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Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

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09-02-2008 12:00

With the new Comcast *gag* policy of limiting bandwidth I'd like to install a meter on my PC just for ha ha's. I know right now the allowance is probably way more than I'll need......but this is the beginning of a trend and lets face it....they can change their allowance any time. When my fiance gets home he's gonna have a cow.... he's way into gaming and doing cool stuff on the web so....

I'd like to be able to see just how much I'm using, and 'we' use. Anyone know of some free software I can download to keep track of bandwidth?

Distilled1 Rush

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Join date: 29 Jul 2006

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09-02-2008 12:13

my suggestion is get rid of comcast! I don't know of a meter I always wondered what I was DLing and uploading, I know I can hit 500G in a month of transfer easy uploading/DLing music to my web site. not including torrents or SL or any thing like that. and what is theirs set at 200G? and I think this is who it will hurt Torrent runners, movies etc. web host that transfer large amounts of data from home machines to servers and back and forth.

They are only doing this because they got caught throttling bandwidth, and were told they could not do it like that~!

Thank god for DSL and T1 lines. TV if I had to use comcast I think I would drop to dial up!

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Yosef Okelly

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Join date: 26 Aug 2007

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09-02-2008 12:25

Try this. It's freeware.
http://codebox.no-ip.net/download?file=bitmeter2

The home page for the software is:
http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=bitmeter2

Or just google for Bitmeter 2

Hope it has what you want

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Toy LaFollette

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09-02-2008 12:29

TWC is going to be far worse than the 250GB cap of comcast

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Yosef Okelly

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09-02-2008 12:32

From: Distilled1 Rush

my suggestion is get rid of comcast!

Not exactly what was asked, but ... ok.

From: Distilled1 Rush

I think this is who it will hurt Torrent runners, movies etc. web host that transfer large amounts of data from home machines to servers and back and forth.

Yeppers, that's the target. They are also wanting people who basically run a business off of a residential account to pay the business rate like everyone else.
If you care to read the fine print, you may find that your ISP is already doing something like this already, once you hit 2GB tranfer you get throttled back to like 10% throughput.

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Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

Posts: 1,759

09-02-2008 12:32

It's 250G actually.

But anyway....I just checked google for bandwidth meters and indeed a few do exist. I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a 'safe' one to download.

I would have gone with DSL except my fiance insisted on comcast because he's so into gaming and he wants the speed. In an earlier thread this was already discussed though.....and a few techies chimed in that really, it would be very very hard for the average SL user or web user to reach the 250G limit. It was broken down here by someone. And...I just read an article on MSN about Comcast doing this....some interesting points and observations there.

Yosef Okelly

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09-02-2008 12:32

From: Toy LaFollette

TWC is going to be far worse than the 250GB cap of comcast

The Weather Channel?

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Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

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09-02-2008 12:33

Thanks Yosef~!!!!

Tod69 Talamasca

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Join date: 20 Sep 2005

Posts: 4,107

09-02-2008 12:34

http://www.rokario.com/

Been using it & checking the log files. So far I haven't even come CLOSE to 250 GB.

Considering I play several MMO's, Half Life 2, Crysis, and tons of others online, along with various downloads *wink wink* I think thats a decent amount.

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Brenda Connolly

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09-02-2008 12:34

Too bad we can't sell our excess bandwith each month. I'm sure I don't go anywhere near those numbers. I don't know if my ISP(Cablevision) has similar plans or not.

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Imnotgoing Sideways

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Join date: 17 Nov 2007

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09-02-2008 12:35

If you live in a Comcast hosted area... Normally your only other option is DSL or wireless. Both slower, less reliable, and already capped. (>_<

I used to use NetStatLive on my Win98 machine, but have found it to be less than friendly on my XP mashines. (T_T)

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Yosef Okelly

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09-02-2008 12:36

From: Milla Alexandre

In an earlier thread this was already discussed though.....and a few techies chimed in that really, it would be very very hard for the average SL user or web user to reach the 250G limit.

Don't forget, if you have more people in your house on line the numbers go up accordingly.
I have 5 computers conected on my home network at any given time. Typically 2 on SL, 2 on WoW and one on Gaia.

