they may wish to harden their systems first.

Interesting times.

What will AT&T be doing?  Probably sending yet another "Please buy our U-verse TV" letter.

Thank you, NBC

Thank you NBC for streaming USC v. Notre Dame today.

We will watch just about any grade video and even the same crummy ad that airs one hundred eighty-five times per game (can't NBC sell ad time to more than one company?) in order to see this game. That NBC streams High-Definition video is just flat excellent.

What's interesting: the costly $60 month television package from U-verse. AT&T is trying to be a cable television company, selling bundles of channels, at a flat rate. It's just like the record companies selling entire albums for $16-$20 when the customer really wanted one or two songs, then wondering why file sharing destroyed their market.

We don't really want a business relationship with a cable TV provider, or, for that matter, a TV channel. We want to watch The Game, see The Movie or The Show, or hear The Music. U-verse is a means to an end. The fewer companies between the consumer and the consumed, the better.

NBC gets it. At least for now.

Netflix Nixes Qwikster

What's going on, Netflix?  Three weeks almost to the day later, and perhaps after Reed Hastings smoked a different bowl, Netflix nixes Qwikster:

Weirdly, Netflix didn't begin its backtrack with "I messed up," the preferred language for an apologia at the company (a, b, c). And no long-winded, rambling explanation, either. The message is signed "The Netflix Team", although the official blog post is singly signed "Reed".

This move comes after a weekend of intermittent downtime:

The we-are-betting-the-company-on-it streaming service becomes unavailable at 9pm Saturday night?

At this point, investors should be wondering who on the Netflix board "messed up" by keeping these guys around.

What's going on, Netflix?

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Update: a detail article from The Wall Street Journal at 1:40 EDT / 10:40 PDT.

Netflix Meiosis

Reed Hastings emailed a mea culpa about how Netflix handled last July's price changes that lost a million customers. He used the message further to announce Netflix will divide itself into a DVD service, Qwikster, and a streaming service, Netflix.

A great move for Netflix's cost structure, but customers lose one key service: the integration between disk and online queues. Having a movie show up in either queue is extremely helpful. Now queues require separate management. The joy of suddenly discovering a buried disk has become available on Watch Instantly is gone, too.

Not good, Mr. Hastings.

HD streaming works poorly due to Silverlight's janky integration. Streaming videos have been hanging, off and on, on the LG Blu-Ray player. And many of the transfers to the streaming service are, to put it mildly, crude. Black and white movies are often so compressed they're unwatchable (Murnau's Nosferatu, for example).

Could it get worse? Well, the new service's name, Qwikster, sounds like Amway's multi-level marketing scam Quixtar. Customers are unamused:

Upsets Users Further - PC World
"Quickstupid" - CBS News
Comments at WSJ's article site - Wall Street Journal (may require subscription)

Ask not for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for Reed.

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From: Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix [mailto:info@netflix.com]
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 12:04 AM
Subject: An Explanation and Some Reflections

Dear Karl, I messed up. I owe you an explanation. It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. Let me explain what we are doing. For the past five years, my greatest fear at Netflix has been that we wouldn't make the leap from success in DVDs to success in streaming. Most companies that are great at something – like AOL dialup or Borders bookstores – do not become great at new things people want (streaming for us). So we moved quickly into streaming, but I should have personally given you a full explanation of why we are splitting the services and thereby increasing prices. It wouldn’t have changed the price increase, but it would have been the right thing to do. So here is what we are doing and why. Many members love our DVD service, as I do, because nearly every movie ever made is published on DVD. DVD is a great option for those who want the huge and comprehensive selection of movies. I also love our streaming service because it is integrated into my TV, and I can watch anytime I want. The benefits of our streaming service are really quite different from the benefits of DVD by mail. We need to focus on rapid improvement as streaming technology and the market evolves, without maintaining compatibility with our DVD by mail service. So we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are really becoming two different businesses, with very different cost structures, that need to be marketed differently, and we need to let each grow and operate independently. It’s hard to write this after over 10 years of mailing DVDs with pride, but we think it is necessary: In a few weeks, we will rename our DVD by mail service to “Qwikster”. We chose the name Qwikster because it refers to quick delivery. We will keep the name “Netflix” for streaming. Qwikster will be the same website and DVD service that everyone is used to. It is just a new name, and DVD members will go to qwikster.com to access their DVD queues and choose movies. One improvement we will make at launch is to add a video games upgrade option, similar to our upgrade option for Blu-ray, for those who want to rent Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 games. Members have been asking for video games for many years, but now that DVD by mail has its own team, we are finally getting it done. Other improvements will follow. A negative of the renaming and separation is that the Qwikster.com and Netflix.com websites will not be integrated. There are no pricing changes (we’re done with that!). If you subscribe to both services you will have two entries on your credit card statement, one for Qwikster and one for Netflix. The total will be the same as your current charges. We will let you know in a few weeks when the Qwikster.com website is up and ready. For me the Netflix red envelope has always been a source of joy. The new envelope is still that lovely red, but now it will have a Qwikster logo. I know that logo will grow on me over time, but still, it is hard. I imagine it will be similar for many of you. I want to acknowledge and thank you for sticking with us, and to apologize again to those members, both current and former, who felt we treated them thoughtlessly. Both the Qwikster and Netflix teams will work hard to regain your trust. We know it will not be overnight. Actions speak louder than words. But words help people to understand actions. Respectfully yours, -Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO, Netflix p.s. I have a slightly longer explanation along with a video posted on our blog, where you can also post comments.

How's that Bandwidth Cap Workin' Out for Ya?

The little data collection tool has been up and running since last Spring. Have we approached our bandwidth "cap" yet?

Nope. Not even close.

Over all, after three months of continuous use since June, including seeing all four seasons (52 hours) of Mad Men and having the data-happy kids home, total consumption is just now bumping up against AT&T's 250GB monthly limit. Total bytes consumed after three months: 232,538,256,086.  That's in line with the earlier estimates of about 70-80GB/month from last Spring.

The modem's data counts were reset June 15, which explains the funky numbers there (the daily usage algorithm computes the difference between samples, then sums). Errors rates edged up, especially in mid-July, but nothing visible to the users.

If AT&T offered roll-over gigabytes, I'd take 'em.  Too bad they cannot be resold.

Time to Skype the kid in Edinburgh.

