How do you find out what your Broadband monthly usage is?

[Jumpinjacks]

I am currently with Onetel and am on an unlimited package but I am considering going with Talktalk but they have a 40GB monthly usage.

I am unsure how much I do use a month and will this 40GB be enough for me to use?

Is 40GB alot for usage?

Any computery type people please help.

Thanks .

[LoKi_79]

that is stacks!

[mikeymustard]

depends how much pornography and illegal music you download lol.

Some isp's give you a daily breakdown on your user profile, or you can download a free prog (do a google). But as loki said that's loads

[vaio_pc]

Hi

Iam with talk talk broadband, line rental & calls all included £20.99 now that cant be bad.i was paying £17.99 bt yahoo broadband then line rental plus calls make your own mind up but talk talk is much cheaper.

paul

[Jumpinjacks]

Hi

Iam with talk talk broadband, line rental & calls all included £20.99 now that cant be bad.i was paying £17.99 bt yahoo broadband then line rental plus calls make your own mind up but talk talk is much cheaper.

paul

Yeah at the moment I am paying £40 for free calls unlimited broadband and line rental. So would be a real saving.

[Jumpinjacks]

But the Internet is normally on here from morning to night, And I download a little bit now and then but not all the time. Also my kids upstairs have wreless internet which runs off of mine downstairs.

Would this still be ideal?

[peeter_]

yeh should be no probs.

40 gigs is massive, look at in comparison to your hard-drive, i mean u probs got bout 100 gig, so in 2 months u could nearly have downloaded the complete content of you computer!

 

there should be no probs with 40 gig at all,

[marman]

a friend of mine has been known to accidently downloaded loads of films and music... he still only used about 30gb a month.. also his dad and sister use the internet alot aswel so someof that was them

[LoKi_79]

think of it another way, at 1Mbps it would take almost 4 days of solid downloading to reach 40Gb. [even at 8Mbps it would still be over 11 hours] and that is solid downloading - which you will only do if you are are downloading large files constantly. and that assumes that the server can keep up with you

 

the 40GB limit is just a way for the ISP to allow unrestricted connection for any normal user, but it prevents people from totally abusing it.

[marman]

a mate of mine who works for BT.. also a member of this forum went OVER BY 40gb.. he managed 90+ Gb a months for two months straight..lol impressive

[the_lone_wolf]

pah, i had a quiet month last month and still managed 60GB+

 

should have checked the usage the month i decided that i had to have every episode of the simpsons ever made:D