Online Meter

Online Meter is a software for monitoring and recording the phone fees charged for surfing in the net. It monitors your computer, and for all connections detected calculates the appropriate phone fees.

This enables you not only to have an eye on your phone bill, but also creates a useful database for detailed analysis.

Online Meter Features:

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detects connections by:

• monitoring Dial-Up Networking
• monitoring an external modem
• monitoring your system for a specified window title

computes the charges caused by these connections

automatically updates tariff definitions via internet (if you use tariff definitions from our database server)

creates a detailled log of all connections, logging:

• starting time
• length
• costs
• connection partner
• local user
• device used
• tariff used
• IP access rules

creates a detailled log of all connections, logging:

• Who caused that increase on the Alast invoice ?
• At which time of the day did I surf most ?
• Which is my most expensive operator ?
• Is last month's invoice of my operator correct ?

Tariff comparison based upon your personal usage profile:

• What would my costs have been, if I had used tariff Y rather than tariff X ?
• Is it advantageous to switch over to ISP B ?
• Online Meter not only presents some facts about the ISPs/operators, but applies the different tariffs to your usage profile!

crash resistant:

• all connection data will be stored even after a system crash, only the last minute might get lost

ISP chooser:

• shows the real costs for an immediate connection, comparing all your operators!
• of course pays attention to remaining free minutes, if any
• connect with a single click ! (Dial-Up Networking only)