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2009-09-24 , 20:45
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Keep in mind not every MB is a MB. As in, if you have a FUP, you care less for a MB than when you are roaming. Ideally, an application knows the roaming costs of the provider you are. BTW, as of now this info should be easy to get from /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 there are some Linux software for this too but they basically poll /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 every X minutes and calculate the difference. My S60 phone keeps track of this by itself. Maybe Maemo does too. Then you'd only have to parse that data.
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Keep in mind not every MB is a MB. As in, if you have a FUP, you care less for a MB than when you are roaming. Ideally, an application knows the roaming costs of the provider you are. BTW, as of now this info should be easy to get from /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 there are some Linux software for this too but they basically poll /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 every X minutes and calculate the difference. My S60 phone keeps track of this by itself. Maybe Maemo does too. Then you'd only have to parse that data.
ifconfig is inaccessable unless you are root and that's not a good idea. /proc/net/dev gives you the same info for free.
 

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Originally Posted by jandmdickerson View Post
Can we get a reset button (like an odometer trip A and B button?) so we can start counting at the beginning of our next billing cycle?
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That's a function I would be too worried I'd hit accidentally if it's just on the desktop...
I can vouch for the fact that it is a problem.

Tip to designers: Don't put a big "Reset" button beside your data counter, and if you do, at least have a second "Are you sure?" dialogue.
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zerojay: In Brainstorm, you phrase your initial post as a problem, and then you have to post a solution to your problem, otherwise we can't vote on it.
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zerojay: In Brainstorm, you phrase your initial post as a problem, and then you have to post a solution to your problem, otherwise we can't vote on it.
And that's why I didn't post it there from the start.

I'll fix it in a bit.
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As a resident of Canada I'm subjected to our telco's bankrupting data rates. I'm sure I speak for everyone in this country when I say this widget isn't just a great idea, it should come with the device as standard...
 

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ifconfig is inaccessable unless you are root
Only because it's not in user's $PATH in Maemo (but one can always use the full pathname, or "busybox ifconfig"), it doesn't require any special privileges

/proc/net/dev gives you the same info for free.
and that's exactly where ifconfig gets the stats from too.
 

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I've already voted (thumbs up!) on the new idea.
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I have also added an alternative solution to the idea that you may want to check out. I've also added the proper link to the brainstorm in the first post.
 
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i guess you should give it a shot
 
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