Keeping up with amount of download

Comcast is going to limit the amount of download per month. My son uses instant messenger to talk to his female friend and wanted to try to find out how he can keep up with his amount. How can this be done?

 

Well, you can certainly keep up with files that you download/upload, but if you want to determine the full amount including watching online video and all that, I've no clue......wait a friggin minute, ok fellow members, paranoia mode kicking in....what about our daily updates to our AV/AS programs and other security program we use? Are those going to count too? Lol, you don't need to chide me because even I know that's analyzing a bit far, but still, I would if it does count consider that a tad on the unfair side.

 

I guess I will have to reduce my payment amount then.

 

Lol, it's a HUGE stretch of the imagination I know, but hey, those updates ARE after all data.

 

I'll be dang, thanks for the link And that's what I'm afraid of, everything WILL count....all you fellows who constantly download security programs and malware samples to test are going to have it rough!....just teasing ....um, I hope, lol.

 

Yes indeed data,Can ya just imagine folks cant update there AV until the following month because they exceeded the limit or a critical windows update.

 

Err Snap I guess I better limit watching debie does debie youtube video

 

I had JUST started thinking about Windows Updates, lol. Geesh, that would be bad

Edit: Debbie does Debbie, eh? Finally ran out of options after all these years did she? Ok, BACK on topic, lol.

 

Lol, yeah, if we try hard enough we could think up even more that could count against it. We're just going to have to see how this plays out....by the way, there goes LAN parties...see, told ya we could!

 

Found on Digg:

5 Tools To Monitor Your Bandwidth Usage

*note* I don't have any personal experience with any of these programs.