- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4 PPC/Intel/10.5 PPC/Intel
- Date added: March 09, 2009
- Total Downloads: 12,552
- Downloads last week: 48
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 2 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
SurplusMeter does precisely what we need it to: it watches your bandwidth traffic, keeping an eye on it like an eagle watching her brood. SurplusMeter gives users the ability to set a bandwidth limit, a start day of the month, and the connection type--PPP Modem or Network Card, for example.
SurplusMeter also calculates a daily allowance, and reconfigures that depending on how much you've actually used for the month. It lacks the not-quite-fancy graphs that many of its PC counterparts sport, but SurplusMeter also lacks something they have: an alarm or notification that would tell you when you were approaching your limit. We'd rather have the latter and suffer through the former, than have neither.
Fortunately, the interface is dead simple. All the options are presented in an uncluttered layout--you'll get exactly what you need from this app with a minimum of hassle. Handy progress bars give a slight visual flair to the days left in the month, the download megabyte count, and the total downloaded and uploaded. This will appeal to users suffering through bandwidth caps and those who just want to know how much they're downloading and uploading.
Publisher's description
From Skoobysoft :If you have a broadband service with a monthly download limit, you may find SurplusMeter comes in handy. It measures the download and upload traffic on your Internet connection and keeps a record of your traffic volume. It gives you all kinds of useful output statistics, like daily allowance, average daily usage, accumulated surplus, and more. SurplusMeter runs invisibly in the background most of the time, but can present its interface on demand. SurplusMeter is open-source, and is released under the GNU General Public Licence.
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Version: SurplusMeter 2.0.2
"Works well, but charge me $30 +/- & give me what I need"
Pros: Does what it says it will do & does it well. Easy to set up. Clearly tells you how much broadband is used.
Cons: Doesn't go far enough.
Summary: Surplus Meter let me know how much broadband usage my Mac was eating up, but not why and how. Mac OS X 10.6+ users need to know that because Snow Leopard refreshes everything but your breath. My Verizon Broadband usage increased an estimated 4X afte... read more >>
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Version: SurplusMeter 2.0.2
"Simple yo use and works without launching."
Pros: Saved me money, I now know how much data I use in a month. Sorry iPhone, I can't afford to tether to you!
Cons: I didn't like to select the port, I just wanted all data counted.
Summary: Free, Excellent. Did what I want.
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