Reduce Internet Bills and increase limits on internet download

[azharsairon]

If you’re one of those poor internet users who have to pay by the Megabyte, or have a capped allowance then I have 5 good tips. I’ve never come across these applications before, because I have an unlimited pipe which in some months downloads obscene amounts of data
Onspeed::::: Its a slipstream accelerator which uses Squid Cache to compress text and images before downloading. So far it has compressed 634 MB into 249 MB on my system.Works like a charm
FlashBlock Extension:::::: I hate annoying flash ads, especially on Yahoo and by Tribal Fusion Ad Network. So this Firefox extension does the job of blocking them.
Imglikeopera Extension: Yeap, This is a Firefox extension too. It loads images from cache (I browse during free night hours to fill my cache) i.e saves bandwidth
Adblock Extension: I should have quoted this before Imglikeopera, Anyway this Firefox extension blocks all ads except ones in your whitelist

Tip: Just incase your a busy geek who exchanges mail frequently, Use any good email client instead of webmail (especially if you use Gmail or Yahoomail Beta, because they have lots of AJAX embedded in them). I personally use Thunderbird on Win or Kmail on Linux.

[Flubug]

This post is quite a nice read for beginners. But I suggest you organize it properly as to ease the readers. You clogged up everything together. It's kinda tiring ya know. By the way, I'm interested in Onspeed application.

I've Googled Onspeed. It's just some speed enhancer for your broadband. And you need to pay. It sounds nothing like what you said.

[azharsairon]

this recently came in pc magazine.
http://www.esnips.com/doc/86b4fd99-3a7c-4b5a-bf7d-83cd172a892d/Onspeed_6.0.9_b214.RGL

[utkarsh30june]

The info is quite brilliant but It doesn't apply to me as My DSL internet connection is completely Free!!! Yes that's $0.00 :D

[Solaris]

Same here...

[prashanthpai]

I'm really jealous of utkarsh30june and Solaris :P
Everytime, I'd cross my 2.5 GB monthly limit even though night 2 to 8 is unmetered.

[Solaris]

For me its free but the speed the the problem.

[utkarsh30june]

Yes, as my Internet is free, I regularly download stuffs. I just now downloaded FIFA Online 2 (768 MB)
and on 11 Sept I downloaded FIFA 09 (770 MB). I also get a very good download speed around 300 KByte/sec :D
Last month, I saw in my IDM that I had downloaded around 12.7 GB :) of Data in August and a total of 48.2 GB of data(Games+Software+Music) in the past 6 months. No limits! Only freedom........ :D

[bahirzaheri8]

I dont have a download cap either but I think my ISP is going to reveal plans for a 30 GB download cap a months
.

BTW how much does your ISP charge if you exceed the cap?

[prashanthpai]

@utraksh30june
300 KB/s is a lot of speed. I doubt any general website server would allow downloading files at that speed. They'll run out of bandwidth. But MS servers and ATI servers are really fast.