+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+
| Day        | Sent/Recv | Bytes       | GB      | Packets  | Errs |
+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+
| 2011-04-14 | Receive   |   471170071 |  0.4712 |  1248297 |    0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Transmit  |   261420116 |  0.2614 |   564405 |    0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Total     |   732590187 |  0.7326 |  1812702 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Receive   |   770363944 |  0.7704 |  1006855 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Transmit  |    71026822 |  0.0710 |   520748 |    0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Total     |   841390766 |  0.8414 |  1527603 |    0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Receive   |   609502238 |  0.6095 |   722370 |    1 |
| 2011-04-16 | Transmit  |    57294972 |  0.0573 |   361775 |    0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Total     |   666797210 |  0.6668 |  1084145 |    1 |
| 2011-04-17 | Receive   |   318645844 |  0.3186 |   291616 |    2 |
| 2011-04-17 | Transmit  |    39332970 |  0.0393 |   175203 |    0 |
| 2011-04-17 | Total     |   357978814 |  0.3580 |   466819 |    2 |
| 2011-04-18 | Receive   |   299281224 |  0.2993 |   666078 |    0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Transmit  |    58786871 |  0.0588 |   353637 |    0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Total     |   358068095 |  0.3581 |  1019715 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Receive   |   886435986 |  0.8864 |  1560230 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Transmit  |   711104440 |  0.7111 |   994422 |    0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Total     |  1597540426 |  1.5975 |  2554652 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Receive   |   699685659 |  0.6997 |   637560 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Transmit  |    56879398 |  0.0569 |   337293 |    0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Total     |   756565057 |  0.7566 |   974853 |    0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Receive   |   455349013 |  0.4553 |   602567 |    1 |
| 2011-04-21 | Transmit  |    86789917 |  0.0868 |   324296 |    0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Total     |   542138930 |  0.5421 |   926863 |    1 |
| 2011-04-22 | Receive   |   440903082 |  0.4409 |   770886 |    0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Transmit  |    61319206 |  0.0613 |   396483 |    0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Total     |   502222288 |  0.5022 |  1167369 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Receive   |   128387865 |  0.1284 |   202243 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Transmit  |    32450548 |  0.0325 |   115669 |    0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Total     |   160838413 |  0.1608 |   317912 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Receive   |   357397478 |  0.3574 |   391484 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Transmit  |    45117822 |  0.0451 |   224438 |    0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Total     |   402515300 |  0.4025 |   615922 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Receive   |   460476990 |  0.4605 |   508043 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Transmit  |    64078588 |  0.0641 |   302462 |    0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Total     |   524555578 |  0.5246 |   810505 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Receive   |   868455813 |  0.8685 |   910591 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Transmit  |    74527520 |  0.0745 |   460094 |    0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Total     |   942983333 |  0.9430 |  1370685 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Receive   |   286835580 |  0.2868 |   348551 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Transmit  |    48691431 |  0.0487 |   206843 |    0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Total     |   335527011 |  0.3355 |   555394 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Receive   |   759490405 |  0.7595 |   771587 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Transmit  |    64131207 |  0.0641 |   390037 |    0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Total     |   823621612 |  0.8236 |  1161624 |    0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Receive   |  1855420924 |  1.8554 |  2576866 |    1 |
| 2011-04-29 | Transmit  |   417368072 |  0.4174 |  1150840 |    0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Total     |  2272788996 |  2.2728 |  3727706 |    1 |
| 2011-04-30 | Receive   |  2854764859 |  2.8548 |  2329114 |    0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Transmit  |   140898052 |  0.1409 |  1331942 |    0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Total     |  2995662911 |  2.9957 |  3661056 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Receive   |   583554982 |  0.5836 |   646801 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Transmit  |    47077335 |  0.0471 |   293666 |    0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Total     |   630632317 |  0.6306 |   940467 |    0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Receive   |   466536624 |  0.4665 |   662741 |    1 |
| 2011-05-02 | Transmit  |    66079056 |  0.0661 |   387335 |    0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Total     |   532615680 |  0.5326 |  1050076 |    1 |
| 2011-05-03 | Receive   |   378680686 |  0.3787 |   569635 |    0 |
| 2011-05-03 | Transmit  |    63654531 |  0.0637 |   351607 |    0 |
| 2011-05-03 | Total     |   442335217 |  0.4423 |   921242 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Receive   |  1592164459 |  1.5922 |  1320459 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Transmit  |    83777493 |  0.0838 |   730119 |    0 |
| 2011-05-04 | Total     |  1675941952 |  1.6759 |  2050578 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Receive   |   396790572 |  0.3968 |   546411 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Transmit  |    49274151 |  0.0493 |   296962 |    0 |
| 2011-05-05 | Total     |   446064723 |  0.4461 |   843373 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Receive   |  1434557508 |  1.4346 |  1295653 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Transmit  |   101443496 |  0.1014 |   732327 |    0 |
| 2011-05-06 | Total     |  1536001004 |  1.5360 |  2027980 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Receive   |   282229840 |  0.2822 |   406471 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Transmit  |    41005616 |  0.0410 |   235368 |    0 |
| 2011-05-07 | Total     |   323235456 |  0.3232 |   641839 |    0 |
| 2011-05-08 | Receive   |   361199286 |  0.3612 |   619845 |    1 |
| 2011-05-08 | Transmit  |    62766368 |  0.0628 |   344972 |    0 |
| 2011-05-08 | Total     |   423965654 |  0.4240 |   964817 |    1 |
| 2011-05-09 | Receive   |   341532108 |  0.3415 |   635683 |    1 |
