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.