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Toy LaFollette

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09-02-2008 12:53

From: Yosef Okelly

The Weather Channel?

Time Warner Cable..... Road Runner

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Yosef Okelly

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09-02-2008 13:08

Ah
I have heard a lot of horror stories about them. But since I have no actual experience I'll not make any wild assumptions aout their dial-up back bone ... nope. Not me.

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Brenda Connolly

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09-02-2008 13:11

From: Yosef Okelly

Don't forget, if you have more people in your house on line the numbers go up accordingly.
I have 5 computers conected on my home network at any given time. Typically 2 on SL, 2 on WoW and one on Gaia.

Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling......

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Ghosty Kips

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09-02-2008 13:22

From: Brenda Connolly

Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling......

not to mention his electric bill!

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Echo Dragonfly

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09-02-2008 13:24

Here is a nice lil app I use. Breaks usage down by daily, weekly, and monthly totals.

And the best part, it's free

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Toy LaFollette

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09-02-2008 13:31

From: Yosef Okelly

Ah
I have heard a lot of horror stories about them. But since I have no actual experience I'll not make any wild assumptions aout their dial-up back bone ... nope. Not me.

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Yosef Okelly

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09-02-2008 14:11

From: Brenda Connolly

Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling......

There are days when my wife is on SL and WoW AND spending more money on iTunes all at the same time.

... and she wonders why her computer is slow.

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Imnotgoing Sideways

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Join date: 17 Nov 2007

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09-02-2008 14:18

From: Echo Dragonfly

Here is a nice lil app I use. Breaks usage down by daily, weekly, and monthly totals.

And the best part, it's free

I just installed this on my work machine... It's KILLER! And it has CSV output so you can really keep a log of things. (^_^)y

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Almadi Masala

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09-02-2008 14:38

From: Imnotgoing Sideways

I just installed this on my work machine... It's KILLER! And it has CSV output so you can really keep a log of things. (^_^)y

I second that. I just started using bitmeter2, and it is great. You can tell it what limit your ISP imposes over what length of time, and it will alert you if you reach some percentage (e.g. 75 or 80%) of that amount.

LittleMe Jewell

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09-02-2008 14:40

From: Distilled1 Rush

my suggestion is get rid of comcast!

Nice idea, but I cannot get DSL and so comcast is my only viable option.

I suppose I could move, but I don't really hate comcast enough for that yet.

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Bellissa Dion

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Join date: 5 Jun 2005

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09-03-2008 07:33

This is the meter I use and am quite happy with it.... http://www.lp23.com/bmextreme/

After a whole lot of searching it was the only one that monitored usage for peak and offpeak periods (it also does pretty much the same things as bitmeter) but it was the peak periods i really needed to keep track of.

The original download is a 2 week trial period, but after a couple of days use I went ahead and bought it... well worth it.

~B

Milla Alexandre

Join date: 22 Jan 2007

Posts: 1,759

09-03-2008 07:49

I put codebox on my home PC last night.....love it!! It's very very handy to have, thanks gang~!!

