Calculating broadband usage (are there utilities to calculate?)

I've had an email from Pipex stating "you have now used more than 70%
of your current usage allowance for this period".

We have a 2gb allowance but I'd consider us as light users - we don't
download music. i sometimes work from home remotely to my office.
This month I've had quite a few photos emailed.

I'm not sure exactly what goes towards the 2gb allowance and was
wondering if there's a utilty that will monitor your usage whilst
connected to the internet.

Thanks
Frank

> I've had an email from Pipex stating "you have now used more than 70%
> of your current usage allowance for this period".
>
> We have a 2gb allowance but I'd consider us as light users - we don't
> download music. i sometimes work from home remotely to my office.
> This month I've had quite a few photos emailed.
>
> I'm not sure exactly what goes towards the 2gb allowance and was
> wondering if there's a utilty that will monitor your usage whilst
> connected to the internet.
>
> Thanks
> Frank

Frank,

I use a piece of software called DU Meter, it costs about £11 ($19.95)
http://www.dumeter.com/

It give you a break down of your download and upload amounts, such as
below -
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9892/dumeter2xv.jpg

You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used DU
Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.

Chegs.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've had an email from Pipex stating "you have now used more than 70%
> of your current usage allowance for this period".
>
> We have a 2gb allowance but I'd consider us as light users - we don't
> download music. i sometimes work from home remotely to my office.
> This month I've had quite a few photos emailed.
>
> I'm not sure exactly what goes towards the 2gb allowance and was
> wondering if there's a utilty that will monitor your usage whilst
> connected to the internet.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>

The best FREE utility for this purpose is 'Bandwidth Monitor' from
www.rokario.com which calculates up and downstream on a monthly basis. If
you have a number of computers networked, you need one copy on each machine.

Easy to install and reliable

">
> The best FREE utility for this purpose is 'Bandwidth Monitor' from
> www.rokario.com which calculates up and downstream on a monthly basis. If
> you have a number of computers networked, you need one copy on each
> machine.
>
> Easy to install and reliable
>

The problem I have is that my usage monitor doesn't separate internet
traffic from network traffic. My figures look huge but that's because I move
photos around the network.

Dave



--
"Statistics are like a bikini. What they reveal is interesting. What they
conceal is vital. "

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've had an email from Pipex stating "you have now used more than 70%
> of your current usage allowance for this period".
>
> We have a 2gb allowance but I'd consider us as light users - we don't
> download music. i sometimes work from home remotely to my office.
> This month I've had quite a few photos emailed.
>
> I'm not sure exactly what goes towards the 2gb allowance and was
> wondering if there's a utilty that will monitor your usage whilst
> connected to the internet.
>
> Thanks
> Frank
>

I use a free utility called NetMeter, and am very happy with it.

http://readerror.gmxhome.de/

H

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:39:14 +0100, CheggersPop <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

[snip]

>You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used DU
>Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.

Are you sure about that? IIRC most ISPs quote a sum of up and down.

> [snip]
>
>> You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used DU
>> Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.
>
> Are you sure about that? IIRC most ISPs quote a sum of up and down.

I'll put my hand up if I'm wrong, but I was of the opinion that capped
packages were 'normally' based on downloads only.

I am however happy to accept if it's not.

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:45:49 +0100, CheggersPop <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>> [snip]
>>
>>> You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used DU
>>> Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.
>>
>> Are you sure about that? IIRC most ISPs quote a sum of up and down.
>
>I'll put my hand up if I'm wrong, but I was of the opinion that capped
>packages were 'normally' based on downloads only.
>
>I am however happy to accept if it's not.
>

By way of example here's the Orange (nee Wanadoo T&Cs):

"2.4 You are allowed to use the Broadband Access Services to access
the Member Services and download and/or upload data up to your monthly
Usage Allowance......"

And Eclipse says in its definitions within theT&Cs:

"Usage - the amount of data transferred over the Service to You
measured in gigabytes (GB) (both downloads
and uploads);"

>>>> You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used DU
>>>> Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.
>>>
>>> Are you sure about that? IIRC most ISPs quote a sum of up and down.
>>
>> I'll put my hand up if I'm wrong, but I was of the opinion that capped
>> packages were 'normally' based on downloads only.
>>
>> I am however happy to accept if it's not.
>>
>
> By way of example here's the Orange (nee Wanadoo T&Cs):
>
> "2.4 You are allowed to use the Broadband Access Services to access
> the Member Services and download and/or upload data up to your monthly
> Usage Allowance......"
>
> And Eclipse says in its definitions within theT&Cs:
>
> "Usage - the amount of data transferred over the Service to You
> measured in gigabytes (GB) (both downloads
> and uploads);"

Hey ho!

On 27/06/2006 at 10:40:30 Mark wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:39:14 +0100, CheggersPop <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > You 2gb allowance would be based on downloads only, so if you used
> > DU Meter, you'd be able to keep and eye on that.
>
> Are you sure about that? IIRC most ISPs quote a sum of up and down.

Most do, although Zen do not.

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