Most people now have access to a high speed broadband connection, either at home or in the workplace. Many people tend to sign up to these packages based solely on figures published by the service providers. Before you renew your broadband package with your current provider, it may be worth looking at your bill more closely, especially if you are regularly being charged for excess bandwidth usage. Unfortunately though, how do you know if you are being incorrectly charged for unused services? The only way to know for sure is to use a monitoring tool, or to set incoming traffic limits.

NetWorx 4.9.4 is a free tool for monitoring and evaluating bandwidth usage and network activity. Using the application, you can set usage limits over given periods of time to avoid excess charges from your ISP. Traffic information is represented in a line chart and logged as a file, enabling you to view your statistics in a variety of formats.

NetWorx 4.9.4 link.

29 Apr 2009