I've found a new love for Steam
By Mars_Cleric 8 Comments
I used to not like digital distribution.
Not because I prefer hard copies of games (even though I do) but because the internet providers in Australia give us very limited transfer limits and I didn't want to use it up.
A few months ago, after having Telstra as my service provider for years and having them try to charge me an extra $600 for going over my cap, I decided I'd had enough. The next day I decided to drop Telstra and switch to an Internode plan.
The transfer limit/rate is about the same but the best thing about it is that all steam downloads from australian servers are uncapped and unmetered. This means I can download as much as I want from australian steam servers without it counting towards my transfer limit.
So with some simple programs to monitor which servers Steam connects to, I can finally download steam games without fear of going over my transfer limit.
So my point is I hate Internode because I no longer have an excuse to not spend heaps of money on Steam games.
Edit:
I should mention I used TCPView to see which servers Steam is connecting to and SteamWatch to set which ips it's allowed to connect to.