[ILUG-BOM] MTNL billing discrepancy

[Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri.]

I am using MTNL's Triband combo offer which gives 600 mb download a
month. This has been upped from 400 mb just last month.

All this while, I was easily remaining within the 400 mb limit. Suddenly
this month's bill shows a usage of 870 mb for march. On complaining to
mtnl they said that that was the usage according to them. 

I usually run a check with knetworkmonitor and gkrellm and there would
always be a small discrepancy between the usage shown on my machine and
that shown by mtnl, where mtnl would always show slightly lower usage
than on my machine.

For last month gkrellm shows a usage of 560 mb as opposed to mtnl showing
870 mb. What can explan this large difference ? Btw, according to the
chap I spoke to at mtnl, _it is definitely hackers_ sic !!

Now that I'm keeping a watch, imagine my surprise when both my
programs show download activity without a single browser window open and
fetchmail having been killed !!

How do I find out what is being downloaded ? or what program is the
guilty one ?

regards,

Sharukh.
-- 
Dr. Sharukh K R Pavri.  			Homoeopath, Linuxer.
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake
                     up like every two hours ?