diff -prud byobu/old/ec2_cost byobu/new/ec2_cost
--- byobu/old/ec2_cost	2012-01-09 02:35:58.000000000 +0000
+++ byobu/new/ec2_cost	2012-01-10 04:41:19.000000000 +0000
@@ -74,16 +74,9 @@ __ec2_cost() {
 	hours=$(((`date +%s` - `stat --printf %Y $file_to_stat`) / 60 / 60 + 1))
 	# Auto detect network interface
 	interface=`tail -n1 /proc/net/route  | awk '{print $1}'`
-	local iface rbytes rpackets rerrs rdrop rfifo rframe rcompressed rmulticast tbytes tpackets terrs tdrop tfifo tcolls tcarrier tcompressed
-	while read iface rbytes rpackets rerrs rdrop rfifo rframe rcompressed rmulticast tbytes tpackets terrs tdrop tfifo tcolls tcarrier tcompressed; do
-		if [ "$iface" = "${interface}:" ]; then                 
-			tx_gb=${tbytes}
-			rx_gb=${rbytes}
-			break;                                         
-		fi                                                     
-	done < /proc/net/dev
-	tx_gb=$(echo ${tx_gb} | awk '{ printf "%f", $1 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 }')
-	rx_gb=$(echo ${rx_gb} | awk '{ printf "%f", $1 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 }')
+	interface=$( cat /proc/net/dev | grep "${interface}" | cut -d ':' -f 2 )
+	tx_gb=$(echo ${interface} | awk '{print $9' | awk '{ printf "%f", $1 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 }')
+	rx_gb=$(echo ${interface} | awk '{print $1' | awk '{ printf "%f", $1 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 }')
 	network_cost=`echo "$tx_gb" "$TX_RATE" "$rx_gb" "$RX_RATE" | awk '{printf "%f %f", $1*$2, $3*$4}' | awk '{printf "%f", $1 + $2}'`
 	# Calculate uptime cost
 	uptime_cost=`echo "$hours" | awk "{printf \"%f\", "$rate" * $hours}"`
diff -prud byobu/old/network byobu/new/network
--- byobu/old/network	2012-01-09 02:35:58.000000000 +0000
+++ byobu/new/network	2012-01-10 04:38:02.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,13 +26,12 @@ __network_detail() {
 
 __network() {
 	get_network_interface; local interface="$_RET"
-	local x1=0 x2=0 tx1=0 i= t= unit= symbol= cache= rate=
+	local x1=0 x2=0 i= t= unit= symbol= cache= rate=
 	status_freq network
 	t="$_RET"
 	# By default, we won't bug the user with the display of network traffic
 	# below NETWORK_THRESHOLD in kbps; override in $BYOBU_CONFIG_DIR/status
 	[ -n "$NETWORK_THRESHOLD" ] || NETWORK_THRESHOLD=20
-	OIFS=$IFS
 	for i in up down; do
 		unit="kb"
 		case $i in
@@ -40,14 +39,9 @@ __network() {
 			down) symbol="$ICON_DN" ;;
 		esac
 		cache="$BYOBU_RUN_DIR/cache.$BYOBU_BACKEND/network.$i"
-		[ -r "$cache" ] && read x1 < "$cache" || tx1=0
-		local iface rbytes rpackets rerrs rdrop rfifo rframe rcompressed rmulticast tbytes tpackets terrs tdrop tfifo tcolls tcarrier tcompressed
-		while read iface rbytes rpackets rerrs rdrop rfifo rframe rcompressed rmulticast tbytes tpackets terrs tdrop tfifo tcolls tcarrier tcompressed; do
-			if [ "$iface" = "${interface}:" ]; then
-				[ "$i" = "up" ] && x2=${tbytes} || x2=${rbytes}
-				break;
-			fi
-		done < /proc/net/dev
+		[ -r "$cache" ] && read x1 < "$cache" || x1=0
+		[ "$i" = "up" ] && x2=9 || x2=1
+		x2=$( cat /proc/net/dev | grep "${interface}" | cut -d ':' -f 2 | awk "{print \$$x2}" )
 		echo "$x2" > "$cache"
 		rate=$((8*($x2 - $x1) / $t / 1024))  # in kbps
 		[ "$rate" -lt 0 ] && rate=0