8mb upgrade, few questions.

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 20:14

Been on zens 512k service for years now, they have recently changed there packages and for the same money I can get there 8mb service with a 20gb cap.

In real world terms is 20gb a reasonable amount, as I have no idea, I do not do anything I should not, but have msn open continually and receive about 9000 pure text emails a month, I asume that browsing 7 hours a day with the limit and that would be ok?

I am on a droitwich exchange, and my router shows this:

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 576 kbps 288 kbps
Line Attenuation 45 db 14.5 db
Noise Margin 29 db 29 db

Does that look ok for me getting above 4mb speeds when the new exchange gets updated, or am I better sticking with my 0.5mb connection due to the download cap?

Sorry for the silly question, does not seem silly to me!

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 20:23

Oh well, if its set for a upgrade, like I think I read on a site when I googled, it is good enough for me if I can get 2mb until then.

Is 20gb enough of a limit for my usage do you think?

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 20:37

I have no idea

Anyway I could find out?

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 20:50

Netgear DG834 router, firmware 3.01 (I think on the firmware)

I will email the technical support and see if they can give me a rough idea, there is nothing on the site yet to tell me.

Looks as though I will have to hold off a while before I re-grade.

Yeh I have not switched from Zen for years because it has been uncapped, just no worry of going over with it. So looks as though I will have to monitor it myself.

I have done 1.9gb on the network connection in the last 22 hours, but not all is internet traffic.

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 21:48

Cheers for the replies, bar maybe 500mb of files per month (1mb here, 10mb there) I do not really download anything much, just wondering what my browsing habbits total, as I have seen since my original post a usage of 100mb just for internet, no downloading or network.

DUmeter, does it just log how much you use?

/tootles off to google.

Yewen · 28 Mar 2006 at 22:15

How much would a router be to support that new fandangled feature, I have had this DG834 since release when it cost me £140