Questions about Sia using

[siach]

Hi all,

i am pretty new to Sia and want to try the cloud as a user (no hosting).

So my questions are:

• What is the Upload/Download bandwidth pice per TB?
  I assume thats the traffic cost... if yes they should change the wording. Next question:
• What happens if i use up my allowance in one week by traffic? Does Sia delete my data by not having any funds cause the auto refill runs only every 6 weeks.

Thanks in advance.

[siach]

Got another question:
when i want to buy storage, i see this window:

For how long do i get this 800GB with this allowance?

[SandBlock]

@siach

• What is the Upload/Download bandwidth pice per TB?
  Depends on what the host sets for their contracts.

• What happens if i use up my allowance in one week by traffic? Does Sia delete my data by not having any funds cause the auto refill runs only every 6 weeks.
  As long as your contract remains active and have enough coins to renew those contract at the end of the contract, your files should not be deleted.(You may need to form new contracts to repair files if someone who host your file went offline). You will not be able to download and upload if your allowance is used up.

100 SC will not be sufficient since the fee for forming contracts alone is 100-200SC, which left you no allowance for upload and download. There is a default contract length but I forget how long will one contract last by default. (3 months? Maybe? Not sure)

FYI: You need to keep your computer on and sia-ui open to repair files, form contracts and also renew contracts.