[Wylug-discuss] ADSL migration

[James Holden]

On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 10:44:41AM +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 12 May 2006 00:19, Neil Pilgrim wrote:
> > As an extra data point, I was previously with BT, but then decided on
> > freedom2surf (f2s) when I moved house. They have a fairly detailed stats
> > system so you can monitor how many GB you're uploading/downloading. My
> > account is capped at 10G, but while I started out doing quite a bit, my
> > usage is now always under that, normally under 5G. That said, while it
> > is capped, that doesn't include transfers between 1am and 6am, if you
> > want to schedule things for then (I haven't needed to bother).
> >
> I tried to get the family to think seriously about what they do download, and 
> how big the files really are.  Frankly, I think the initial panic was 
> unjustified.  I think it would be rare indeed for any reasonable cap to be 
> exceeded.
> 
> I believe that capped services generally do supply some monitoring tools, but 
> maybe I'd also have to look at a lan-based monitor if we found ourselves 
> fighting a cap.  If that were the case we should be doing that anyway, I 
> think.

Plusnets usage monitor gives day by day usage stats, along with what
protocols formed what part of the usage. It's pretty good IMO.

James

> 
> Anne



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