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Gerhard Burger
Asked: 2013-08-04 00:19:43 +0800 CST

How to monitor my data limit on a mobile broadband connection?

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I recently got a 3G dongle with a data plan of 200MB per month and I would like to know when I reach that limit. Are there any programs (preferably an indicator) which let my monitor my monthly usage?

Mobile Partner 23 has this functionality but is not available for Linux.

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2 Answers

  1. There is a package for this called modem-manager-gui:

    modem-manager-gui screenshot

    Canonical's repositories currently contain recent versions for Ubuntu Trusty and newer. For Precise (and earlier) use this PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxonly/modem+manager+gui 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install modem-manager-gui

    See the official site.

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  2. Best Answer

    You can use NETWORK TRAFFIC MONITOR.
    There is Datafox, an addon for Firefox to monitor traffic on firefox.

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