Download statistics program?

Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?

This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)

As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
suspended at all...

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:03:35 +0100, Terry Pinnell
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
>keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?
>
>This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
>my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
>first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
>immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
>arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
>far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)
>
>As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
>renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
>I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
>suspended at all...
Hi there,

I haven't used this myself, but will give it a try later.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwm/

regards

Luke
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| Comms Team for Home & Business
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On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:03:35 +0100, Terry Pinnell
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
>keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?
>
>This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
>my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
>first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
>immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
>arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
>far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)
>
>As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
>renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
>I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
>suspended at all...

Hi there,

I have not used this myself, but will probably give it a try later.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/bandwidthd/

regards

Luke
| Luke Horwath Unmetered & ADSL solutions
| Comms Team for Home & Business
| PlusNet Technologies Ltd. @ http://www.plus.net
+ ----- My Referrals - It pays to recommend PlusNet -----+

After careful thought and consideration Terry Pinnell typed:
> Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
> keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?
>
> This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
> my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
> first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
> immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
> arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
> far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)
>
> As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
> renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
> I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
> suspended at all...

You could use Newsrover Pro to download your newsgroup info. It has a
counter built in, which will tell you exactly how much you have downloaded.
You can then reset the counter at the beginning of each month.

PlusNet Support <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 16:03:35 +0100, Terry Pinnell
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
>>keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?
>>
>>This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
>>my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
>>first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
>>immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
>>arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
>>far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)
>>
>>As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
>>renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
>>I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
>>suspended at all...
>
>Hi there,
>
>I have not used this myself, but will probably give it a try later.
>
>http://sourceforge.net/projects/bandwidthd/
>
>regards
>
>Luke

Thanks Luke. But both programs seem to be directed at system
administrators and developers. I'm really looking for a relly simple,
seamless utility.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK

"XPUser" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>After careful thought and consideration Terry Pinnell typed:
>> Can anyone recommend a (preferably free) utility program that would
>> keep daily records of how much data I've downloaded please?
>>
>> This is prompted by my getting a message yesterday, 17th April, from
>> my news service, Forte APN, that I'd used up my 2 GB limit for my
>> first month since signing up. My account was therefore suspended
>> immediately. I'd like to avoid being taken by surprise next time. (One
>> arbitrary 4 MB MP3, idly selected on a whim, presumably prevented the
>> far more important operation of reading my newsgroups!)
>>
>> As a curious side issue, the APN email message said that automatic
>> renewal would take place at the start of the 2nd month - 17th April!
>> I'm waiting for a reply to my email asking why it was therefore
>> suspended at all...
>
>You could use Newsrover Pro to download your newsgroup info. It has a
>counter built in, which will tell you exactly how much you have downloaded.
>You can then reset the counter at the beginning of each month.

Thanks, but in general I'm happy enough with APN. Maybe I'll suggest
they add such a facility too.

--
Terry, West Sussex, UK