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| 1219923 | 2011-07-29 09:09:00 | So we just got put on a 10gb data cap with no warning (not sure whether its legal for them to do that...gotta check the contract)...im using a freeware bandwidth monitor. Apparently i can use around 200 mb of downloaded data every day, and this is without actually downloading anything specific(well except from the auto virus and windows updates). So basically 200mb or so of data from browsing web pages only...seems a little high to me. Any idea on tracking wheres most of that data coming from? |
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| 1219924 | 2011-07-29 09:14:00 | who's your ISP?? what was your data cap before the 10GB cap? |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1219925 | 2011-07-29 09:52:00 | 200mb isn't much at all. Depends on the browsing too, this site for instance, rather a minimum of pics and video. Youtube on the other hand, could eat data faster depending how many you sit and watch. And 200 a day? 200mb x 30 days (most caps are monthly), doesn't add up to 10GB. ISPs can limit your data as they choose. Or not. So yeah legal. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1219926 | 2011-07-29 10:20:00 | Im staying at student accomodation. When we arrived nobody told us about a cap at all until management suddenly started telling us we had a cap, but refused to specify exactly how much or give us a way to track our usage. They backed down after all the resident got together and signed a petition to protest about it, and vaugely said that unless we were doing mass torrenting/downloading, we didnt have anything to worry. This continued for several months until recently when some IT guys came down and shut off internet access to like half the flats here with no warning and management suddnely said we had a 10gb cap per month. That 200mb figure doesnt factor in occasional downloads, viewing of university material or large program updates though. |
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| 1219927 | 2011-07-29 11:42:00 | Just out of interest is that 10gb per person or per flat? If multiple people are using the same 10gb cap you could (depending on how internet is distributed) flash gargoyle or DD-WRT to a router and assign a data cap to each device or over all. That way you can see which one of you (or which device) is using too much data. Alternatively you could could set up a proxying PC to keep track of usage and even run squid to chache. This is probably a bit extreme though |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1219928 | 2011-07-29 11:49:00 | Try TUC. http://www.tuc.co.nz/ It wont tell you what but it will tell you how much. |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1219929 | 2011-07-29 11:55:00 | Try TUC. http://www.tuc.co.nz/ It wont tell you what but it will tell you how much. Well im already using something similar to track my usage. Also its 10gb per person, but i dont think they have any way to track per person usage(at least, so far). |
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| 1219930 | 2011-07-29 12:02:00 | even 10GB a person, i wouldn't complain | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1219931 | 2011-07-30 05:56:00 | Unfortunately TUC won't help in your situation, it will only tell the account-holder the total download and that isn't you. My guess is the manager has installed Gargoyle or something similar as the Error Guy suggested in post #5 and he is going to restrict you individually. This no doubt has been brought about because one (or more) of your fellow students has killed the hen that laid the golden eggs. |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 1219932 | 2011-07-31 02:08:00 | Need something here I blew the cap on Friday lucky SWMBO and the kid are away until tonight and the cap gets reset tonight, damn pain being on slowload for 2 days though | gary67 (56) | ||
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