Unfortunately my neighborhood block can't get cable, because it is located inbetween a river and a railroad. At least that's what the cable company said :-( ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Johansen" <tjoh7019 at bigpond.net.au> Subject: Re: [X-Newbies] Mb counter > > My ISP (Bigpond) had a downloadable toolbar, but only for measuring > downloads, however when installing the cable, the techie told me about a > free internet launcher for bigpond called 'Launch' (snip) > > BTW, cable here proved to be considerably cheaper than phone based ADSL. >(snip) Many people I know with limited plans tend to exceed > their limit and discover the extra charges can be more than getting an > unlimited plan in the first place.