Right now we pay $40 total Ok, according to the Cricket site at the link below, under that plan, it says, "2.5 GB of usage is good for 125 hours of basic web browsing or 850 digital photo downloads" (click the ? beside where it says usage level - 2.5GB at Best Speed) Then it goes on to say that if you exceed that 2.5 GB of usage in a 30 day period, you are subject to Cricket's Fair Use Policy. Your maximum speed may be reduced until usage is under 2.5 GB. You can check your usage anytime by logging into My ACCount at the link below. So, have you logged in to check your usage to see if the two of you have exceeded the 2.5 GB allowed? I suspect you have an overage. Might your neighbor be using it a lot more than he thinks, or says he does? If you do have an overage, I would suggest you check the account time/balance before he starts using the modem. It sounds like 2.5 GB might not be enough for the two of you. When you say you and your neighbor are sharing a modem, are you actually unplugging it from your computer and then he plugs it into his? I am not very savvy so am just trying to understand. Here is a link that might be useful: Cricket Plans and terms

Are you trying to monitor bandwidth or you computer time and usage? bravejohnny, you must have missed where I posted, "I didn't really mean internet usage (like time spent on the net) but am wanting a Bandwidth usage monitor. " Though I would be talking about it on a kind of different context, I believe we are still on the same boat. No, I don't think we are on the same boat at all. Did you read my posts above and the replies to posts? In our case, our business uses complete time tracking software just to be able to monitor employees regarding the sites they visit and even the applications they use. Well, I am not a business and don't need to track sites visited or the applications used. You can read more about it here. I don't go to 'suspect' links posted on forums. Does the link you provided track bandwidth used? Does it have a good and safe WOT scorecard? Is it free? Is it recommended by reliable sources?

Each tower has a field of service. Think of it as a defined circle with the tower at the hub. If you are in the circle service is historically as advertised. If you are in an area where the circles overlap service can be outstanding. If you are outside the circles it does not mean you will not get service, just a reduced service. All that being said, I do agree the engineers who configure the system do not focus at the service during peak demands, but rather static demands. My 3G out here in rural America drops significantly from the morning to the evening. It's all about money. Foliage from your trees may or may not be effecting your reception. Previously speaking with my system's engineers on the issue, height should not be an issue with 3G. Remember, it's actually a cellphone network. You may have a concern created by the lay-of-the land between your home, and the target tower. A hill, rise, cliff, land contour etc. may be effecting it. DA

My guess is Netflix, hulu and such would not stream good over dial up but someone correct me if that thinking is wrong. I know I couldn't drop my cable like a few of my friends did. I like to watch shows when they are current and even when I use a few netowrks apps on my tablet to watch a show I miss some want me to log in with a provider so if you don't have one you are out of luck if you miss a show. I have time warner internet and TV, don't have a house phone so no need for their phone service. We have one box on the living room TV and that's it. We do have a TV in the bedroom but only get expanded basic on it, no box. I can access time warner live TV and on demand stuff on my laptop at timewarner.com when in bed or I can use the time warner app on my android tablet to watch live TV and on demand stuff up there so you might see if charter has that option of an app but of course you need wireless to do that. This saves me from paying for another box. I do subscribe to hulu and Netflix but don't have a roku for them and just use the apps on my tablet or watch from the computer, works for me as I am a big TV watcher myself and that's what I choose to spend money on. Now to convince the other half I need a 10" tablet for Christmas to watch movies on, he he. Mary