How to check your Internet usage (bandwidth) 18 October 2006 at 11:30AM edited 29 January 2011 at 2:26PM in Broadband & Internet Access 181 replies 307K views

GTG

spud17 wrote: »

No there isn't, it worked perfectly for me on XP, but Win7 had problems.
See previous posts and try NetWorx.

Thanks, just downloaded and installed Bitmeter. It has a good rating on cnet reviews. Problem is it's not recording any internet traffic despite having restarted windows and having the option to start the program on start up enabled?

Martin_Keller

There are some services online in the UK that offer paid tests, which are reliable but sometime expansive.

Services like speed test, bandwidth.

luci

I had problems with NetMeter losing my usage every few days. Downloaded Networx a few months ago and no problems with it at all.

However I find I am checking my bandwidth usage on my ISP's website so worth checking if your ISP has similar.

boho_2

you can try ActyMac DutyWatch -nice prog for monitoring internet

Kimberley

I've downloaded NetMeter but how do you stop that annoying little box from keep popping up with the data on to the right of the screen?

espresso

Kimberley wrote: »

I've downloaded NetMeter but how do you stop that annoying little box from keep popping up with the data on to the right of the screen?

Right click tray icon, Hide Meter.

Kimberley

espresso wrote: »

Right click tray icon, Hide Meter.

Thank you. So simple when you know how

mariakennedy

Ive got netmeter but I can't get it downloaded & working successfully -can anyone be of any help with that?

luci

I gave up on NetMeter as it kept losing the data every few days. Downloaded Networx and found it to be much better.

pmcmahon_2

NetBalancer: http://seriousbit.com/netbalancer/ (free version)

does something different, allowing you to increase and reduce the priority of up to 5 applications (on the free version). So I set up spotify to have a maximum of 0.01kb outgoing, thus saving on the p2p element of that program! You could do the same with bittorrent though it is a bit selfish I suppose!

It's useful as well to see if any programs are using lots of bandwidth which don't need to.