had a mail from my ISP,they say they are going to limit my use to 10 gig a month,in simple terms how many hours a day is that ,mainly used for surfing and the occasional music download?

Music downloads aren't to strenuous- 5-10Mb depending on type of file, sampling rate etc. Surfing of internet again if just for web-pages (e.g. LB) isn't a problem.

Main issues re munching Gb is downloading videos, watching tonnes of Youtube or other sites, using 4Od, BBC iplayer etc etc....

So basically there is no simple answer.

If you're getting worried you can install a little meter that monitors your bandwidth and records all the Mb/Gb that you're using each month to let you know how much of your quota you have used.

You'll never get to that unless you're downloading films or watching iPlayer all the time. 10GB would let you download 2000 typical music tracks.

Casual browsing doesn't require much data transfer; i reckon you'd be hammering it pretty hard to even get anywhere near 1GB in a month.

You need to install a network usage monitor program for a few days and see what bandwidth you actually use.

It might suprise you how much/little you need.

I do 10Gb in just 2 hours regularly and I'm not even on a mega connection.

If your present deal isn't going to be enough, you should be able to cancel your contract easily enough even if it has some time to run. I'd imagine capping you to 10Gb changes the contract enough to be able to cancel

As long as your not downloading films or streaming them via youtube and the like there is very little chance you will break that limit even if you surfed all day every day.

Most web pages are well under 1mb per page.
And most mp3's are 3-4mb

Just checked and the reply to message page on this forum is 100kb so thats about 100,000 pages per month

Also even if you somehow go over your isp will have to warn you a few times before they can do anything drastic like reduce your speed or cut you off (not heard of anyone getting this in a long time)

Most companies instead limit your speed during peak hours if your nearing a limit.

So you've got nothing to lose sticking with it and if you do reach the limit you know its time to go find a company with a better deal

(p..s if you use peer 2 peer i.e. torrents you will break that limit easily if not careful)

cheers peeps,ill install a meter and see how i get on