| my router they'd have to match the bandwidth report on my ddwrt router... |
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 espaethDigital PlumberPremium,MVM
join:2001-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
kudos:2
 ·Clear Wireless
| said by MalibuMaxx:they'd have to match the bandwidth report on my ddwrt router... It should technically end up being a bit lower, as they should only be polling the unicast octets in / octets out SNMP OIDs. Raw interface stats on a ddwrt/Tomato/etc device tend to include broadcast frames in their numbers. |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
kudos:1
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·DIRECTV
| reply to MalibuMaxx
said by MalibuMaxx:they'd have to match the bandwidth report on my ddwrt router... And what makes DD-WRT correct? Don't get me wrong, I like DD-WRT, and use it myself, but ANY software can be buggy, including any releases of DD-WRT.
On top of that, it is possible to reset the counter easily, and if you honestly forgot you reset the counter on April 10th, and on May 12th you are getting your April bill.... you are going to have a fuss.
I don't know what the solution is.... but as a gesture of goodwill, they could round DOWN to the nearest 5 Gb mark, e.g. if you downloaded 48 Gb, you will round down to 45, and only get charged for 5, if the cap is 40.
Of course don't get me started on how rediculously LOW that cap is. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
·Frontier FiOS
| reply to espaeth
said by espaeth:It should technically end up being a bit lower, as they should only be polling the unicast octets in / octets out SNMP OIDs. Raw interface stats on a ddwrt/Tomato/etc device tend to include broadcast frames in their numbers. But all those braodcast frames are tying up their valuable bandwidth! I full expect people will be charged for all bits that they consume, whether it's actual data, protocol/network overhead, and including corrupted packets. |
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