[ubuntu-uk] Broadband usage meter

[azmodie]

On 7 December 2010 08:48, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 07/12/2010 08:15, James Page wrote:
> > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 21:49 +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> >> The situation my dad ended up with is to rely on BT's warning email at
> >> 80% of usage, and bear the cap in mind during the month.
> > If you have an online account with BT they now have a Broadband usage
> > monitor - I think its updated daily.  You can find it in the Broadband
> > section of the online servicing website.
> >
> Yes they do. I'm using a meter on my Windows machine in order to monitor
> what sort of activity uses the most bandwidth and wanted to compare
> usage on my Linux machine. ( you'd be amazed at how much bandwidth is
> used by online forums for example...)
>
>
I use vnstat http://humdi.net/vnstat/
which is a simple command line network stats.

there are also some graphical frontends too
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vnstatsvg/
http://www.sqweek.com/sqweek/index.php?p=1

hope this helps

azmodie
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