| 2011-05-09 | Transmit  |    73219745 |  0.0732 |   341123 |    0 |
| 2011-05-09 | Total     |   414751853 |  0.4148 |   976806 |    1 |
| 2011-05-10 | Receive   |   432701189 |  0.4327 |   717430 |    0 |
| 2011-05-10 | Transmit  |    72765336 |  0.0728 |   407560 |    0 |
| 2011-05-10 | Total     |   505466525 |  0.5055 |  1124990 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Receive   |   845331724 |  0.8453 |  1061510 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Transmit  |    81638180 |  0.0816 |   546953 |    0 |
| 2011-05-11 | Total     |   926969904 |  0.9270 |  1608463 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Receive   |   560908774 |  0.5609 |   801810 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Transmit  |    63134964 |  0.0631 |   408543 |    0 |
| 2011-05-12 | Total     |   624043738 |  0.6240 |  1210353 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Receive   |   546820346 |  0.5468 |   643467 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Transmit  |    54640805 |  0.0546 |   355298 |    0 |
| 2011-05-13 | Total     |   601461151 |  0.6015 |   998765 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Receive   |   149149633 |  0.1491 |   101316 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Transmit  |    22674813 |  0.0227 |    62761 |    0 |
| 2011-05-14 | Total     |   171824446 |  0.1718 |   164077 |    0 |
| 2011-05-15 | Receive   |    93382326 |  0.0934 |   201339 |    1 |
| 2011-05-15 | Transmit  |    64047076 |  0.0640 |   141985 |    0 |
| 2011-05-15 | Total     |   157429402 |  0.1574 |   343324 |    1 |
| 2011-05-16 | Receive   |  2379626549 |  2.3796 |  2210588 |    0 |
| 2011-05-16 | Transmit  |   144663032 |  0.1447 |  1176819 |    0 |
| 2011-05-16 | Total     |  2524289581 |  2.5243 |  3387407 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Receive   |   673030053 |  0.6730 |  1706669 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Transmit  |   350926239 |  0.3509 |   764458 |    0 |
| 2011-05-17 | Total     |  1023956292 |  1.0240 |  2471127 |    0 |
| 2011-05-18 | Receive   |  2032934178 |  2.0329 |  2469678 |    1 |
| 2011-05-18 | Transmit  |   189400169 |  0.1894 |  1541877 |    0 |
| 2011-05-18 | Total     |  2222334347 |  2.2223 |  4011555 |    1 |
| 2011-05-19 | Receive   |  4104686610 |  4.1047 |  3324064 |    1 |
| 2011-05-19 | Transmit  |   175923287 |  0.1759 |  1808105 |    0 |
| 2011-05-19 | Total     |  4280609897 |  4.2806 |  5132169 |    1 |
| 2011-05-20 | Receive   |  1450063962 |  1.4501 |  1305519 |    0 |
| 2011-05-20 | Transmit  |    97461276 |  0.0975 |   689472 |    0 |
| 2011-05-20 | Total     |  1547525238 |  1.5475 |  1994991 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Receive   |  1414399265 |  1.4144 |  1320779 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Transmit  |    90965248 |  0.0910 |   690815 |    0 |
| 2011-05-21 | Total     |  1505364513 |  1.5054 |  2011594 |    0 |
| 2011-05-22 | Receive   |  4780218166 |  4.7802 |  3665725 |    1 |
| 2011-05-22 | Transmit  |   202910155 |  0.2029 |  2138268 |    1 |
| 2011-05-22 | Total     |  4983128321 |  4.9831 |  5803993 |    2 |
| 2011-05-23 | Receive   |   976935372 |  0.9769 |   983515 |    1 |
| 2011-05-23 | Transmit  |    82334527 |  0.0823 |   536075 |    0 |
| 2011-05-23 | Total     |  1059269899 |  1.0593 |  1519590 |    1 |
| 2011-05-24 | Receive   |  2637804453 |  2.6378 |  2632852 |    1 |
| 2011-05-24 | Transmit  |   221401402 |  0.2214 |  1721072 |    0 |
| 2011-05-24 | Total     |  2859205855 |  2.8592 |  4353924 |    1 |
| 2011-05-25 | Receive   |   891655984 |  0.8917 |   963312 |    0 |
| 2011-05-25 | Transmit  |    89785313 |  0.0898 |   559208 |    0 |
| 2011-05-25 | Total     |   981441297 |  0.9814 |  1522520 |    0 |
| 2011-05-26 | Receive   |  2216154272 |  2.2162 |  1758582 |    1 |
| 2011-05-26 | Transmit  |    92903364 |  0.0929 |   855350 |    0 |
| 2011-05-26 | Total     |  2309057636 |  2.3091 |  2613932 |    1 |
| 2011-05-27 | Receive   |  4075890763 |  4.0759 |  3212220 |    0 |
| 2011-05-27 | Transmit  |   198678032 |  0.1987 |  1989356 |    0 |
| 2011-05-27 | Total     |  4274568795 |  4.2746 |  5201576 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Receive   |  2343819157 |  2.3438 |  1965761 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Transmit  |   132977014 |  0.1330 |  1096609 |    0 |
| 2011-05-28 | Total     |  2476796171 |  2.4768 |  3062370 |    0 |
| 2011-05-29 | Receive   |  2314403635 |  2.3144 |  2509887 |    3 |
| 2011-05-29 | Transmit  |   331383134 |  0.3314 |  1216661 |    0 |
| 2011-05-29 | Total     |  2645786769 |  2.6458 |  3726548 |    3 |
| 2011-05-30 | Receive   |  6322985993 |  6.3230 |  5131655 |    1 |
| 2011-05-30 | Transmit  |   415216398 |  0.4152 |  2896723 |    0 |
| 2011-05-30 | Total     |  6738202391 |  6.7382 |  8028378 |    1 |
| 2011-05-31 | Receive   |   725025552 |  0.7250 |  1326666 |    0 |
| 2011-05-31 | Transmit  |   152411272 |  0.1524 |   857189 |    0 |
| 2011-05-31 | Total     |   877436824 |  0.8774 |  2183855 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Receive   |   594546924 |  0.5945 |   742196 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Transmit  |    68555369 |  0.0686 |   426392 |    0 |
| 2011-06-01 | Total     |   663102293 |  0.6631 |  1168588 |    0 |
| 2011-06-02 | Receive   |  2469528472 |  2.4695 |  2940411 |    2 |
| 2011-06-02 | Transmit  |   352639658 |  0.3526 |  1338015 |    0 |
| 2011-06-02 | Total     |  2822168130 |  2.8222 |  4278426 |    2 |
| 2011-06-03 | Receive   |  5974894368 |  5.9749 |  5013740 |    0 |
| 2011-06-03 | Transmit  |   420068493 |  0.4201 |  2785938 |    0 |
| 2011-06-03 | Total     |  6394962861 |  6.3950 |  7799678 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Receive   |   155373333 |  0.1554 |   302439 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Transmit  |    42884151 |  0.0429 |   161493 |    0 |
| 2011-06-04 | Total     |   198257484 |  0.1983 |   463932 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Receive   |   660211496 |  0.6602 |  1740578 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Transmit  |   321523979 |  0.3215 |   663521 |    0 |
| 2011-06-05 | Total     |   981735475 |  0.9817 |  2404099 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Receive   |  2607284252 |  2.6073 |  5061103 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Transmit  |   853621492 |  0.8536 |  1978341 |    0 |
| 2011-06-06 | Total     |  3460905744 |  3.4609 |  7039444 |    0 |
| 2011-06-07 | Receive   |   936541155 |  0.9365 |   999774 |    2 |
| 2011-06-07 | Transmit  |    75305536 |  0.0753 |   530449 |    0 |
| 2011-06-07 | Total     |  1011846691 |  1.0118 |  1530223 |    2 |
| 2011-06-08 | Receive   |  2207812468 |  2.2078 |  2012026 |    1 |
| 2011-06-08 | Transmit  |   133046854 |  0.1330 |  1014339 |    0 |
| 2011-06-08 | Total     |  2340859322 |  2.3409 |  3026365 |    1 |
| 2011-06-09 | Receive   |  3830780367 |  3.8308 |  3047265 |    1 |
| 2011-06-09 | Transmit  |   185121842 |  0.1851 |  1680558 |    0 |
| 2011-06-09 | Total     |  4015902209 |  4.0159 |  4727823 |    1 |
