In the case of throttling data-hungry Apps, and Cloud services deal
To be constantly connected to the Internet, today is almost normal. That's why there are more and more programs, the exchange in the Background, constantly data. You identify these programs and turn them off, if you are currently not in use.
- Dropbox, Google Drive, or similar programs, are candidates, where you may have very a lot of Traffic can save. The programs synchronize their data with the Cloud. If you use this often to share with it, e.g., images or Videos with your friends, where it can incur a lot of data volume. You can use the programs as needed.
- You remove such programs from the startup that don't need to walk. Many can automatically search the network for Updates and download them in the Background or generate other means of data transport. In some programs, there are in setting a hook, and the startup is disabled, so as here on Steam. Among Windows programs are started automatically in the startup folder. Stubborn candidates need to go through the msconfig to remove.
Cloud services make Traffic
You can keep your DSL Traffic at a glance
At best, you are in control of your entire data traffic through the Router. Some models to show you the volume of data, for example, the FritzBox. The advantage of this is that you can not assess only the Data consumption of your computer, but also other devices in the network. But there are also programs that show you the consumed Traffic of your computer in real time.
- The free Windows program Fritz!Box Traffic from Bastian Weber wins via UPnP to the latest data from your Fritz Box and shows you the current Traffic usage on the Desktop.
- With a Windows PC you can use the Software NetSpeedMonitor use. It shows the bandwidth consumed in daily and monthly increments, so that you can monitor your consumption carefully.
- Similar to the work of the PRTG Traffic Grapher, it is for older versions of Windows are. He is not the right Tool if you still have Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP use.
The Online Monitor of the FritzBox
You to compact your Videos and pictures
If you often put photos and Videos on the Internet, it can also consume a lot of Traffic. For the view of the screen on Facebook or other social media most of the photos to publish, but even in original size. Most of the screens are smaller than 1920x1080 pixels, and the resolution of 72 ppi are just in the pressure needed.
- Videos you can, for example, with Handbrake , in the far wide-spread H264 Format compress. It doesn't have to be the best quality and Full HD.
- Compress your images by saving it in JPG Format. You bring the resolution and size on a screen-readable Format. A TIFF image of a few megabytes are consumed as a JPG, only a few hundred kilobytes.
- The same naturally also applies in the other direction, so when you watch frequently stream music or Videos on YouTube and co.: With a lower resolution of the data shrinks consumption of a stream. This way, you save a lot of volume.
Videos compress saves volume
The tips don't seem to save first, especially a lot of Traffic. The many small savings but noticeable. If you do not want to restrict so much, you should consider a party change. With our DSL comparison calculator find the cheapest provider in your area.
