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Monday, 31 December 2007 13:49
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For most, being capped is a burden. It stalls your mailbox until the 1st of the next month and halts the flow of fresh content. Whilst I anticipate the new year and it’s fresh content, I thought I’d let those in the local boat know a little more about local file caches and mirrors. Caches are the same as pre-loading. Local servers cache or pre-load information from international servers. This means, we can get a local mirror/copy of the exact files that those international servers host.  One more gem!
GMail ForwardingForward your GMail to a local mailbox. Gmail has a forwarding feature which can ‘forward’ a duplicate of your mail to any other mailbox address that you specify. I could easily create a local mailbox, like Webmail, then redirect my important GMail items to it. If I get capped, I can still view those important mails at my local address. Any more ways I could use my next batch of local bandwidth?
Happy leeching & blogging! PS: In times of need, I RTFM (Read The F****n Manual) 
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  written by aksn1p3r, January 02, 2008
There's an application I used long ago called 'NetLimiter'. It tracks a specific network connection and records its uploads and downloads. There might be other similar apps if you search around for "network management tools"
I use the Telkomsa online portal to check my ADSL usage and opt-in to receive a daily update of my usage. https://secure.telkomsa.net/ I currently don't use any mobile devices, but I a*sume you probably went over your data allocation. Its best to read the fine print and know the overall guidelines for a specific data-service. Some silent updates can kill bandwidth, some pages refresh their content. Was your 3G really off during those times you mentioned? I found this site that deals with queries similar to yours for most local service-issues. http://www.hellopeter.com/ I am just a PC user with Telkom ADSL... does anyone have some input on this 3G issue ?
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Can't think of other ways to better use your bandwidth but was maybe looking for some advice on how to measure my usage...How do you measure whether Telkom is over/under charging you? I don't have the luxury of an ADSL line at home so I use a Vodacom 3G card...At work I use ADSL. I've had many an argument with Vodacom regarding their bill & me exceeding my cap. There were times when my laptop & my 3G card were in different parts of the country & I still saw a charge for data movement on my account. How do you prove that you're in the right?