I’ve used Bigpond Cable (alongside Foxtel) as my broadband provider for over 10 years and recently the top level plan of 60G is proving to be problematic with slight over-runs costing a small fortune @ $0.15 per Mbyte particularly when I cannot figure out what is using the bandwidth.

So as a starting point I used a freebie bandwidth meter on all the pc’s we use at home. This was ok as it provided some guidance as to usage stats but they did not relate to the actual Bigpond Usage page which is what I get billed for.

So today I’ve installed the last release of the Usage Agent by Christiaan Cable from SourceForge. Now this is no longer supported but the source is available if it needs mods but for now it will do what I need to alert the family as we progress through the month.

I also looked at these locations as references:
http://asp.digitaldj.net/
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/763834.html
http://www.wpool.com/bpwatcher/ (Installed but too many errors)