Is it possible to set a daily data limit on a Linksys Router?

Okay, let me give a bit of back-story.
Recently me and those living with me moved out to a rather remote little house in the wilderness. As such our internet options are limited. Our only options were DSL that was "only slightly faster than dial-up" (that's exactly what we were told) or satellite (let's not even consider dial-up).
After a few months of deciding we finally picked the best bad apple out of the bucket of rotting apples and got hughesnet. Of course we are forced into a one year contract and all that business.
Alright, let's not waste anymore time and get to the meat of my post.
So we have a total data limit. (up to 500 mb) but a few of my roommates either forget to check their data use or don't care enough to keep track. As a result I get on the computer only to find the data limit at either a really low percentage of the total or completely used. And recently Hughesnet has been throttling us hard when the limit has been met. So much so as that we can't even browse but one web page at a time. Assuming only one person is using internet.
So now you know the problem, and here's what I'd like to know:
Is there any FREE way to cap internet usage per IP or connection to the router (they are really paranoid and some of them won't even let me on to find their MAC address) to, say, 100 mb used total in a day, and then completely cutting them off from the internet until the next day? (our data limit gets refreshed every day) I don't care if it's third-party software or not. I have talked to them about it many times and they all agree to only using a certain amount and then use over that amount anyway.
There is also a time during the night that internet usage is no longer capped and you get free internet until it ends. So I would also need to know how to unlock this cap at a specified time and then have the cap resume once more afterward.
(if this is not possible, don't worry, I can do it manually as I tend to be on the computer during this time. It would just be nice to have it done automatically.)
Finally, if this is possible and ONLY as a bonus, is there any way to allow them BACK onto the internet after the full 500 mbs have been used (or so) so that they can at least enjoy what little internet is left after that point? This would be awesome to have but not at all necessary.
So, any ideas?
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You could connect a bunch of 3700s to each computer and do this .
Or...since you're the one who monitors the monthly limit, you could restrict an individual's internet access once you see that you guys are coming too close to the cap.
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