Kaiser Automatic email retrieval wont turn off

[mahsidi]

hi gurus

i have a big problem

i live in the uk, and have had my Kaiser for approx a month.

absolutely fantastic.

Only issue is that i need to regularly check my email. so i have set my settings to automatically retrieve email.

It does that superbly. but the problem lies there. i have an unlimited data plan (so called limits me to 2gb), When automatically retrieving my email every 2 hours. the connection remains and does not turn off. thus eating into my allowance and racking up a higggggggggggh bill as going over the 2gb is £1 p/mb

Any chance anyone can help me either with a reg edit or just simple settings to disconnect after checking mail. even after 10mins. or 5 mins.

please help gurus

[tripitaka]

How is the connection eating in to your allowance by just being on?

Surely it will only eat in to your allowance if it's actually downloading something...

[mahsidi]

thats what i thought but, im just doouble checking. i thought an active connection regardless of dowloading or surfing is still consuming data... maybe?

[tripitaka]

I'd assume it isn't.

There is probably some software you can use to monitor the data usage to make sure.

I'm sure somebody can recommend something that does the job.

[joebongo]

Theres a bandwidth monitor that comes on the CD with the Kaiser.

And as far as I know it does eat some data just being on (networky type keep alive / config signals).

I have noticed this more when moving between locations (and presumably switching cells needed re-establishing the connections).

Can't say how much per day this uses though.

HIH

Joe

[stooby]

I don't think you are using any data (well maybe the odd byte to keep the connection alive).

Try http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/gprsmonitor/?en - I use this to track my data usage. It works well for me.