I have been editing my Titles and Descriptions. Occassionaly, I had to preview some of the video to get an idea of the content. Most of the time, this took about 5 seconds of each video. According to my account, I have already used half my month's allowable. I don't believe that the system is recognizing that I only viewed ("USED") a portion of the video. Instead, it seems that the system is calculating what has been downloaded or already streamed. I believe that is a perversion of "only pay what you use". I didn't "use" it if I didn't view it.
"You only pay what you use." (Not really)
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Posted: Mon, 2011-02-28 06:23
Francois Massart
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What could also happens is that your connection is fast...
Then even if you only watched 5 seconds of video, the player could already have downloaded almost the entire video file.
A possible solution to reduce cost I would recommend is:
Using a software to limit your bandwidth on certain website, like FirefoxThrottle (Free but Windows only) or Charles Proxy (Windows, Linux, Mac but $50).
http://www.uselessapplications.com/en/Application/FirefoxThrottle.aspx
http://www.charlesproxy.com/
Hope it helps
We mean that you only pay for the amount of data that gets transferred, while, with most other services you pay a fixed amount per month no matter how much gets streamed, even if you stream less than your allowance.
With Bits on the Run you don't have a monthly allowance, but rather you purchase balance that carries over to the next month if it doesn't get used.