# Program to measure dowloaded/uploaded bits?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 4, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342 "2002-06-04T17:51:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2002, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/1 "2002-06-04T17:51:56Z")
I’ve been reading lately how the two major broadband providers in my area are about to impose download/upload caps on bitrate, and so I was wondering if anyone can tell me of any program that I can download that will run in the background and measure how much traffic comes into and goes out of the system over the course of a month? Ideally, it should have an interface that tells you:
Amount downloaded: \_\_\_ Mb
Amount Uploaded :\_\_\_ Mb
Days logged: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
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### Author:  [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/2 "2002-06-04T17:55:23Z")
Search around for a program called NetMedic. It may do what you want.
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### Author:  [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2002, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/3 "2002-06-04T20:13:12Z")
If you’re using ZoneAlarm, it shows the bytes uploaded and downloaded for your current session in the Alerts section of its control panel.
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### Author:  [@diku](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diku)
#### Post date: [June 4, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/4 "2002-06-04T23:32:47Z")
Of course, you could always run netstat -e at a command prompt, if you’re running a Microsoft OS. Resets on reboots though.
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### Author:  [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2002, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/5 "2002-06-05T01:48:40Z")
Try DUmeter, at [www.dumeter.com](http://www.dumeter.com). Does exactly what you are looking for.
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### Author:  [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)
#### Post date: [June 5, 2002, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/program-to-measure-dowloaded-uploaded-bits/112342/6 "2002-06-05T15:27:48Z")
Thanks. This might do the trick man.