Program counting bytes downloaded and uploaded.

[funxus]

We have an adsl connection to the internet called Broadband 500, where 500 means 500kbits/second download. Today I discovered there is a connection that is called Broadband 2000, with 4 times faster download.

The later one costs about 25% more per month, the upgrade would be free, but the problem is that after having downloaded (maybe uploaded too, but that shouldn't be much) 10GB of data in a month, they charge $2,50 for each extra GB. If we don't download more than 10GB, this could be a very good deal, but if it's up to 20GB it would become very expensive.

So, it'd be nice if I could check how much data passes through my modem to see if we even should consider upgrading. Anybody know of a program that checks this? We have three computers connected through a router to the modem, where two of the computers are used for internet a lot. I've checked if the router or the OS counts bytes, but they don't seem to. How much data do you think is downloaded when surfing? Does it get over 1GB a month if we surf for totally 4 hrs/day?

 

[Turner]

Try www.webattack.com . They have a bunch of great utilities there. Shareware/freeware. I like the site, myself. Gotten several good programs from them.

 

[Grisu]

you could also try dumeter http://www.dumeter.com

they offer a 30-day trial

 

[funxus]

I found a program called Bandwidth Monitor on webattack that seems to be what I was looking for. It checks all data on that network card. Thanks

 

[ainwood]

10 GB a month!

Wouldn't even come close, unless you are downloading lots of movies and / or music.

 

[funxus]

I'm over the limit both today and yesterday, so we probably sould give it a second though. I downloaded CS today though, that's a third.