Can I download my usage data ?

[#1]

Is it possible to download my "view my broadband usage" data in some raw form so that I can process it myself to get early warning of something eating bandwidth unexpectedly?
If I could, say, set up a cron job to ftp a file periodically that contained usage data in xml or csv.
Thanks.

[#2]

Hi, unfortunately this functionality is not available. It's probably possibly to write a script to screen scrape the data and process it to your liking however it would be a lot of hassle with relatively little gain. It might be worth looking at a local bandwidth monitoring solution like Networx. If your router supports SNMP then you can use it to pull your usage figures straight from the router.

[#3]

Thanks for that Bob. Any suggestions for an open-source solution (Linux) ?

[#4]

None that I've any personal experience with but I'm sure there are quite a few out there. Wouldn't surprise me if somebody pops along soon with a suggestion...

[#5]

I remember many years ago using Kermit to grab data off webpages and mainframes and parsing it into my own spreadsheets.
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/kermit.html
good luck