Bandwidth Meter??
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	09-02-2008 12:00 With the new Comcast gag policy of limiting bandwidth I'd like to install a meter on my PC just for ha ha's. I know right now the allowance is probably way more than I'll need......but this is the beginning of a trend and lets face it....they can change their allowance any time. When my fiance gets home he's gonna have a cow.... he's way into gaming and doing cool stuff on the web so.... I'd like to be able to see just how much I'm using, and 'we' use. Anyone know of some free software I can download to keep track of bandwidth?
Distilled1 Rush written in the Pixles Join date: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 504	09-02-2008 12:13 my suggestion is get rid of comcast! I don't know of a meter I always wondered what I was DLing and uploading, I know I can hit 500G in a month of transfer easy uploading/DLing music to my web site. not including torrents or SL or any thing like that. and what is theirs set at 200G? and I think this is who it will hurt Torrent runners, movies etc. web host that transfer large amounts of data from home machines to servers and back and forth. They are only doing this because they got caught throttling bandwidth, and were told they could not do it like that~! Thank god for DSL and T1 lines. TV if I had to use comcast I think I would drop to dial up! _____________________ Dell XPS-700 (this is a fantastic case!) XP media Intel Core2Duo 2.38ghz Nvida 9800GTX+ 512mg 4 G RAM Dell XPS 1530 Red Core 2 duo VISTA and I like it! Nvidia 8600m 512 6 G RAM Compaq amd 3200 XP home POS! Nvidia FX 5200 2 G RAMM White Box XP pro P 4 Nvidia Shared 128k some odd old PCI card 1 G RAM *(STILL RUNS THE 1.21 CLIENT AND LATEST RC! )
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 12:25 Try this. It's freeware. http://codebox.no-ip.net/download?file=bitmeter2 The home page for the software is: http://codebox.no-ip.net/controller?page=bitmeter2 Or just google for Bitmeter 2 Hope it has what you want _____________________
Toy LaFollette I eat paintchips Join date: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2,359	09-02-2008 12:29 TWC is going to be far worse than the 250GB cap of comcast _____________________ "So you see, my loyalty lies with Second Life, not with Linden Lab. Where I perceive the actions of Linden Lab to be in conflict with the best interests of Second Life, I side with Second Life."-Jacek
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 12:32 From: Distilled1 Rush my suggestion is get rid of comcast! Not exactly what was asked, but ... ok. From: Distilled1 Rush I think this is who it will hurt Torrent runners, movies etc. web host that transfer large amounts of data from home machines to servers and back and forth. Yeppers, that's the target. They are also wanting people who basically run a business off of a residential account to pay the business rate like everyone else. If you care to read the fine print, you may find that your ISP is already doing something like this already, once you hit 2GB tranfer you get throttled back to like 10% throughput. _____________________
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	09-02-2008 12:32 It's 250G actually. But anyway....I just checked google for bandwidth meters and indeed a few do exist. I was just wondering if anyone could suggest a 'safe' one to download. I would have gone with DSL except my fiance insisted on comcast because he's so into gaming and he wants the speed. In an earlier thread this was already discussed though.....and a few techies chimed in that really, it would be very very hard for the average SL user or web user to reach the 250G limit. It was broken down here by someone. And...I just read an article on MSN about Comcast doing this....some interesting points and observations there.
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 12:32 From: Toy LaFollette TWC is going to be far worse than the 250GB cap of comcast The Weather Channel? _____________________
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	09-02-2008 12:33 Thanks Yosef~!!!!
Tod69 Talamasca The Human Tripod ;) Join date: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,107	09-02-2008 12:34 http://www.rokario.com/ Been using it & checking the log files. So far I haven't even come CLOSE to 250 GB. Considering I play several MMO's, Half Life 2, Crysis, and tons of others online, along with various downloads wink wink I think thats a decent amount. _____________________ really pissy & mean right now and NOT happy with Life.
Brenda Connolly Un United Avatar Join date: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 25,000	09-02-2008 12:34 Too bad we can't sell our excess bandwith each month. I'm sure I don't go anywhere near those numbers. I don't know if my ISP(Cablevision) has similar plans or not. _____________________ Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen. http://brenda-connolly.blogspot.com
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	09-02-2008 12:35 If you live in a Comcast hosted area... Normally your only other option is DSL or wireless. Both slower, less reliable, and already capped. (>_< I used to use NetStatLive on my Win98 machine, but have found it to be less than friendly on my XP mashines. (T_T) _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 12:36 From: Milla Alexandre In an earlier thread this was already discussed though.....and a few techies chimed in that really, it would be very very hard for the average SL user or web user to reach the 250G limit. Don't forget, if you have more people in your house on line the numbers go up accordingly. I have 5 computers conected on my home network at any given time. Typically 2 on SL, 2 on WoW and one on Gaia. _____________________