| 2011-06-10 | Receive   |   623743123 |  0.6237 |   949928 |    0 |
| 2011-06-10 | Transmit  |   116345435 |  0.1163 |   599908 |    0 |
| 2011-06-10 | Total     |   740088558 |  0.7401 |  1549836 |    0 |
| 2011-06-11 | Receive   |   786699365 |  0.7867 |  1104639 |    1 |
| 2011-06-11 | Transmit  |   137098497 |  0.1371 |   813190 |    0 |
| 2011-06-11 | Total     |   923797862 |  0.9238 |  1917829 |    1 |
| 2011-06-12 | Receive   |   383916197 |  0.3839 |   601228 |    0 |
| 2011-06-12 | Transmit  |   118259985 |  0.1183 |   500213 |    0 |
| 2011-06-12 | Total     |   502176182 |  0.5022 |  1101441 |    0 |
| 2011-06-13 | Receive   |  1114791807 |  1.1148 |  1354618 |    1 |
| 2011-06-13 | Transmit  |   138792339 |  0.1388 |   866702 |    0 |
| 2011-06-13 | Total     |  1253584146 |  1.2536 |  2221320 |    1 |
| 2011-06-14 | Receive   |  3265190799 |  3.2652 |  2581598 |    0 |
| 2011-06-14 | Transmit  |   209718771 |  0.2097 |  1590595 |    0 |
| 2011-06-14 | Total     |  3474909570 |  3.4749 |  4172193 |    0 |
| 2011-06-15 | Receive   |  -92998001206 |  -92.9980 |  -97459182 |  -28 |
| 2011-06-15 | Transmit  | -9900724263 | -9.9007 |  -53251544 |   -1 |
| 2011-06-15 | Total     | -102898725469 | -102.8987 | -150710726 |  -29 |
| 2011-06-16 | Receive   |  5723908823 |  5.7239 |  7736825 |    0 |
| 2011-06-16 | Transmit  |   325807401 |  0.3258 |  3872121 |    0 |
| 2011-06-16 | Total     |  6049716224 |  6.0497 | 11608946 |    0 |
| 2011-06-17 | Receive   |  5200115751 |  5.2001 |  3792438 |    1 |
| 2011-06-17 | Transmit  |   168510661 |  0.1685 |  1874516 |    0 |
| 2011-06-17 | Total     |  5368626412 |  5.3686 |  5666954 |    1 |
| 2011-06-18 | Receive   |  3270159067 |  3.2702 |  3349431 |   29 |
| 2011-06-18 | Transmit  |   200763088 |  0.2008 |  1793335 |    0 |
| 2011-06-18 | Total     |  3470922155 |  3.4709 |  5142766 |   29 |
| 2011-06-19 | Receive   |  6382320497 |  6.3823 |  5948692 |    9 |
| 2011-06-19 | Transmit  |   423905328 |  0.4239 |  3330541 |    0 |
| 2011-06-19 | Total     |  6806225825 |  6.8062 |  9279233 |    9 |
| 2011-06-20 | Receive   |  8349723564 |  8.3497 |  6615993 |    0 |
| 2011-06-20 | Transmit  |   477064185 |  0.4771 |  3439896 |    0 |
| 2011-06-20 | Total     |  8826787749 |  8.8268 | 10055889 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Receive   |  5611640141 |  5.6116 |  5287476 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Transmit  |   568072369 |  0.5681 |  3567625 |    0 |
| 2011-06-21 | Total     |  6179712510 |  6.1797 |  8855101 |    0 |
| 2011-06-22 | Receive   |  2980748351 |  2.9807 |  3285052 |    1 |
| 2011-06-22 | Transmit  |   355201614 |  0.3552 |  2134189 |    0 |
| 2011-06-22 | Total     |  3335949965 |  3.3359 |  5419241 |    1 |
| 2011-06-23 | Receive   |  3435278212 |  3.4353 |  3628334 |    6 |
| 2011-06-23 | Transmit  |   333904759 |  0.3339 |  2165429 |    0 |
| 2011-06-23 | Total     |  3769182971 |  3.7692 |  5793763 |    6 |
| 2011-06-24 | Receive   |  2072971970 |  2.0730 |  3282077 |    1 |
| 2011-06-24 | Transmit  |   506285065 |  0.5063 |  1800085 |    0 |
| 2011-06-24 | Total     |  2579257035 |  2.5793 |  5082162 |    1 |
| 2011-06-25 | Receive   |  8129031738 |  8.1290 |  5878996 |    3 |
| 2011-06-25 | Transmit  |   234805275 |  0.2348 |  2689597 |    0 |
| 2011-06-25 | Total     |  8363837013 |  8.3638 |  8568593 |    3 |
| 2011-06-26 | Receive   |  3045475924 |  3.0455 |  3689885 |    2 |
| 2011-06-26 | Transmit  |   276812343 |  0.2768 |  1790949 |    0 |
| 2011-06-26 | Total     |  3322288267 |  3.3223 |  5480834 |    2 |
| 2011-06-27 | Receive   |   721125535 |  0.7211 |   956923 |   23 |
| 2011-06-27 | Transmit  |   109249097 |  0.1092 |   582623 |    0 |
| 2011-06-27 | Total     |   830374632 |  0.8304 |  1539546 |   23 |
| 2011-06-28 | Receive   |   788535373 |  0.7885 |   777109 |   15 |
| 2011-06-28 | Transmit  |    86830543 |  0.0868 |   478285 |    0 |
| 2011-06-28 | Total     |   875365916 |  0.8754 |  1255394 |   15 |
| 2011-06-29 | Receive   |   790936158 |  0.7909 |  1392278 |    0 |
| 2011-06-29 | Transmit  |   129831967 |  0.1298 |   760536 |    0 |
| 2011-06-29 | Total     |   920768125 |  0.9208 |  2152814 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Receive   |  1326352552 |  1.3264 |  2104991 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Transmit  |   358078011 |  0.3581 |  1184090 |    0 |
| 2011-06-30 | Total     |  1684430563 |  1.6844 |  3289081 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Receive   |  2629445051 |  2.6294 |  2987908 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Transmit  |   370164743 |  0.3702 |  1520398 |    0 |
| 2011-07-01 | Total     |  2999609794 |  2.9996 |  4508306 |    0 |
| 2011-07-02 | Receive   |  2261218271 |  2.2612 |  2038245 |    5 |
| 2011-07-02 | Transmit  |   120561486 |  0.1206 |  1106775 |    0 |
| 2011-07-02 | Total     |  2381779757 |  2.3818 |  3145020 |    5 |
| 2011-07-03 | Receive   |  1840180305 |  1.8402 |  1429764 |    4 |
| 2011-07-03 | Transmit  |    99755596 |  0.0998 |   855587 |    0 |
| 2011-07-03 | Total     |  1939935901 |  1.9399 |  2285351 |    4 |
| 2011-07-04 | Receive   |  1877483837 |  1.8775 |  1392425 |    3 |
| 2011-07-04 | Transmit  |    99123493 |  0.0991 |   901234 |    0 |
| 2011-07-04 | Total     |  1976607330 |  1.9766 |  2293659 |    3 |
| 2011-07-05 | Receive   |   605773194 |  0.6058 |   618025 |    3 |
| 2011-07-05 | Transmit  |    65156051 |  0.0652 |   374268 |    0 |
| 2011-07-05 | Total     |   670929245 |  0.6709 |   992293 |    3 |
| 2011-07-06 | Receive   |   990220247 |  0.9902 |   943383 |    3 |
| 2011-07-06 | Transmit  |    98368458 |  0.0984 |   524176 |    0 |
| 2011-07-06 | Total     |  1088588705 |  1.0886 |  1467559 |    3 |
| 2011-07-07 | Receive   |   637788696 |  0.6378 |   604984 |    8 |
| 2011-07-07 | Transmit  |    70563460 |  0.0706 |   366477 |    0 |
| 2011-07-07 | Total     |   708352156 |  0.7084 |   971461 |    8 |
| 2011-07-08 | Receive   |   632332606 |  0.6323 |   987840 |    6 |
| 2011-07-08 | Transmit  |   142186237 |  0.1422 |   528685 |    0 |
| 2011-07-08 | Total     |   774518843 |  0.7745 |  1516525 |    6 |
| 2011-07-09 | Receive   |  1888480814 |  1.8885 |  3102276 |    1 |
| 2011-07-09 | Transmit  |   122808848 |  0.1228 |  1491531 |    0 |
| 2011-07-09 | Total     |  2011289662 |  2.0113 |  4593807 |    1 |
| 2011-07-10 | Receive   |   461261336 |  0.4613 |   378301 |   11 |
| 2011-07-10 | Transmit  |    57106060 |  0.0571 |   270502 |    0 |
| 2011-07-10 | Total     |   518367396 |  0.5184 |   648803 |   11 |
| 2011-07-11 | Receive   |  1667017805 |  1.6670 |  1878446 |    1 |
| 2011-07-11 | Transmit  |   236779306 |  0.2368 |   876780 |    0 |
| 2011-07-11 | Total     |  1903797111 |  1.9038 |  2755226 |    1 |
| 2011-07-12 | Receive   |  2869493033 |  2.8695 |  2690224 |    1 |
| 2011-07-12 | Transmit  |   310209151 |  0.3102 |  1364634 |    0 |
| 2011-07-12 | Total     |  3179702184 |  3.1797 |  4054858 |    1 |
| 2011-07-13 | Receive   |  1510743171 |  1.5107 |  1280494 |    1 |
| 2011-07-13 | Transmit  |    95356137 |  0.0954 |   707794 |    0 |
