Quota Tab

The Quota Tab displays details about your ISP data quota if you have one.

Data quota details

ISP defines one gigabyte as

This allows you to set the number of bytes which your ISP uses to represent one gigabyte. The default value is the number of bytes in one gigabyte where 1 kilobyte is equal to 1,024 bytes, one megabyte is 1,024 kilobytes and one gigabyte is 1,024 megabytes.

To change the number, type a new number in the edit window and press the "Redefine" button.

ISP defines one megabyte as

This allows you to set the number of bytes which your ISP uses to represent one megabyte. The default value is the number of bytes in one megabyte where 1 kilobyte is equal to 1,024 bytes, one megabyte is 1,024 kilobytes.

To change the number, type a new number in the edit window and press the "Redefine" button.

Reset quota on day ... of each month

This allows you to choose the day on which the utility will automatically reset your used data quota to zero thereby making your full quota available again. If you leave this day at the default of 0, then your used data quota will never be automatically reset to zero.

Last reset

This displays the last date on which your used data quota was reset to 0.

Your full quota in gigabytes

This is the number of gigabytes you can use before your ISP starts to charge you for additional data. The number has four significant decimal places.

Current used quota in megabytes

This is the number of megabytes which you have already used from your quota. The number has four significant decimal places.

Quota includes downloaded data ONLY

Check this radio button if your ISP only counts your downloaded data against your quota.

Quota includes downloaded AND uploaded data

Check this radio button if your ISP counts both your uploaded and downloaded data against your quota.

Calculate

The "Calculate" button should only be used once unless you also adjust your "current used quota" to take into account any additional data usage since the first calculation.

NOTE: The settings above are saved to the dsl50xutility.ini file in your Windows directory when you exit the utility and reloaded when you next run the utility. The "current used quota" is automatically adjusted for any additional usage. However, if you continue to use your quota when the utility is not running, the "current used quota" figure will not be accurate.

Progress Bar

The coloured progress bar to the left of the screen provides a graphical display of your data quota. The bar is green when your total data usage is less than 65% of your data quota. The bar is yellow when your data usage is 65% or more and less than 85%. The bar is red when your data usage is 85% or more of your data quota.

Under the progress bar is the percentage of your data quota which you have used and the gigabytes/megabytes left along with the percentage of your quota left. If the percentage is greater than 100% or the gigabytes/megabytes figure is negative, you have exceeded your data quota!

Help

The "Help" button will display the context-sensitive help file for this tab. Pressing F1 at any time will also display the context-sensitive help file.

Update

The "Update" button will update the information displayed in this tab.