24-02-2005 22:25									#1
	Download limits? Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

I'm thinking of changing my Internet connection from a 1meg unlimited download scheme to a 2 meg line with various monthly bandwidth ceilings (5 gig, 10 gig and 15 gig)

Is there a app out there that can keep a running total to give me some idea how much bandwidth I'm currently using a month? The cost gets pretty bad if you exceed your bandwidth ceiling.

	24-02-2005 22:47									#2
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yes. the DU meter.

http://www.dumeter.com/

	24-02-2005 22:52									#3
	Inflate your Upload Space

There are several but be carefull as not all of them are reliable.

To the switching: DON'T!!!

I have a 10G cap and believe me, it's not enough.
Heck, no even when night-traffic only counts as 50%.
Should I mention my UL is capped at 10% of my DL limit.

For every extra Gig I pay 1€.

On the other hand, your connection is quite slow...hmmm.

	24-02-2005 23:05									#4
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download/upload limits

	24-02-2005 23:10									#5
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Strange but I have a 700mb cap for 24hrs on 256K and I routinely download 1-2gb per day, but they have yet to send me an email about it in like a year. Love blueyonder.

	24-02-2005 23:18									#6
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Don't switch. I have an unlimited 1.5 Mbit line (up to 8 Mbit local speeds though), and in some days I can download 2+ GB. That is per day! Granted, not every day, but I'd hate to limit myself. So don't switch, you'll just have to limit yourself, which kills the fun.

	24-02-2005 23:18									#7
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Don't switch. I have an unlimited 1.5 Mbit line (up to 8 Mbit local speeds though), and in some days I can download 2+ GB. That is per day! Granted, not every day, but I'd hate to limit myself. So don't switch, you'll just have to limit yourself, which kills the fun.

	24-02-2005 23:32									#8
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2+GB! What the hell are you guys downloading!

I doubt I have ever exeeded 500 MB in a day.

	24-02-2005 23:38									#9
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that's a lotta pr0n

	24-02-2005 23:39									#10
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When I worked from home, I coule easily surpass several Gigs per day, but then I was transferring ISO images of our produc from work and such.

	24-02-2005 23:52									#11
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cheers all, I know roughly how much I downlad when I'm file sharing (about 10 gig a month), I 've no idea what day to day surfing would take up though.

Another tariff offered is unlimited 2meg for an extra £5 a month over the 15 gig limit tariff, I just don't know if I even use 15 gig a month.

	24-02-2005 23:54									#12
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I've DL'd much more than 2gig in a day on occasions.

	25-02-2005 00:02									#13
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my record for one day is 8.77 GB

	25-02-2005 00:03									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Last Conformist I've DL'd much more than 2gig in a day on occasions.

It's handy if you have to do an emergency re-format, you can just install an OS and Kazaa and leave it on overnight replacing your lost apps.

	25-02-2005 00:09									#15
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My ISP recently lifted the cap (it actually wasn't a real cap, just FUP), but this is good news nonetheless.

The great thing about my ISP is that it accurately maintains logs of my traffic so I can see how much it really is without installing something myself. I just notice that I hit two 8.5 GB spikes on two days this month

	25-02-2005 00:09									#16
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Don't do it reds. You will exceed the limit, and the costs will be painful.

	25-02-2005 00:48									#17
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Please, yesterday, I downloaded over 2GB, too. Much of it was the season finales of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis.

	25-02-2005 02:18									#18
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Those haven't been aired yet anywhere. Where did you get them?

	25-02-2005 02:20									#19
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They have. SG1 aired on Tuesday in the UK, Atlantis aired... not sure when but some weeks ago in Canada. It's the US that has the mid-season break and airs episodes that are old by now.

	25-02-2005 03:05									#20
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you have to be crazy to sign up for that!

getting this is like getting a vasectomy.

	25-02-2005 03:17									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Zopperoni My ISP recently lifted the cap (it actually wasn't a real cap, just FUP), but this is good news nonetheless. The great thing about my ISP is that it accurately maintains logs of my traffic so I can see how much it really is without installing something myself. I just notice that I hit two 8.5 GB spikes on two days this month

XS4all by any chance??

	25-02-2005 03:35									#22
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Wow, I'm sad, don't even begin to compare to those of you who hit 8 GB a day, my record is just over 2 GB. Then again, my upload record is 3.5 GB in one day.

	25-02-2005 03:39									#23
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quote: Wow, I'm sad, don't even begin to compare to those of you who hit 8 GB a day

No no no. Believe me, THEY are the ones who are sad.

	25-02-2005 05:28									#24
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I had a 1G download limit per month. It sucked. So I changed to a slower linespeed and a 10G limit. Much better.

	25-02-2005 05:58									#25
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You guys and your crappy ISPs

With Cox cable here I get 5+ Mbits down (read 600 kilobytes ps) and 1-2 Mbits up with no limit whatsoever.

	25-02-2005 06:01									#26
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I've had unlimited 10mbps u&d since ´98

	25-02-2005 06:02									#27
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quote: Originally posted by Skanky Burns I had a 1G download limit per month. It sucked. So I changed to a slower linespeed and a 10G limit. Much better.

1G per MONTH?!

	25-02-2005 06:06									#28
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More than enough for many - if not most - people.

	25-02-2005 06:34									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Solver Wow, I'm sad, don't even begin to compare to those of you who hit 8 GB a day, my record is just over 2 GB. Then again, my upload record is 3.5 GB in one day.

My UL record for 24h is about 20gig.

	25-02-2005 06:34									#30
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People shouldn't let higher speeds fool themselves. 1 Mbps of unlimited traffic nets a crapload of bandwidth compared to 2 Mbps with a limit. I once calculated that a 256 kbps line can download 14 gigabytes in one week. 256 kbps feels slow, but it can do wonders with enough time. People seem to lose scope of that easily.