On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 14:22 +0530, Rony Bill wrote:
Arun K. Khan wrote:
I got my MTNL bill a few days ago. For the NU Plan the charge is Rs. 590 (unlimited usage 00:00->08:00) plus additional usage charge to the tune of Rs. 6304!
Another friend of mine, with the NU plan, got a Rs. 14,000 additional DSL usage charge! Both of us are serviced by the Khar(W) CO.
Two points:-
- Does MTNL have an online data usage checking facility to monitor
daily usage?
Yes, there is an online usage checking facility but is based on login session; it is cummulative of peak and off peak hours. In most cases one session could span several days. However, I use cron to start (00:05) and end (07:55) my downloads so I have some track of bandwidth usage.
- Could it be a problem of their meter not stopping after 0000 Hrs.
Those who have triband could try this out. Just before midnight, power off the adsl modem and power it on only after 10-15 min well past midnight. Then it should take this as a fresh login and that will be free time? Just guessing !!
This idea is worth a shot - thanks. It could be a glitch in their billing software or in their metering software. If the router had cron I could automate the new login sessions :)