Broadband download limits??

jakesmummy_2

Hi does anyone know how u can find out how much of your monthly download limit you have used?the only reason i ask is because i am this month planning to change from unlimited aol to 40gb limit sky and when i rang aol he told me i have used an average download of 90gb a month!! i dont actually download very much ,the odd song/album i like and,dont really download films or anything like that but i do spend alot of time on facebook and my oh is on youtube quite a bit so do you think i really use that much?

do you think maybe he was just saying it to try n stop me changing to sky?would appreciate some help, thanks

spud17

Thanks to espresso, look here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=285557

With Netmeter you monitor how much you use daily, weekly and monthly.

It also gives a predicted usage for the month.

coolagarry

I use bitmeter http://www.tucows.com/preview/407722 which is similar. When installed you right click and click on 'isp restrictions'. You can tell it what date your month begins,what the restrictions are and when to notify you. ie. at 75%. It then tells you how much your are uploading/downloading how many days left, quota remaining etc. (remember it is usually an uploading/downloading limit - if you are into filesharing you can often upload more than you download and both of them count)

albertross_2

Unless someone else is using your wireless network to torrent, I doubt you use 90GB, thats 1 full quality DVD every 2 days, or 5 full quality albums per day, or 1000's of mp3's/month. Most adsl connections wont let you get anywhere near that level of download in a month. 40GB limit is enough for most people apart from the heaviest of torrenters.

ormus

i refused to go with bt bb, cause they had a 2gb limit. so i went for aol.
i reckon to use summat like 4/8gb per month.

my son who DL,s a lot of stuff used 33gb (ntl bb) last month!

so 90gb is hellava lot.
i too, doubt that you used so much.

Donnie

He's lying. I doubt if you use 9 GB monthly.

My girlfriend regularly watches streamed TV programmes, though rarely goes over 4GB per month.

jakesmummy_2

Thanks for all your replies everyone i feel alot better about changing the broadband now,thanks