Satellite Inet Users Be Aware

**Scroll** · 07-07-2008 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by ke4est

Dang who is getting 30 Megabits.....and what household customer needs that.

Well for me, I stream my home security cameras over the web. Among other reasons mom gets a kick out of seeing her boy practically every day at the click of a mouse.

And I sometimes download Amazon unBox and I have 2 Vonage lines but besides that I probably fall into the constant surfer/ email category. I don't download a lot really. But this usage thing has me concerned also. One reason is that my upload bandwidth is insufficient mainly due to the cams, which run 24/ 7.

Recently TW announced it will start charging fees for certain users. I also took my 1st look into a wireless modem plan which has a base monthly fee plus overages.

So how can you actually monitor your own usage to try to stay under any possible current or future caps or overage fees? Seems like there should be a better method available than a calculated guess.

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Well I went back and read some more of the posts in this thread and now see this probably wasn't the best thread to post to since the issues here are more concentrated on satellite broadband specifically. But the more I read about some of these starved FAP connections the more I'm glad I didn't go that way! Dish Network was trying to steer me towards it just last week when I told them I was closing my DBS account because my broadband was too slow and cable broadband required video service for the speeds I desired. Man would I have been fuming!

**bajadudes** · 07-08-2008 05:32 PM

Download DU meter, nice small utility that will keep track of everything going in and out. keeps an hourly, daily and monthly tally

download it
here

**Scroll** · 07-11-2008 10:30 PM

Fantastic!

I'm out of town right now but downloaded it to my laptop to get a feel for it. Looks like just what I was looking for!!

**linoj** · 08-19-2009 11:15 AM

hi, this also might help (for HughesNet only)

Husage: A Better HughesNet Usage Report

www dot husage dot net

(forum wont let me post the real link)

**starbuck** · 12-18-2010 11:56 PM

Can we say DumbIce!!! He thought you fixed him up for FREE D/L'ing and didn't give a damn about what you explained to him!
Hence all that d/l'ing he did. What gets me is he was pissed at you after some strange reason they shut him down, hummmm......