[tor-relays] Bandwidth settings

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> I use Verizon Fios. When I did a speed test from Verizon, I got 60 Mbps up
> and 70 Mpbs down. I currently have not set any accounting max daily limit. It
> seems to me that I could add 10 times the bandwidth and still be at 15/23
> Mbps out of 60-70 Mpbs, or only a quarter of my total bandwidth.

> 1. would we notice at home, where we don't stream video; just run browsers
> and remote desktop about 8 miles away to work.

It's hard to say. It may depend on the capabilities of your router. A well-utilized guard node will have thousands of open connections. It can overwhelm some consumer-level routers. One way to find out...

> 2. or would Verizon notice first the bandwidth or the amount of data going
> through our connection? Which would be the first limit? Bandwidth or data?

It looks like Verizon has a soft cap for FIOS customers, between 4 to 10 TB per month:

http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Insider-Verizon-Caps-FiOS-at-10-TB-and-DSL-at-15-TB-133610

Unfortunately, they aren't explicit about it. They claim "unlimited" but send out warning letters to customers hitting the soft cap. At 170 GB per day, you would use around 5TB per month. They might notice.
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