Toy LaFollette I eat paintchips Join date: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2,359	09-02-2008 12:53 From: Yosef Okelly The Weather Channel? Time Warner Cable..... Road Runner _____________________ "So you see, my loyalty lies with Second Life, not with Linden Lab. Where I perceive the actions of Linden Lab to be in conflict with the best interests of Second Life, I side with Second Life."-Jacek
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 13:08 Ah I have heard a lot of horror stories about them. But since I have no actual experience I'll not make any wild assumptions aout their dial-up back bone ... nope. Not me. _____________________
Brenda Connolly Un United Avatar Join date: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 25,000	09-02-2008 13:11 From: Yosef Okelly Don't forget, if you have more people in your house on line the numbers go up accordingly. I have 5 computers conected on my home network at any given time. Typically 2 on SL, 2 on WoW and one on Gaia. Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling...... _____________________ Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen. http://brenda-connolly.blogspot.com
Ghosty Kips Elora's Llama Join date: 2 May 2008 Posts: 2,386	09-02-2008 13:22 From: Brenda Connolly Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling...... not to mention his electric bill! _____________________ -- Why aren't you doing something more useful, like playing WoW?
Echo Dragonfly Surely You Jest Join date: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 325	09-02-2008 13:24 Here is a nice lil app I use. Breaks usage down by daily, weekly, and monthly totals. And the best part, it's free _____________________ Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy, the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence. Norman Podhoretz ...................... If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests? ............................ Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
Toy LaFollette I eat paintchips Join date: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 2,359	09-02-2008 13:31 From: Yosef Okelly Ah I have heard a lot of horror stories about them. But since I have no actual experience I'll not make any wild assumptions aout their dial-up back bone ... nope. Not me. _____________________ "So you see, my loyalty lies with Second Life, not with Linden Lab. Where I perceive the actions of Linden Lab to be in conflict with the best interests of Second Life, I side with Second Life."-Jacek
Yosef Okelly Mostly Harmless Join date: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 2,692	09-02-2008 14:11 From: Brenda Connolly Good God Man! The EMF's in that place must be hair curling...... There are days when my wife is on SL and WoW AND spending more money on iTunes all at the same time. ... and she wonders why her computer is slow. _____________________
Imnotgoing Sideways Can't outlaw cute! =^-^= Join date: 17 Nov 2007 Posts: 4,694	09-02-2008 14:18 From: Echo Dragonfly Here is a nice lil app I use. Breaks usage down by daily, weekly, and monthly totals. And the best part, it's free I just installed this on my work machine... It's KILLER! And it has CSV output so you can really keep a log of things. (^_^)y _____________________ Somewhere in this world; there is someone having some good clean fun doing the one thing you hate the most. (^_^)y http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ferguson/54/237/94
Almadi Masala Registered User Join date: 5 May 2007 Posts: 95	09-02-2008 14:38 From: Imnotgoing Sideways I just installed this on my work machine... It's KILLER! And it has CSV output so you can really keep a log of things. (^_^)y I second that. I just started using bitmeter2, and it is great. You can tell it what limit your ISP imposes over what length of time, and it will alert you if you reach some percentage (e.g. 75 or 80%) of that amount.
LittleMe Jewell ........... Join date: 8 Oct 2007 Posts: 11,319	09-02-2008 14:40 From: Distilled1 Rush my suggestion is get rid of comcast! Nice idea, but I cannot get DSL and so comcast is my only viable option. I suppose I could move, but I don't really hate comcast enough for that yet. _____________________ ♥♥♥ -Lil Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it? ~Mark Twain~ Optimism is denial, so face the facts and move on. ♥♥♥ Lil's Yard Sale / Inventory Cleanout: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Triggerfish/52/27/22 . http://www.flickr.com/photos/littleme_jewell
Bellissa Dion Fringe Dweller Join date: 5 Jun 2005 Posts: 183	09-03-2008 07:33 This is the meter I use and am quite happy with it.... http://www.lp23.com/bmextreme/ After a whole lot of searching it was the only one that monitored usage for peak and offpeak periods (it also does pretty much the same things as bitmeter) but it was the peak periods i really needed to keep track of. The original download is a 2 week trial period, but after a couple of days use I went ahead and bought it... well worth it. ~B
Milla Alexandre Milla Alexandre Join date: 22 Jan 2007 Posts: 1,759	09-03-2008 07:49 I put codebox on my home PC last night.....love it!! It's very very handy to have, thanks gang~!!

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