| 2011-07-13 | Total     |  1606099308 |  1.6061 |  1988288 |    1 |
| 2011-07-14 | Receive   |  3909301058 |  3.9093 |  3242306 |    3 |
| 2011-07-14 | Transmit  |   200267050 |  0.2003 |  1742219 |    0 |
| 2011-07-14 | Total     |  4109568108 |  4.1096 |  4984525 |    3 |
| 2011-07-15 | Receive   |  1101124010 |  1.1011 |  1707290 |    1 |
| 2011-07-15 | Transmit  |   128239376 |  0.1282 |   905200 |    0 |
| 2011-07-15 | Total     |  1229363386 |  1.2294 |  2612490 |    1 |
| 2011-07-16 | Receive   |   924301768 |  0.9243 |   707526 |   13 |
| 2011-07-16 | Transmit  |    71613521 |  0.0716 |   431655 |    0 |
| 2011-07-16 | Total     |   995915289 |  0.9959 |  1139181 |   13 |
| 2011-07-17 | Receive   |   872840157 |  0.8728 |   692016 |   17 |
| 2011-07-17 | Transmit  |    68637329 |  0.0686 |   410986 |    0 |
| 2011-07-17 | Total     |   941477486 |  0.9415 |  1103002 |   17 |
| 2011-07-18 | Receive   |  3568522650 |  3.5685 |  2700190 |  162 |
| 2011-07-18 | Transmit  |   181515165 |  0.1815 |  1697305 |    0 |
| 2011-07-18 | Total     |  3750037815 |  3.7500 |  4397495 |  162 |
| 2011-07-19 | Receive   |  2680054918 |  2.6801 |  2074781 |   51 |
| 2011-07-19 | Transmit  |   138207003 |  0.1382 |  1229564 |    0 |
| 2011-07-19 | Total     |  2818261921 |  2.8183 |  3304345 |   51 |
| 2011-07-20 | Receive   |  2928145939 |  2.9281 |  1990120 |    0 |
| 2011-07-20 | Transmit  |   108226973 |  0.1082 |  1057555 |    0 |
| 2011-07-20 | Total     |  3036372912 |  3.0364 |  3047675 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Receive   |  3934606849 |  3.9346 |  4520747 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Transmit  |   791669079 |  0.7917 |  2277325 |    0 |
| 2011-07-21 | Total     |  4726275928 |  4.7263 |  6798072 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Receive   |  2821444657 |  2.8214 |  3649478 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Transmit  |   700587217 |  0.7006 |  1630443 |    0 |
| 2011-07-22 | Total     |  3522031874 |  3.5220 |  5279921 |    0 |
| 2011-07-23 | Receive   |   893183781 |  0.8932 |   665612 |   52 |
| 2011-07-23 | Transmit  |    61995740 |  0.0620 |   392750 |    0 |
| 2011-07-23 | Total     |   955179521 |  0.9552 |  1058362 |   52 |
| 2011-07-24 | Receive   |  4063309904 |  4.0633 |  2788596 |   87 |
| 2011-07-24 | Transmit  |   150249493 |  0.1502 |  1563191 |    0 |
| 2011-07-24 | Total     |  4213559397 |  4.2136 |  4351787 |   87 |
| 2011-07-25 | Receive   |   987791892 |  0.9878 |  2134555 |    1 |
| 2011-07-25 | Transmit  |   514704481 |  0.5147 |   865275 |    0 |
| 2011-07-25 | Total     |  1502496373 |  1.5025 |  2999830 |    1 |
| 2011-07-26 | Receive   |  1429098749 |  1.4291 |  1108657 |    2 |
| 2011-07-26 | Transmit  |    67395816 |  0.0674 |   536775 |    0 |
| 2011-07-26 | Total     |  1496494565 |  1.4965 |  1645432 |    2 |
| 2011-07-27 | Receive   |  5496760711 |  5.4968 |  8766738 |    1 |
| 2011-07-27 | Transmit  |   333703674 |  0.3337 |  4210759 |    0 |
| 2011-07-27 | Total     |  5830464385 |  5.8305 | 12977497 |    1 |
| 2011-07-28 | Receive   |   838129202 |  0.8381 |   913319 |    0 |
| 2011-07-28 | Transmit  |    90020648 |  0.0900 |   525815 |    0 |
| 2011-07-28 | Total     |   928149850 |  0.9281 |  1439134 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Receive   |   926031986 |  0.9260 |   908226 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Transmit  |   124908219 |  0.1249 |   491135 |    0 |
| 2011-07-29 | Total     |  1050940205 |  1.0509 |  1399361 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Receive   |   231158786 |  0.2312 |   270937 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Transmit  |    43590750 |  0.0436 |   186143 |    0 |
| 2011-07-30 | Total     |   274749536 |  0.2747 |   457080 |    0 |
| 2011-07-31 | Receive   |  1800843077 |  1.8008 |  2777891 |    3 |
| 2011-07-31 | Transmit  |   233670347 |  0.2337 |  1431828 |    0 |
| 2011-07-31 | Total     |  2034513424 |  2.0345 |  4209719 |    3 |
| 2011-08-01 | Receive   |  2016592313 |  2.0166 |  2960231 |    0 |
| 2011-08-01 | Transmit  |   534671920 |  0.5347 |  1377636 |    0 |
| 2011-08-01 | Total     |  2551264233 |  2.5513 |  4337867 |    0 |
| 2011-08-02 | Receive   |  1056874638 |  1.0569 |  1106370 |    2 |
| 2011-08-02 | Transmit  |   149844506 |  0.1498 |   676857 |    0 |
| 2011-08-02 | Total     |  1206719144 |  1.2067 |  1783227 |    2 |
| 2011-08-03 | Receive   |  1659426102 |  1.6594 |  2721676 |    0 |
| 2011-08-03 | Transmit  |   137623478 |  0.1376 |  1368894 |    0 |
| 2011-08-03 | Total     |  1797049580 |  1.7970 |  4090570 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Receive   |  1106070912 |  1.1061 |  3087377 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Transmit  |   702969101 |  0.7030 |  1140014 |    0 |
| 2011-08-04 | Total     |  1809040013 |  1.8090 |  4227391 |    0 |
| 2011-08-05 | Receive   |   943610821 |  0.9436 |  1788328 |    1 |
| 2011-08-05 | Transmit  |   435036742 |  0.4350 |   848073 |    0 |
| 2011-08-05 | Total     |  1378647563 |  1.3786 |  2636401 |    1 |
| 2011-08-06 | Receive   |   646944191 |  0.6469 |   610900 |    2 |
| 2011-08-06 | Transmit  |    74835371 |  0.0748 |   410277 |    0 |
| 2011-08-06 | Total     |   721779562 |  0.7218 |  1021177 |    2 |
| 2011-08-07 | Receive   |  1784618022 |  1.7846 |  2479891 |    0 |
| 2011-08-07 | Transmit  |   536457005 |  0.5365 |  1165568 |    0 |
| 2011-08-07 | Total     |  2321075027 |  2.3211 |  3645459 |    0 |
| 2011-08-08 | Receive   |  3806554815 |  3.8066 |  2765982 |    1 |
| 2011-08-08 | Transmit  |   174963610 |  0.1750 |  1621766 |    1 |
| 2011-08-08 | Total     |  3981518425 |  3.9815 |  4387748 |    2 |
| 2011-08-09 | Receive   |   905912517 |  0.9059 |  1892055 |    1 |
| 2011-08-09 | Transmit  |   442711376 |  0.4427 |   865625 |    0 |
| 2011-08-09 | Total     |  1348623893 |  1.3486 |  2757680 |    1 |
| 2011-08-10 | Receive   |  1585582052 |  1.5856 |  1424769 |    2 |
| 2011-08-10 | Transmit  |   152460644 |  0.1525 |   885845 |    0 |
| 2011-08-10 | Total     |  1738042696 |  1.7380 |  2310614 |    2 |
| 2011-08-11 | Receive   |  7039128736 |  7.0391 |  5646839 |  101 |
| 2011-08-11 | Transmit  |   479728524 |  0.4797 |  3188151 |    0 |
| 2011-08-11 | Total     |  7518857260 |  7.5189 |  8834990 |  101 |
| 2011-08-12 | Receive   |  1792431871 |  1.7924 |  1482253 |   42 |
| 2011-08-12 | Transmit  |   127641196 |  0.1276 |   842204 |    0 |
| 2011-08-12 | Total     |  1920073067 |  1.9201 |  2324457 |   42 |
| 2011-08-13 | Receive   |  4494370165 |  4.4944 |  3148459 |  349 |
| 2011-08-13 | Transmit  |   168401028 |  0.1684 |  1655950 |    0 |
| 2011-08-13 | Total     |  4662771193 |  4.6628 |  4804409 |  349 |
| 2011-08-14 | Receive   |  1560601073 |  1.5606 |  1225993 |  198 |
| 2011-08-14 | Transmit  |   113276345 |  0.1133 |   759473 |    0 |
| 2011-08-14 | Total     |  1673877418 |  1.6739 |  1985466 |  198 |
| 2011-08-15 | Receive   |  3769998239 |  3.7700 |  2950148 |    0 |
| 2011-08-15 | Transmit  |   234329077 |  0.2343 |  1675558 |    0 |
