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stackflood
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9 years ago

How many people can download a file I shared before getting an error?

Hi,   I have a file of 2 MB on dropbox and I am quite active on social media. In case of going it viral (it might have 100-500 people downloading it at the same time), how many people can downlo...
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stackflood
Explorer | Level 4
9 years ago

So, technically, as soon as 20 GB is not exhausted on a 24 hour sliding window, it doesn't matter if 100 or 1000 users are downloading the content at the same time ? 

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Rich
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9 years ago
I've never seen a concurrent user limit mentioned.

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