Windows 8 is a new operating system that was released in October of 2012. It is a Windows 7-like operating system with some new features. One of the new features is the ability to see your estimated data usage in the Windows 8 taskbar. This can be very helpful if you are trying to figure out how much data your computer is using and how much you can save by using different applications or services. To see your estimated data usage in Windows 8, open the Start screen and type “netstat -a”. The netstat -a command will show you all of the network connections on your computer. You will also see information about each connection, such as its type, its status, and its size. You can use this information to see how much data each connection is using and how much space each connection occupies on your computer. If you want to save some data or figure out how much data your computer uses on a regular basis, you can use the netstat -a command to list all of the connections and their status for each application or service. You can also use this command to find out which applications are using the most data and which applications are saving the most data.
Although you can use metered connections to get the most of your bandwidth in Windows 8, at times you may want to know how much data you have used for a single browsing session. Here’s how to do it.
How to See Your Data Usage in Windows 8
Press the Win + C keyboard combination to bring up the Charms Menu, then click on Settings.
Now click on your network connections.
This will bring up a list of networks you are currently connected to.
If you right-click on any wireless network you will be able to “Show estimated data usage”.
Now you will be able to see how much data you have used for the current session, it also shows you how long you have been connected to the wireless network for.
