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[Naked Snake]

I was wondering if anyone knows what's the bandwidth usage of Windows Messenger in idle state. Assuming only 6 contacts on the list that are always online... A rough estimation/approximation/guess would be nice too.

 

[Burger]

My guess:

Fuckall.

 

[Naked Snake]

Nice.

 

[Drozmight]

probably just a keep alive ping every minute or so, until someone does something like sign off or on/ send you a message.

not very much at all.

 

[Hooker]

Almost nothing, something like 0.1 KB every 5 seconds. (and I have SKype on as well)


Download / Run DU meter and just observe.

 

[Phoenix]

Its trivial. The number of contacts doesn't matter. It sends a packet every so often to the directory server to tell it your status and get the status of your contact list. The amount of bytes is so trivially small that its usually less than the traffic that goes back and forth between your DSL/cable modem and your bandwidth provider.

 

[Naked Snake]

Great, thanks guys.