| 2011-08-15 | Total     |  4004327316 |  4.0043 |  4625706 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Receive   |  4088529569 |  4.0885 |  4561372 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Transmit  |   716528676 |  0.7165 |  2234684 |    0 |
| 2011-08-16 | Total     |  4805058245 |  4.8051 |  6796056 |    0 |
| 2011-08-17 | Receive   |  5343535908 |  5.3435 |  3787114 |    2 |
| 2011-08-17 | Transmit  |   224251630 |  0.2243 |  2132896 |    0 |
| 2011-08-17 | Total     |  5567787538 |  5.5678 |  5920010 |    2 |
| 2011-08-18 | Receive   |   243530853 |  0.2435 |   179487 |    0 |
| 2011-08-18 | Transmit  |    34408939 |  0.0344 |   118773 |    0 |
| 2011-08-18 | Total     |   277939792 |  0.2779 |   298260 |    0 |
| 2011-08-19 | Receive   |   589310381 |  0.5893 |   427862 |    2 |
| 2011-08-19 | Transmit  |    50753817 |  0.0508 |   253786 |    0 |
| 2011-08-19 | Total     |   640064198 |  0.6401 |   681648 |    2 |
| 2011-08-20 | Receive   |    32923561 |  0.0329 |     6806 |    0 |
| 2011-08-20 | Transmit  |    19972705 |  0.0200 |     6237 |    0 |
| 2011-08-20 | Total     |    52896266 |  0.0529 |    13043 |    0 |
| 2011-08-21 | Receive   |   205666762 |  0.2057 |   130632 |    3 |
| 2011-08-21 | Transmit  |    25567361 |  0.0256 |    77535 |    0 |
| 2011-08-21 | Total     |   231234123 |  0.2312 |   208167 |    3 |
| 2011-08-22 | Receive   |  2703438994 |  2.7034 |  1815396 |    0 |
| 2011-08-22 | Transmit  |    94163050 |  0.0942 |   992943 |    0 |
| 2011-08-22 | Total     |  2797602044 |  2.7976 |  2808339 |    0 |
| 2011-08-23 | Receive   |  3206544363 |  3.2065 |  4222622 |    4 |
| 2011-08-23 | Transmit  |   694236904 |  0.6942 |  1658571 |    0 |
| 2011-08-23 | Total     |  3900781267 |  3.9008 |  5881193 |    4 |
| 2011-08-24 | Receive   |  4369418721 |  4.3694 |  4511874 |    0 |
| 2011-08-24 | Transmit  |   597327234 |  0.5973 |  2016812 |    0 |
| 2011-08-24 | Total     |  4966745955 |  4.9667 |  6528686 |    0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Receive   |  1862263094 |  1.8623 |  1283914 |    2 |
| 2011-08-25 | Transmit  |    80126220 |  0.0801 |   664046 |    0 |
| 2011-08-25 | Total     |  1942389314 |  1.9424 |  1947960 |    2 |
| 2011-08-26 | Receive   |  1930046051 |  1.9300 |  2952951 |    4 |
| 2011-08-26 | Transmit  |   629930929 |  0.6299 |  1323355 |    0 |
| 2011-08-26 | Total     |  2559976980 |  2.5600 |  4276306 |    4 |
| 2011-08-27 | Receive   |  3487391964 |  3.4874 |  2590762 |    2 |
| 2011-08-27 | Transmit  |   118643743 |  0.1186 |  1040842 |    0 |
| 2011-08-27 | Total     |  3606035707 |  3.6060 |  3631604 |    2 |
| 2011-08-28 | Receive   |  6374862454 |  6.3749 |  4650362 |    7 |
| 2011-08-28 | Transmit  |   224998861 |  0.2250 |  2047233 |    0 |
| 2011-08-28 | Total     |  6599861315 |  6.5999 |  6697595 |    7 |
| 2011-08-29 | Receive   |  2045060966 |  2.0451 |  1682391 |   31 |
| 2011-08-29 | Transmit  |   118337189 |  0.1183 |   954348 |    0 |
| 2011-08-29 | Total     |  2163398155 |  2.1634 |  2636739 |   31 |
| 2011-08-30 | Receive   |  1790315124 |  1.7903 |  1323050 |    1 |
| 2011-08-30 | Transmit  |   103126837 |  0.1031 |   800246 |    0 |
| 2011-08-30 | Total     |  1893441961 |  1.8934 |  2123296 |    1 |
| 2011-08-31 | Receive   |   835972390 |  0.8360 |  1541554 |    7 |
| 2011-08-31 | Transmit  |   320712361 |  0.3207 |   686240 |    0 |
| 2011-08-31 | Total     |  1156684751 |  1.1567 |  2227794 |    7 |
| 2011-09-01 | Receive   |  1139305589 |  1.1393 |  1045590 |    1 |
| 2011-09-01 | Transmit  |   109318963 |  0.1093 |   591485 |    0 |
| 2011-09-01 | Total     |  1248624552 |  1.2486 |  1637075 |    1 |
| 2011-09-02 | Receive   |   400115674 |  0.4001 |   408318 |   13 |
| 2011-09-02 | Transmit  |    64854630 |  0.0649 |   290484 |    0 |
| 2011-09-02 | Total     |   464970304 |  0.4650 |   698802 |   13 |
| 2011-09-03 | Receive   |  2726249536 |  2.7262 |  1992253 |    0 |
| 2011-09-03 | Transmit  |   128145805 |  0.1281 |  1152191 |    0 |
| 2011-09-03 | Total     |  2854395341 |  2.8544 |  3144444 |    0 |
| 2011-09-04 | Receive   |   344673882 |  0.3447 |   303428 |   40 |
| 2011-09-04 | Transmit  |    45351619 |  0.0454 |   203921 |    0 |
| 2011-09-04 | Total     |   390025501 |  0.3900 |   507349 |   40 |
| 2011-09-05 | Receive   |  1053740019 |  1.0537 |   922447 |    0 |
| 2011-09-05 | Transmit  |    94691927 |  0.0947 |   596347 |    0 |
| 2011-09-05 | Total     |  1148431946 |  1.1484 |  1518794 |    0 |
| 2011-09-06 | Receive   |  3532241262 |  3.5322 |  2901976 |    8 |
| 2011-09-06 | Transmit  |   288154631 |  0.2882 |  1520270 |    0 |
| 2011-09-06 | Total     |  3820395893 |  3.8204 |  4422246 |    8 |
| 2011-09-07 | Receive   |  1546434215 |  1.5464 |  1475258 |    7 |
| 2011-09-07 | Transmit  |   208543768 |  0.2085 |   801533 |    0 |
| 2011-09-07 | Total     |  1754977983 |  1.7550 |  2276791 |    7 |
| 2011-09-08 | Receive   |  1142354754 |  1.1424 |  2880549 |    1 |
| 2011-09-08 | Transmit  |   748491554 |  0.7485 |  1096897 |    0 |
| 2011-09-08 | Total     |  1890846308 |  1.8908 |  3977446 |    1 |
| 2011-09-09 | Receive   |  3633872035 |  3.6339 |  2673631 |   16 |
| 2011-09-09 | Transmit  |   168029675 |  0.1680 |  1481651 |    0 |
| 2011-09-09 | Total     |  3801901710 |  3.8019 |  4155282 |   16 |
| 2011-09-10 | Receive   |  2374897163 |  2.3749 |  1930240 |    1 |
| 2011-09-10 | Transmit  |   186882755 |  0.1869 |  1003724 |    0 |
| 2011-09-10 | Total     |  2561779918 |  2.5618 |  2933964 |    1 |
| 2011-09-11 | Receive   |  1662981932 |  1.6630 |  1250880 |   34 |
| 2011-09-11 | Transmit  |   100433318 |  0.1004 |   750217 |    0 |
| 2011-09-11 | Total     |  1763415250 |  1.7634 |  2001097 |   34 |
| 2011-09-12 | Receive   |  1755062761 |  1.7551 |  3008319 |    1 |
| 2011-09-12 | Transmit  |   698461257 |  0.6985 |  1202578 |    0 |
| 2011-09-12 | Total     |  2453524018 |  2.4535 |  4210897 |    1 |
| 2011-09-13 | Receive   |  1735864509 |  1.7359 |  1410841 |    0 |
| 2011-09-13 | Transmit  |   120299112 |  0.1203 |   765968 |    0 |
| 2011-09-13 | Total     |  1856163621 |  1.8562 |  2176809 |    0 |
| 2011-09-14 | Receive   |   498933506 |  0.4989 |   391880 |    2 |
| 2011-09-14 | Transmit  |    38212096 |  0.0382 |   229673 |    0 |
| 2011-09-14 | Total     |   537145602 |  0.5371 |   621553 |    2 |
| 2011-09-15 | Receive   |  1376901526 |  1.3769 |  2693687 |    1 |
| 2011-09-15 | Transmit  |   568779473 |  0.5688 |  1044554 |    0 |
| 2011-09-15 | Total     |  1945680999 |  1.9457 |  3738241 |    1 |
| 2011-09-16 | Receive   |  1689788026 |  1.6898 |  2852183 |    0 |
| 2011-09-16 | Transmit  |   572547284 |  0.5725 |  1149765 |    0 |
| 2011-09-16 | Total     |  2262335310 |  2.2623 |  4001948 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Receive   |     6810476 |  0.0068 |    12253 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Transmit  |     1323791 |  0.0013 |     5206 |    0 |
| 2011-09-17 | Total     |     8134267 |  0.0081 |    17459 |    0 |
| NULL       | Total     |232538256086 |232.5383 |321445111 | 1419 |
+------------+-----------+-------------+---------+----------+------+

