Flexible Phone as Modem Data Plan

In April of this year, I signed up for the Flexible Data Plan 40 MB for
$39.99. Yesterday I received my bill and somehow in the space of 3 days I
managed to use up not only the 40 MB but racked up an additional $30 in data
charges. I called Sprint to see if there was a way I could get access to my
usage detail online, the way you can get voice call detail, but they said
no. I was told they don't even have access to it unless they go into a
different system.

I'll probably switch to the Unlimited Plan for $59.99, but in the meantime,
I'd like to find a way to monitor my usage on my laptop. Is there a program
I can run while I'm connected to keep an eye on the usage?

Thanks,

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~ Kathleen

"Paul Miner" <pminer@elrancho.invalid> wrote in message
news:v2dva39fs4eng12kn0of7koh3ovirpj5oo@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:06:31 GMT, "Kathleen Anderson"
> <spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote:
>
>>In April of this year, I signed up for the Flexible Data Plan 40 MB for
>>$39.99. Yesterday I received my bill and somehow in the space of 3 days I
>>managed to use up not only the 40 MB but racked up an additional $30 in
>>data
>>charges. I called Sprint to see if there was a way I could get access to
>>my
>>usage detail online, the way you can get voice call detail, but they said
>>no. I was told they don't even have access to it unless they go into a
>>different system.
>>
>>I'll probably switch to the Unlimited Plan for $59.99, but in the
>>meantime,
>>I'd like to find a way to monitor my usage on my laptop. Is there a
>>program
>>I can run while I'm connected to keep an eye on the usage?
>>
>>Thanks,
>
> I've used these two programs successfully, both of which have a
> reporting function that displays usage by day, week, or month.
>
> DUMeter (www.dumeter.com)
> Bandwidth Monitor (www.bwmonitor.com)
>

Thanks, Paul. I just downloaded Bandwidth Monitor - the traffic report seems
to be exactly what I was looking for.


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~ Kathleen

Kathleen Anderson wrote:
> "Paul Miner" <pminer@elrancho.invalid> wrote in message
> news:v2dva39fs4eng12kn0of7koh3ovirpj5oo@4ax.com...
>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:06:31 GMT, "Kathleen Anderson"
>> <spiderwebwoman@mvps.org> wrote:
>>
>>> In April of this year, I signed up for the Flexible Data Plan 40 MB for
>>> $39.99. Yesterday I received my bill and somehow in the space of 3 days I
>>> managed to use up not only the 40 MB but racked up an additional $30 in
>>> data
>>> charges. I called Sprint to see if there was a way I could get access to
>>> my
>>> usage detail online, the way you can get voice call detail, but they said
>>> no. I was told they don't even have access to it unless they go into a
>>> different system.
>>>
>>> I'll probably switch to the Unlimited Plan for $59.99, but in the
>>> meantime,
>>> I'd like to find a way to monitor my usage on my laptop. Is there a
>>> program
>>> I can run while I'm connected to keep an eye on the usage?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>> I've used these two programs successfully, both of which have a
>> reporting function that displays usage by day, week, or month.
>>
>> DUMeter (www.dumeter.com)
>> Bandwidth Monitor (www.bwmonitor.com)
>>
>
> Thanks, Paul. I just downloaded Bandwidth Monitor - the traffic report seems
> to be exactly what I was looking for.

Unfortunately, you discovered how far 40MB will get you.

Not very far.

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Notan

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:58:17 -0600, Notan
<notan@ddressthatcanbespammed> wrote:

>> Thanks, Paul. I just downloaded Bandwidth Monitor - the traffic report seems
>> to be exactly what I was looking for.
>
>Unfortunately, you discovered how far 40MB will get you.
>
>Not very far.

I agree 40mb is not much for average internet user. When I had
dialup, 40mb would only last a typical day with email (4 active
addresses, easily 100 messages a day) plus newsgroup plus a couple
forums. I've since then upgraded to DSL and I'm averaging around 150
MB per day not counting assorted downloads like mp3's
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