QUOTE(geekhead83 @ Jul 10 2006, 09:09 PM) [snapback]55512[/snapback]
Consider the foll scenario :
i reboot the
router at 12:15 ...start downloading stuff....and pause the download at 7:50 am.(note that i do not reboot the router again)
there is no d/l from 7:50 am to say 10:00am. I finally reboot the router at 10:00 am.
So i shudnt be billed at all, right?? or will i be billed for all the stuff i downloaded throughout the night??[/b]
This happened to me recently. (I'm on bridged mode, so when I say 'disconnected', it is equivalent to you saying 'rebooted the router').
I disconnected at 12 AM and started downloading. I disconnected in the morning at around 10 AM. All this time (between 12 AM and 10 AM), a file was being downloaded from an HTTP server, at an average speed of 26KBps.
My Session History for that day only displayed the bandwidth used from 8 AM to 10 AM. This was approximately 154 MB. If MTNL were to charge me the bandwidth used for the entire night's duration (12 AM to 10 AM), my Session History would have displayed around 854 MB. (The numbers may not be exact, but you get the idea
🙂 )
So, from this we can conclude that only the bandwidth used after 8 AM is charged for.
geekhead83, in your case, since you did not download anything from 8 AM to 10 AM, it should not make any difference. The end result is the same as if you had rebooted the router at 8 AM. If you had downloaded something between 8 AM and 10 AM, then you would have been charged for it.
(Note - Just to clarify, when I say 'charged for it', I mean that much bandwidth will be reduced from your monthly 1 GB quota).
Please let me know if anything is not clear.
In any case, to be on the safe side, just reboot the router at 12 AM, and 8 AM, and be done with it. This is easily automated using the in-built
Windows Task Scheduler, and there is no excuse for not doing so !
I have automated the process to do this daily, for the past 9 months, and have not had any billing problems whatsoever. The instance I quote above, where I overran the NU time by 2 hours, was when I mistakenly fiddled with my scheduled task settings.
Search the forum for these automation techniques (there are different methods for bridged and PPPoE modes). Most of those threads are stickied in this forum. If you need any help, don't hesitate to ask.
Oh, and sorry for the long post !
🙂