Blu-Ray User Plays Blues Clues

Blu-Ray disks came as a gift and necessitated adding a Blu-Ray player.

They're inexpensive. A simple LG BD630 Blu-Ray player from Amazon runs about $80. This device has built-in Netflix service. Activate the unit with Netflix's magic device code and it happily streams video.

The interface is far simpler and more restricted than the browser-based version. Big, squishy icons and a presumption that the only input device is the player's remote. No way to enter text except through a pick-a-letter matrix. Responsiveness is sluggish, about 300 msec between click and action.

Most maddening: hovering over a title to get additional info causes the system to hang while it waits for Netflix's servers to fulfill the request. Eventually (3-10 secs), the movie's details fill in. No matter; really, when "Watch Now" works great via computer.

The major point of contention, however, is that the entertainment system has been rewired again, which was deemed Confusing by She Who Must Be Obeyed:

Even though it's simpler, it necessitated adding another fix:

Tools to Track AT&T Gateway Usage

Janko Roettgers has a survey article on GigaOm today that asks AT&T customers whether they can see their usage using an AT&T website. About 45% (n=37) of those surveyed answered they are unable to see usage stats.

AT&T U-verse users can view their usage in their own Residential Gateway. The usage statistics page is at http://192.168.1.254./xslt?PAGE=C_1_0 - scroll down to the "Traffic Statistics" section.

The administrative control page (login required) permits resetting the stats. Reset the stats monthly, on the billing cycle day, to make it easy to track usage against AT&T billing.

Note these capabilities are found on a 2WIRE 3800-series gateway. Other AT&T routers, especially DSL boxes, have different equipment which may or may not have a statistics page.

For those who wish to monitor their stats on their RG, at this link are RG Statistics Logging Scripts and instructions to set up monitoring using a cron job.  The zip file contains installation instructions (Ubuntu/Debian Linux).  A small SQL script, also included, produces a usage report.

A sample report for data gathered since March 14 is below.

+------------+------------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+
| Day        | Sent/Recvd | Bytes       | GB      | Packets  | Errors |
+------------+------------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+
| 2011-04-14 | Receive    |   471170071 |  0.4712 |  1248297 |      0 |
| 2011-04-14 | Transmit   |   261420116 |  0.2614 |   564405 |      0 |
| 2011-04-14 |   Total    |   732590187 |  0.7326 |  1812702 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Receive    |   770363944 |  0.7704 |  1006855 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 | Transmit   |    71026822 |  0.0710 |   520748 |      0 |
| 2011-04-15 |   Total    |   841390766 |  0.8414 |  1527603 |      0 |
| 2011-04-16 | Receive    |   609502238 |  0.6095 |   722370 |      1 |
| 2011-04-16 | Transmit   |    57294972 |  0.0573 |   361775 |      0 |
| 2011-04-16 |   Total    |   666797210 |  0.6668 |  1084145 |      1 |
| 2011-04-17 | Receive    |   318645844 |  0.3186 |   291616 |      2 |
| 2011-04-17 | Transmit   |    39332970 |  0.0393 |   175203 |      0 |
| 2011-04-17 |   Total    |   357978814 |  0.3580 |   466819 |      2 |
| 2011-04-18 | Receive    |   299281224 |  0.2993 |   666078 |      0 |
| 2011-04-18 | Transmit   |    58786871 |  0.0588 |   353637 |      0 |
| 2011-04-18 |   Total    |   358068095 |  0.3581 |  1019715 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Receive    |   886435986 |  0.8864 |  1560230 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 | Transmit   |   711104440 |  0.7111 |   994422 |      0 |
| 2011-04-19 |   Total    |  1597540426 |  1.5975 |  2554652 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Receive    |   699685659 |  0.6997 |   637560 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 | Transmit   |    56879398 |  0.0569 |   337293 |      0 |
| 2011-04-20 |   Total    |   756565057 |  0.7566 |   974853 |      0 |
| 2011-04-21 | Receive    |   455349013 |  0.4553 |   602567 |      1 |
| 2011-04-21 | Transmit   |    86789917 |  0.0868 |   324296 |      0 |
| 2011-04-21 |   Total    |   542138930 |  0.5421 |   926863 |      1 |
| 2011-04-22 | Receive    |   440903082 |  0.4409 |   770886 |      0 |
| 2011-04-22 | Transmit   |    61319206 |  0.0613 |   396483 |      0 |
| 2011-04-22 |   Total    |   502222288 |  0.5022 |  1167369 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Receive    |   128387865 |  0.1284 |   202243 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 | Transmit   |    32450548 |  0.0325 |   115669 |      0 |
| 2011-04-23 |   Total    |   160838413 |  0.1608 |   317912 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Receive    |   357397478 |  0.3574 |   391484 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 | Transmit   |    45117822 |  0.0451 |   224438 |      0 |
| 2011-04-24 |   Total    |   402515300 |  0.4025 |   615922 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Receive    |   460476990 |  0.4605 |   508043 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 | Transmit   |    64078588 |  0.0641 |   302462 |      0 |
| 2011-04-25 |   Total    |   524555578 |  0.5246 |   810505 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Receive    |   868455813 |  0.8685 |   910591 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 | Transmit   |    74527520 |  0.0745 |   460094 |      0 |
| 2011-04-26 |   Total    |   942983333 |  0.9430 |  1370685 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Receive    |   286835580 |  0.2868 |   348551 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 | Transmit   |    48691431 |  0.0487 |   206843 |      0 |
| 2011-04-27 |   Total    |   335527011 |  0.3355 |   555394 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Receive    |   759490405 |  0.7595 |   771587 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 | Transmit   |    64131207 |  0.0641 |   390037 |      0 |
| 2011-04-28 |   Total    |   823621612 |  0.8236 |  1161624 |      0 |
| 2011-04-29 | Receive    |  1855420924 |  1.8554 |  2576866 |      1 |
| 2011-04-29 | Transmit   |   417368072 |  0.4174 |  1150840 |      0 |
| 2011-04-29 |   Total    |  2272788996 |  2.2728 |  3727706 |      1 |
| 2011-04-30 | Receive    |  2854764859 |  2.8548 |  2329114 |      0 |
| 2011-04-30 | Transmit   |   140898052 |  0.1409 |  1331942 |      0 |
| 2011-04-30 |   Total    |  2995662911 |  2.9957 |  3661056 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Receive    |   583554982 |  0.5836 |   646801 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 | Transmit   |    47077335 |  0.0471 |   293666 |      0 |
| 2011-05-01 |   Total    |   630632317 |  0.6306 |   940467 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Receive    |     1536599 |  0.0015 |      733 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 | Transmit   |      920571 |  0.0009 |      755 |      0 |
| 2011-05-02 |   Total    |     2457170 |  0.0025 |     1488 |      0 |
| NULL       |   Total    | 15446874414 | 15.4469 | 24697480 |      5 |
+------------+------------+-------------+---------+----------+--------+

For the last few months, usage on this RG has ranged between 85 and 150 GB/month. Usage reflects heavy net surfing. Netflix / Amazon / YouTube video consumption is about 1 to 2 hours daily.

AT&T Overestimates Usage %4700

Karl Bode at DSL Reports writes that AT&T's billing rates are wildy inaccurate -- to the tune of 4700%. That is, AT&T has overestimate U-verse and DSL usage 47-fold.

Working backwards from the new 250 GB/month cap which goes into affect 2 May 2011, AT&T would start billing overages when users had consumed only 5.3 GB in a month.

See the full article here.

Time to start keeping track in order to dispute usage come billing time.

Well, That Was Fun While It Lasted

AT&T has decided to cap usage. Usage caps deploy May 2nd, 2011.

Engadget reports in "AT&T will cap DSL and U-Verse internet, impose overage fees", that DSL and U-verse usage caps are 150 GB/month and 250 GB/month, respectively. Each additional 50 GB/month costs $10.

AT&T has yet to notify customers, which supposedly happens this week. No notice appears on the U-verse page or in AT&T email.

Total usage has been 87,468,308,057 bytes since the Residential Gateway modem last had its logs reset. Since today (14 March - Pi Day!) is the start of a new billing cycle, time to reset and see how much actually passes through.

Usage caps bring up an additional point: does "usage" discount advertising? Simple tests with AdBlock Plus show that 20-25% of a commercially-supported web page comprises ad data. Likewise the streaming ads injected in movies and television programs, although streaming ads are proportionately smaller.

