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Question

Bandwidth Program

Jan 6, 2014 11:07AM PST

Most of the telephone email companies sell their internet usage by the gigabyte. I am considering dropping Frontiernet as my home internet provider since they have gotten so expensive and using a mobile provider. I am retired and use the computer all day, mostly for emails and to check on sites, I never download movies or play internet games, how can I check my usage in GB? I live away from the city so Frontier is the only hardwired option. There must be freeware programs to do this.

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My mom
Jan 6, 2014 12:32PM PST

Got Netzero and she went with the 15 buck a month plan. To check usage she looks at a web page on that. No extra apps to install.
Bob

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Not What I'm Looking For
Jan 6, 2014 1:12PM PST

I'm not looking for a plan with a built in app, I'm looking for a program for my desktop that will tell me how many GB of internet usage (calculated as the mobile phones are calculated) I'm using. I will stay on this plan for another month to find out.
Roy

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I haven't found any to be exact.
Jan 6, 2014 1:27PM PST