Mark. I don't know how immanent your move to Canada is. Therefore, there may not be enough time to gather your own statistics.
I also don't know if you are trying to estimate the bandwidth you use for one computer (yours) or a whole household. I also assume you have FIOS with the Actiontec M1424WR router which does not offer SNMP. If it is only your computer you could use MTRG or CACTI on your computer to monitor your bandwidth usage for a while. If by chance you have a router with SNMP and need to monitor the whole household then MTRG or CACTI would work there too. Hal On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Mark Wallace <[email protected]>wrote: > Maybe I won't have a problem at all. Could somebody look who > understands band width guesstimate > > Here is what the Bell Canada chat rep said (These are Canadian dollars, > currently worth $1.02 US): > > (They have plans with more gigs included that sell you excess for $2 a > gig. The trouble is that I don't have the faintest idea how much > bandwidth I am using.) They charge you $25 if you start out with too > much and downgrade your package because another one is cheaper. > > > Francesca: Home Phone Lite: $22.94/mo. > Francesca: Essential Plus High Speed: $28.90/mo. > Francesca: Digital Basic TV: $33/mo. (1 year Free HD Receiver included) > Francesca: Total: $84.84/mo. + taxes for 1 year and thereafter > $94.84/mo. + taxes. > > Francesca: I am sorry, with Bell there is no unlimited usage plan though > you will get option to get more GB on > top of your plan. > > Francesca: It included 2 GB usage /mo > Francesca: And If you need extra GB's you can add 40 GB for just $5. > Francesca: Like wise you can add this 40 GB - $5 plan 3 times in a > month. > Francesca: So, you can get maximum of 120 GB for $15. > > Francesca: The maximum usage overage fee of $60 per month will continue > to apply for usage of 300 GB or > less. > Francesca: There will be an extreme usage charge of $1.00 for every GB > of usage exceeding 300 GB per > month. (I never thought of myself as an extremist, but someone who > downloads all of his software through an Ubuntu mirror site might be.) > > > Francesca: Let me give you the few examples. > Francesca: With 50 GB, you can download 73 Movies or, 12,500 Songs or , > 50,000 digital pictures or, Visit > 1,250,000 web pages or send 3,000,000 emails. > Francesca: and > Francesca: With 75 GB, you can download 109 Movies or, 18,750 Songs or, > 75,000 digital pictures or, Visit > 1,850,000 web pages or send 5,500,000 emails. > > It would be hard to find a consumer who sends five million emails a > month but never downloads a movie or visits a web page. > > > -- > Robert Mark Wallace > 60 Delaware Road > Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 > Tel: (845) 566-0586 > US Cell (845) 264-7228 > Ca Cell: (902) 314-4521 > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Apr 6 - Introduction to IPv6 > May 4 - Inkscape > Jun 1 - Zimbra > -- No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced
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