[Gaim-devel] Re: Gaim windows bandwidth question

[Luke S. <lsc...@us...>]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 11:00:59AM -0400, Xerxes Silverio wrote:
> Hi Luke  
> 
> I got your email address from off of the Gaim Website. 
> 
> I have been useing Gaim Version 1.3.0 for windows here at work and I
> have been showing up as the top talker when it comes to IM traffic in
> the company. I know that I do not use IM a lot and see other people
> around me use it more than me many times over. I was wondering if you
> had any information regarding the amount of bandwidth that the Gaim
> client uses.  The only difference I can find between me and the other
> more talkative users in the company is that I use Gaim and they use AIM.
> 
> I am trying to continue being able to use this client but can only do so
> if I can somehow justify the amazing 8mb of bandwidth it uses every
> month.  (I only chat for a total of maybe 5 min a day) 
> 
> Thank You 
> 
> Xerxes

I am not from the information you have given me what the cause of
this bandwidth usage is.  It would be useful to know what protocol(s)
you connect to, and which of them other people in your office are
regularling using.  For example, if you are connecting to AIM, yahoo,
and MSN, but other people are only connecting to AIM, gaim will
obviously use more bandwidth (esp since msn in particular is somewhat
noisy).

Another example of what could cause this is the prefetching gaim
does.  On AIM for example, we will fetch the away messages of people
on your buddy list to display them in the tooltip.  As other clients
do not do this, this will create a disparity in the bandwidth usage
gaim vrs others require.

luke