BitMeter is freeware - ie. it is given away completely free of charge, there is no trial period, no time-limited features, no spyware, and no adware, guaranteed.

Features:

• Audio notification at regular (configurable) time intervals - different tones are played according to your current upload or download speed (tone boundaries are also configurable)
• Audio notification each time a certain amount of data is transferred (uploaded, downloaded or both)
• Animated System Tray icon shows upload and download speeds
• Check for new version (with auto-check option and proxy support)
• Select any combination of network cards to monitor or ignore
• Configurable graph scale - set to any value, or set to auto-adjust according to you speed
• Connection Speed Helper
• Option to display current graph maximum on screen
• Change units used in readout (Kb,KB,Mb,MB)
• Change graph type (bar or line graph)
• Interval bars with adjustable time period
• Adjustable scroll interval (anywhere between 1 and 60 seconds)
• Save favourite colour combinations for later use, or use one of the preconfigured colour-schemes.
• Configure System Tray tooltip information (including speeds and days totals)
• Show or hide readout area, or adjust its font-size.
• Auto-start option for current user, or all users
• Manual and automatic backup options of configuration and traffic history information.

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1.

What's New in version 3.6.0:

• updated BitMeter 2 to target .NET Framework v4.5.1, which means it should now work on Windows 8.1