How to track your broadband data usage on PC
- 1. To track your usage on Windows we're going to use a free program called ShaPlus Bandwidth Meter. Download it from here.
It's important to remember every computer connected to the Internet in
your house will deduct from your monthly data allowance, so you'll need
to install the program on each machine
2. Run the program once it's installed. You'll see this icon ---- in the system tray at the bottom right of your screen when it's running. Right-click the icon and choose 'Enable IE Flash' and 'Show in MegaBytes (MB)'. The monitor needs to be running all of the time on any computer you want to monitor. To ensure this, right-click on the system tray icon and click Settings.
3. Make sure there's a tick in the box next to 'Run this program on Windows start up'. Go down the screen to where it says 'Month Start day' and in the box enter the day of the month that your broadband data usage resets. Select the adapters which want to be Track if dont know about this then select all the shown adapters.
- 4. Now it will Show your usage as..
