> Another issue - at home I have a continual background noise level of 100 > kbit/sec. > > This data is mostly ARP traffic from a bunch of misconfigured windows boxes, > plus IPP advertising and just plain crap.
This, up to the last electron on the "i", is exactly how I would describe it too. The amount of mickeysoft share traffic is astonishing. > This traffic is not accounted for as part of your traffic cap. My guess is that traffic from the same subnet as your own is not being charged, as otherwise the pile of redmond-technology-originating tcp and udp crap would certainly be chargable if it came from, say, Australia. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
