Re: service providers compared

Sam Nelson

In article <fjjao6$r8d$.uk>,
(Tony Mountifield) writes:
> In article <.clara.net>,
> The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> > Rob S wrote:
> > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
> > >
> > > -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
> > > -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
> > > -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
> > > -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
> > >
> >
> > Mine does. Clara net.
>
> Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.

My ISP offers a Firefox extension and an Apple Dashboard widget.
--
SAm.

The Natural Philosopher

Tony Mountifield wrote:
> In article <.clara.net>,
> The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
>> Rob S wrote:
>>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
>>>
>>> -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
>>> -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
>>> -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
>>> -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
>>>
>> Mine does. Clara net.
>
> Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.
>


Login with the same id and password as you use to connect the router with.

> Cheers
> Tony

Whiskers

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On 2007-12-10, Sam Nelson <.uk> wrote:
> In article <fjjao6$r8d$.uk>,
> (Tony Mountifield) writes:
>> In article <.clara.net>,
>> The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
>> > Rob S wrote:
>> > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
>> > > -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
>> > > -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
>> > > -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Mine does. Clara net.
>>
>> Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.
>
> My ISP offers a Firefox extension and an Apple Dashboard widget.

That sort of thing is OK for monitoring your ISP usage if you only ever
use one computer and one operating system and one user login on that
system. There are various monitoring programs that can do that much. If
you have a 'router' controlling your internet connection that may have a
log of all bandwidth usage too, which would combine all your computers'
and users' usage. But if the ISP charges for or limits your traffic, they
really should provide a 'meter' or 'log' on their web site somewhere, as
that is what they will be basing their charging or restrictions on - not
what readings you might get on your own equipment.

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-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
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Whiskers

["Followup-To:" header set to alt.internet.providers.uk.]
On 2007-12-10, Sam Nelson <.uk> wrote:
> In article <fjjao6$r8d$.uk>,
> (Tony Mountifield) writes:
>> In article <.clara.net>,
>> The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
>> > Rob S wrote:
>> > > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
>> > > -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
>> > > -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
>> > > -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
>> > >
>> >
>> > Mine does. Clara net.
>>
>> Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.
>
> My ISP offers a Firefox extension and an Apple Dashboard widget.

That sort of thing is OK for monitoring your ISP usage if you only ever
use one computer and one operating system and one user login on that
system. There are various monitoring programs that can do that much. If
you have a 'router' controlling your internet connection that may have a
log of all bandwidth usage too, which would combine all your computers'
and users' usage. But if the ISP charges for or limits your traffic, they
really should provide a 'meter' or 'log' on their web site somewhere, as
that is what they will be basing their charging or restrictions on - not
what readings you might get on your own equipment.

--
-- ^^^^^^^^^^
-- Whiskers
-- ~~~~~~~~~~

Tony Mountifield

In article <.clara.net>,
The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> Tony Mountifield wrote:
> > In article <.clara.net>,
> > The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> >> Rob S wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
> >>> -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
> >>> -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
> >>> -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
> >>>
> >> Mine does. Clara net.
> >
> > Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.
> >
>
>
> Login with the same id and password as you use to connect the router with.

I'm familiar with that location, as I use it to display invoices and show my
ADSL synchronisation rate. However, I couldn't see an option to display the
amount of data usage. What is it called on the page you see?

Cheers
Tony
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Tony Mountifield
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Tony Mountifield

In article <.clara.net>,
The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> Tony Mountifield wrote:
> > In article <.clara.net>,
> > The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c> wrote:
> >> Rob S wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 20:03:42 +0000, Whiskers <> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> -Does your present ISP not have a 'usage meter' page where you can see how
> >>> -much you download and upload each month? If they charge for volume or
> >>> -apply a fixed "cap" then they must be logging that information and it
> >>> -would be reasonable to expect it to be easily available to the customer.
> >>>
> >> Mine does. Clara net.
> >
> > Where is it? I'm with Claranet and haven't seen it.
> >
>
>
> Login with the same id and password as you use to connect the router with.

I'm familiar with that location, as I use it to display invoices and show my
ADSL synchronisation rate. However, I couldn't see an option to display the
amount of data usage. What is it called on the page you see?

Cheers
Tony
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Tony Mountifield
Work: -
Play: -