James, be fair now. Most prominent ISPs in other countries give due warnings when a bundle is running out; in fact, it is a requirement in the EU. Is it really that crazy to want the Ugandan ISPs to aspire to international standards?
Now, to give the L in LUG a chance: iptables has a quota module. You could easily make your Linux computer cut the Internet connection when a set amount of traffic has travelled through the interface. Now, when I lived in Uganda and had MTN I made a small shell script which automatically went online to MTNs web page and told me the amount of data traffic I had left. If you take such a script, make it construct an iptables rule based on the figure it receives, and put this script in /etc/network/if-up.d, it would automatically run and set the appropriate limit whenever you went online. On 19 July 2013 10:40, James S. K. Makumbi <[email protected]> wrote: > Kyle,**** > > ** ** > > Can we analyze this whole “rob me blind” thing? YOU are using YOUR airtime > as YOUR DATA to surf the interwebs. Just because the ISP has not warned you > that you have spent your data you feel robbed?**** > > Should the bank warn you that you are eating into your savings too? Should > your phone come with a red light like a fuel gauge?**** > > No if they took the airtime and you got no value, that would be robbery.** > ** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Kyle Spencer > *Sent:* 19 July 2013 11:09 > > *To:* Uganda Linux User Group > *Subject:* Re: [LUG] [TechPost] Airtel Vs Orange Uganda Data Service > Deathmatch - TechPost**** > > ** ** > > Orange likes to rob me blind when my data bundle runs out or expires; I > recieve no SMS warning yet they start charging me for data at a ridiculous > rate. I had a friend lose nearly 100k this way.**** > > On Jul 19, 2013 11:05 AM, "Joseph Kasoma" <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > How does Smile Telecoms 4G LTE fair against providers like MTN,Orange > and Airtel? > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way.**** > > > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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