- How can I avoid exceeding my limit?
- Posted by apiro on July 18th, 2007
Hello,
My ISP allows me up to 8GB monthly download allowance and as I
understand it this can apply to simply images or short films at
Youtube regardless of whether I download them or not.
Is there a program which can warn me if I am close to or exceeding the
limit? Preferably freeware.
Thank you.
Spiro.
- Posted by Lurch on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:26:03 -0700, apiro <spirofantasio@zoom.co.uk>
mused:
that webpage or video.
--
Regards,
Stuart.
- Posted by Eeyore on July 18th, 2007
apiro wrote:
You ARE 'downloading' them when you watch them ! Where do you think the video
comes from ? Out of fresh air ?
Graham
- Posted by Brian on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:26:03 -0700, apiro <spirofantasio@zoom.co.uk>
wrote:
Good question. I wonder if anyone knows of such a program that logs
the downloads/uploads at the router (Netgear) which would be handy for
those of us who have more than one PC running off a connection. Each
machine has DUMETER which is very good, but that doesn't account for
totals on the ADSL line, just each PC.
- Posted by John on July 18th, 2007
"Brian" <rates11@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:bvgs93plm3dr3lmsgssbepaj7k8vionpq4@4ax.com...
This is what you need: http://www.paessler.com/prtg
John
- Posted by Brian on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:21:20 +0100, "John" <aaa@bbb.ccc> wrote:
Far too complicated for me :-(
- Posted by George Weston on July 18th, 2007
"Brian" <rates11@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:unks93drhudfuee4cfhbs52kluts27tk48@4ax.com...
Transfer to Plusnet and check their "View my broadband usage" tool on their
website every so often.
(Ducks for cover and awaits flame-throwers)
George
- Posted by David Horne, _the_ chancellor on July 18th, 2007
George Weston <geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
I use Plusnet. I asked them a question via the website, and received
their acknowledgement of the email at 10:03 this morning. Haven't heard
a peep yet- though that is rare for them. My question was why my
exchange, which has been on red for the last few months, is constantly
having its ETA fix date moved ahead by a few weeks once the current one
has passed. I also note that it says not to contact customer service if
an ETA has been given, but as this is the third time this has happened
that I'm aware of, _someone_ is having a laugh. And it's not me. Just
part of the crap service I've come to expect from broadband in the UK-
nothing personal against Plusnet...
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
- Posted by Brian on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:05:07 +0100, "George Weston"
<geoweston@googlemail.com> wrote:
That's one frying pan I managed to get out of just in time!
- Posted by Bert on July 18th, 2007
apiro [spirofantasio@zoom.co.uk] said:
Netmeter.
- Posted by Eeyore on July 18th, 2007
Brian wrote:
My router logs that automatically but not in a very convenient manner. And it
resets if rebooted of course.
e.g.
Tx bytes 117218828
Rx bytes 1357233646
That's 1.3 GB it seems (in 4 days but I was doing a lot of serious downloading)
What would be nice is a metering program that runs a cumulative total (until you
reset it) even if you switch off your PC but I've yet to see one.
Graham
- Posted by Eeyore on July 18th, 2007
apiro wrote:
Many ISPs make that metering information available to you.
Both Plusnet and Idnet do that. It's on a user area of their site.
Graham
- Posted by Brian on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:43:45 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
DU Meter is brilliant for that at PC level, but not router sadly.
- Posted by Brian on July 18th, 2007
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:45:17 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
- Posted by Eeyore on July 18th, 2007
"David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote:
I used to.
Really ???? It hardly surprises me !
What do you mean by 'on red' ?
Graham
- Posted by David Horne, _the_ chancellor on July 18th, 2007
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
From plusnet's website
"BT is reporting that some of the virtual paths at this exchange are not
operating within BT Wholesale's planning guidance, although they are
still operating within the product specification.
At busy times, your ADSL connection may operate at a reduced speed,
although not all customers on your exchange may be affected. You should
only contact support if there is no current ETA date set.
The ETA fix time is: 27 Jul 07
Record last updated: 09 Jul 07
Historical information for this exchange:
Status Date
red 02 Jul 07
red 25 Jun 07
red 18 Jun 07
red 11 Jun 07
red 04 Jun 07"
So, I'm screwed, and no one gives an XXXX.
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
- Posted by John on July 18th, 2007
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:469E5F61.E5E54706@hotmail.com...
http://www.paessler.com/prtg works at the router level for multiple
computers on a network, or so I believe. I saw reference to this on another
group and so can't be certain as I don't have it myself.
Now that one is easy - DU Meter - http://www.dumeter.com/ As you'll see from
my screen-dump here: http://www.prestoncwu.co.uk/dvd/dumeter.gif you can
have a historical view of daily, weekly, monthly and even projected useage.
John
- Posted by David Horne, _the_ chancellor on July 20th, 2007
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
I got a response about 18 hours later:
"Unfortunately we are unable to chase up BT and get them to fix this
any earlier than their ETA.
However, if your speeds are less than 400kbps we can still process this
as a Speed Fault and get it resolved for you.
In order for us to process this for you, please visit
http://faults.plus.net and raise this as a speed fault. It will then ask
you to carry out three speed tests at http://www.speedtester.bt.com and
the results will be logged into the BT Wholesale database.
Once this is submitted, we will be able to investigate this for you.
Please note that BT will not accept a fault for speeds higher than
400kbps for 2Mb or higher lines."
which means
"you get a shit service where you live, and there's nothing we can do
about it. Just live with it."
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Pres. Blair- May, 2007
- Posted by JamesB on August 28th, 2007
"John" <aaa@bbb.ccc> wrote in message news:A-udnT4y5OiS0QPbRVnygwA@bt.com...
Seconded, although the router will need to do SNMP (which some cheapy ones
may not) and in addition, the PC it runs on obviously needs to be on all the
time. Not a problem for me, but some folk do seem anal about turning their
computer on for 5 mins to check mail, then off again 
