EPTBM house mate - Page 2
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haduken
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haduken
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krndandaman
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Mada_Jiang
Australia236 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
However, the problem with this approach is that they can just change the port or use SSL and you can't do anything about it. Some Chinese software even mask themselves as normal HTTP traffic :/ I still think the best idea is ask her to either stop or pay for her own Internet. The key issues at hand are: 1. You are a house mate, you are not a system administrator, it's incredibly exhausting to go around enforcing rules that you do not have the time and resource for. 2. Sharing rent is based on understanding and trust. You need people that cooperate and willing to work together. 3. If she can be selfish like this, then what happens later when you have dispute about rent or gas bill? 4. Your friend's group is made up of his family members + 1 extra girl so there will be tensions because she thinks they are all working against her. Honestly though, my advice is to approach her, have a long conversation about what is happening and what is required. Set the rules in place, explain to her that this rule is beneficial to everyone (Especially if people in the house depend on Internet to do their research or work). If the Internet allowance is not adequate, you need to negotiate a bigger limit (They are cheap these days). My rules are: Work, school, family Skye calling comes before anything else. No big download between 5pm to 10pm during weekdays and no download during weekend. Download during off peak time is okay but everyone needs to cap their limit to 500KB (My connection has 2MB so 4 people). PPstream, PPMate or any other online streaming software needs to be turned off during peak hour if some one requests it. ^ This is part of terms and condition that I make new room mates sign off on. You probably need to introduce this. Personally, I've being burned by people in situations like these who skipped rent and left after a dispute so I'm doing a 3 strike policy, if I tell them 3 times and the situation don't improve. Bye bye. But yeah, If there were already tensions between your bro and the fob girl, then the best thing to do is either ask her to leave or make her get her own Internet. There is no way around it, I've seen my fair share of things going south (even between friends), best of luck! | ||
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NukeTheBunnys
United States1004 Posts
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HuK
Canada1591 Posts
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Mada_Jiang
Australia236 Posts
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jimminy_kriket
Canada5501 Posts
And it's not clear from the OP, is she actually hitting the 100gb cap or is it just the amount of connections she's opening that is slowing down the internet for everyone else? | ||
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
She doesn't even have to hit 100GB by herself but going nuts on download means that the cap is hit sooner than planned meaning the rest of the house have to live on crappy connection for the rest of the months. The problem often stems from the fact that Chinese people are usually very into p2p sharing but not very educated about using Internet, they often spam multiple flash sites, load emule or Xunlei in the background and listen to mp3 over the net. This is okay for people like her in China because her family probably have enough money to cover their own Internet and its very rare for Chinese people to share room in China especially if they have a family in the city. The only time when they do have to share is during college and she missed out on that group dynamic lesson because she studies in Australia. I wouldn't be surprised if she has spyware or virus on her computer that pulls traffic in the background. To the OP, tell her to gtfo. Seriously, I do not tolerate those one child wonders, you get fucking 22 year olds who won't even lift a finger to change their light bulb and go around wasting their parent's money, how the fuck did we get to this point, I feel sad for China. | ||
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TimmyMac
Canada499 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
It's not hard when you are pulling full HD seasons of TV shows :D | ||
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Laerties
United States361 Posts
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Mada_Jiang
Australia236 Posts
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Cambium
United States16368 Posts
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