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What are the bandwidth requirements of a mining rig?

How much bandwidth consumption can I expect per 900 Mhash/s rig (for instance) for both pooled and solo scenarios? I'm looking for a ballpark number for the on going requirements, after the initial ...
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How can I limit bandwidth usage in Bitcoin-qt client?

I've just finished the intial blockchain download/verify in my BitcoinQt client (17 hours..) and I now see that BitcoinQt is happily eating all of my upstream bandwidth. (About 110kByte/sec on my ADSL ...
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How much internet traffic and bandwidth does mining with a pool need?

As you know the new Antminer S9 is available and its hash rate per second is 14TH. Now, my question is if I buy one of these, how much internet traffic and bandwidth do I need for mining by pool and ...
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How much data traffic does participating in Bitcoin mining cause?

I have a limited amount of data included in my internet plan. If I exceed that limit I get charged extra. So, before signing up for Bitcoin, I'd like to know whether Bitcoin mining causes a lot of ...
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As a full node, does limiting bitcoind bandwidth hurt the network?

As the top answer to this post, Maximillian Laumeister claims: "IMPORTANT NOTE: If you limit the bandwidth of Bitcoin Core far below your actual upload speed, it can actually harm the Bitcoin network ...
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What is the average bandwidth used by the default client?

I am asking it because I'd like to install the client in my work office. Is that safe? I know the first time it take a long time downloading about 2 GB or more, but what is the daily normal activity?
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