Measuring total internet throughput?

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Is there a program that can keep a running total of my internet throughput?
I have a wireless modem on my laptop which is capable of working in Europe
but the rates there are $15 per megabyte of data transferred (using GPRS).
I use MyIE2 browser and will turn off image and sound downloading to save
money. The modem also uses compression so that will help a lot. But I
would still like to track at my end how much I am using. Any ideas?
Thanks.
 
Is there a program that can keep a running total of my internet throughput?
I have a wireless modem on my laptop which is capable of working in Europe
but the rates there are $15 per megabyte of data transferred (using GPRS).
I use MyIE2 browser and will turn off image and sound downloading to save
money. The modem also uses compression so that will help a lot. But I
would still like to track at my end how much I am using. Any ideas?
Thanks.
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I think NetMeter can do what you need.

http://readerror.gmxhome.de/

It's a wonderful little program for those who need to keep track of online
time or watch large downloads. It's a 1 file wonder... no install, no
library files.

Bob

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Netstate Live graphs your input and output bytes (http://www.analogx.com/) as
does Net Activity Diagram (not sure it's free anymore). However they only keep
a running total of input and output if you don't turn off the PC. I'd like one
where it keeps a running total for each day, then I can sum up the numbers for
each month.


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Bob said:
I think NetMeter can do what you need.

http://readerror.gmxhome.de/

It's a wonderful little program for those who need to keep track of online
time or watch large downloads. It's a 1 file wonder... no install, no
library files.

Bob

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Bob, its an install.

Mike Sa
 
Bob, its an install.
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Yea, if you can call creating a folder and copying a file to it an install.
It's really clean as far as the registry and library files, and runs great
from 1 file.

If you want to avoid the little install routine, let me know and I will
email it to you.


Bob

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Bob said:
Yea, if you can call creating a folder and copying a file to it an install.
It's really clean as far as the registry and library files, and runs great
from 1 file.

If you want to avoid the little install routine, let me know and I will
email it to you.

Bob

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Thanks for the offer, but first- what I saw was the standard MS Install
Shield screen, and stopped there, looked like a full install into
registry.

Comment?

Mike Sa
 
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Mike, the program is a single EXE, and a mere 260KB. NetMeter stores
NOTHING in the Registry. It stores your preferences in an INI file. I don't
know what else to tell you. It's not a Trojan planted by Microsoft, and it
won't report you to the FBI, it won't blow your computer up. At least not
today.

NetMeter is the very definition of great Freeware we on this group use and
love. It's the PhotoFiltre of Net Usage Meters.

Now install it, use it, and enjoy it. That's an order! :)

Bob

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Bob said:
Mike, the program is a single EXE, and a mere 260KB. NetMeter stores
NOTHING in the Registry. It stores your preferences in an INI file. I don't
know what else to tell you. It's not a Trojan planted by Microsoft, and it
won't report you to the FBI, it won't blow your computer up. At least not
today.

NetMeter is the very definition of great Freeware we on this group use and
love. It's the PhotoFiltre of Net Usage Meters.

Now install it, use it, and enjoy it. That's an order! :)

Bob

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Yes Sir!!!

But why on earth do they use an installer, if it records settings in an
ini file?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
Yes Sir!!!

But why on earth do they use an installer, if it records settings in an
ini file?

Mike Sa
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Bob, we're talking about 2 different programs. I went to the link in
your earlier post, it is a MS install, I ran it using Ictrl5 so I could
see what it did. It installed, added 33 keys to registry, changed 9
values, uninstalled in Control Panel. I deleted some of the worst keys
in registry but it still left some crap behind. There are better
programs like this that don't install.

Mike Sa
 
But why on earth do they use an installer, if it records settings in an
ini file?
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Good question.

My guess is because of N00b's that don't know how to use the Explorer.

Bob

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