Getting charged for ads seems like a double-tap.

(Update 3/16)

After a mid-day Monday March 14 reset of the Residential Gateway's transmission statistics, measured traffic (sent + received bytes) for ordinary 'Net usage appears to be about 2.25 GB/day. "Ordinary" usage includes watching streaming video from Netflix, YouTube, Amazon, Skype/Google voice phone calls, DropBox, and quotidian web surfing and emailing for three users on seven computers.

Extrapolating, that's about 70GB/month, or 28% of the 250GB cap AT&T plans to set.

Amazons on Amazon

Amazon has begun offering a limited catalog of streaming movies  as a premium to Amazon Prime subscribers.  Chose the Amazon Instant Video -- it's the top entry on the search pull-down -- and select "Prime Eligible".

Naturally the stuff in the "free" catalog is uneven.  The brilliant "Bronson" plays opposite the unwatchably inane "Hudson Hawk".

Quality of transfers appears good for recent films ("Helvetica") and dreadful B-movie transfers have charmingly preserved all their dust and scratches ("War Goddess", originally "Le guerriere dal seno nudo").  Transmission was clear and jitter-free, with few "jaggies" or other compression artifacts.  Quality, even for junk, appears better than the crummy viewing delivered through Netflix's Starz Play.

One huge bonus: since Amazon owns IMDB, movie details and background info are far better than Netflix.

So, what's out there? Amazon's streaming service holds about 35,000+ movies and 6,200+ television programs.  "Prime Eligible" winnows that down to 1,700+ films and 480+ shows.  The Prime catalog is great is you want to see

• Dr. Who,
• Classic oaters starring Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, et al,
• WW II action flix,
• Mr. Rodgers (nattily raising one sweater-clad limb in a stiff-arm salute), and
• apparently every cheesy "Hercules" movie ever made starring Richard Harrison, Gordon Mitchell and Yes! Ahhhnold Schwarzenegger in "Hercules in New York".

Choices abound, cable cutters. Go forth and graze.  To reiterate Joe Queenan's Sandra Bullock rule, if it's under $2, we'll take a look.

The U-verse Boys

Two more lads from AT&T dropped by today. Nice lads, dressed like grunge Mormons: black slacks; pressed long-sleeve shirts with AT&T badges; white athletic shoes (they were walking the neighborhood); no ties.

A new sales pitch. They were unaware the premises was already running U-verse. The lady of the house had answered the door and required rescue.

Sorry, we have U-verse. We love the Internet but we're not interested in TV.

Blue-shirt sales guy: Have you heard about the new shows and channel line-up, U420 it's got ...

Not interested. Just converted to watching shows purely over the Internet. Line-up is duplicative. AT&T charges more for U200 Latino, but it's clear why. There's a blog about this; you should read it.

Yellow-shirt sales guy: Have you heard about the fiber service to your house ...

No, U-verse is fiber to the node, not the the home, like Verizon. (Blue shirt sales guy agrees.) Look, just last week brought a new HD-capable micro PC in order to watch TV. Read all about it at [this] blog.

Yellow-shirt: Really? What's the address. Blue-shirt writes it down.

Discussion about bit rates and how easy it was to upgrade speeds. Discussion of Verizon's astounding high-speed bit rates.

Blue shirt: We have a higher speed than , we can get you 25 Mb/s ...

Nope. Residential Gateway says the max rate here is about 20 Mb/s. House is at the end of the run from the node. It took the installers all day to get the rate up to that. When it's working faster it will get looked at.

Oh.

More chit-chat, good-byes, and they move on the next house.

Good luck guys.

New Hardware

Video fidelity on the ancient (Anno Domini 2003) Dell 2400 has been somewhat ... janky. A little hardware upgrade is in order.

First, the replacement device must be a full computer. Roku boxen or other purpose-built devices have limited lifespans and lead no afterlives as re-purposed devices (the Dell 2400's fate: add disks, become file server). Forget a TV with the logic built in; that's just a really expensive laptop.

Second, the box must be cheap. Apple Mac Mini for $700? Seriously? No. Apple TV for $99, tethered to the iTunes mothership and $3/video? No. Hell no.

After spec'ing costs for fully silent, i.e. fanless, hardware, it turns out the low cost and quiet operation of micro-formfactor machines wins. Separate PC components cannot compete with prices of these all-in-one, bare-bones units, and slightly back-level-but-still-capable is always cheaper. Best part of commodity parts: they're easy to replace and they get cheaper over time.

Device of choice: a Zotac ZBOX HD. The naked processor+graphics unit requires memory, disk, keyboard, mouse, and OS, but these commodities are cheap or free. A recycled copy of Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit helps lower costs, too. Microsoft Windows™ is alas necessary as CBS refuses to stream to Linux platforms and watching The Big Bang Theory is really, really important.

The box is clean and opinion on the 'Net is happy. The device appears to have tidy engineering. Most of the case is empty space awaiting the customer's hard disk and memory stick. The unit has ports a-plenty: 6 USB, one HDMI, one DVI/VGA (with adapter), one external SATA, one wired ethernet, one 802.11 b/g/n wireless net, a card slot, microphone, audio, and an SPDIF plug (who uses this anymore?).

Box set-up was annoying because loading the OS required copying it to a USB stick. For absolutely no good reason, the Windows 7 64-bit tool to build bootable USB sticks, bootsect, won't run under Windows 7 32-bit. After loading the OS, the usual four- to six-hour cycle of applying Windows updates, installing drivers, anti-virus software, Microsoft Office 2007, and updating everything again ensued. The Zotac folks have some recent BIOS updates, too.

Once installed, the unit nestles into very little space in the entertainment cabinet. The supplied stand lets heat escape its top. The box comes with a mount to fit it on the back of the television but then the on/off button would be out of reach.

Video streaming from CBS (for aforementioned reason), FOX ("Glee!") and especially from ESPN (fooootballl - the computer's final parts arrived Saturday late; getting it running Sunday for Oregon/Auburn's BCS championship game Monday was important), while better than the poor, overmatched Dell 2400, remains merely "adequate". Tests show the image jitter is a function of watching streaming video in HD.  Internet jankiness, while ignorable when watching on small screens,stil appears on big displays. For $60/month and the freedom from Time Warner, it's worth suffering.

Movies, however, look fine. The streaming engine and most of the transfers for Netflix are good enough to watch just about anything. Even junk. Joe Queenan's point about the Bullock Algorithm is well taken: at $2 or less, we'll watch it. At $3 ... meh, not so much.

New U-verse TV Prices

AT&T is raising some U-verse TV prices 1 February.

From: A message from AT&T
Received: 01/04/2011 2:16 PM


Thank you for choosing AT&T U-verse. We hope you're enjoying the tremendous value of your services. We've worked hard in 2010 to provide you with the best entertainment experience. We've added more TV programming and innovative features, including U-verse Mobile, U-verse Online and My Multiview, which lets you watch four channels at the same time. And U-verse will just keep getting better in 2011.


Effective February 1, 2011, the monthly price for some U-verse TV packages will be increasing. U-family will continue to be $54, U100 will be $59, U200 be $69, U200 Latino will be $79, U300 will be $84, and U450 will be $117. If you are paying a monthly high-speed Internet equipment fee for the Residential Gateway, the monthly price will be $4. If you are on a current U-verse TV pricing promotion, the promotional benefit will continue until the applicable promotion ends or expires.

Interesting that the Spanish-language channels have a $10/month surcharge, probably paid directly to Telmundo, Univision, etc. "¡Aye! ¡Mis telenovellas!" Since they are available over-the-air in this market, they ought to be freely carried. Their regular programming is nearly the same as English-language popular TV, with such keen news exposés as "¿El Rey del Pop homicidio o suicidio?"

Wait. Nevermind; please take ten bucks.

Time-Warner Cable OFF, Game ON

TWC turned off cable television service today. It had been working over the weekend.

Its dearth became apparent when firing up Stanford/VT Orange Bowl game at 5pm. No signal.

ESPN.com, however, is cheerfully streaming the game. In high-definition.

Game ON.