Unexplained Usenet usage
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Unexplained Usenet usage
23-03-2013 11:16 PM
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Since I haven't used Usenet newsgroups in years, can anyone help explain why this might be? Could any other services be getting misclassified as Usenet - or can Plusnet analyse the logs further to help explain what's been going on?
Many thanks - John
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23-03-2013 11:33 PM
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24-03-2013 9:28 AM
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24-03-2013 12:50 PM
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I'm not entirely sure it's the real explanation, since my usage logs seem consistently low (measured in KB) on the dates when I've been out of the house for most of the day.
However, today I've changed my wi-fi password, set up a list of allowed MAC addresses, and blocked outgoing traffic to common Usenet ports. Let's see what becomes of my usage stats next month...
Re: Unexplained Usenet usage
24-03-2013 2:53 PM
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Is it possible that Skype calls are being categorised as Usenet for some reason? I do use Skype, but absolutely nothing is showing up in my usage breakdown for "broadband phone calls".
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24-03-2013 10:55 PM
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I use Usenet and email daily, yet I don't recall seeing those categories show any recorded usage in over 4½ years.
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Re: Unexplained Usenet usage
25-03-2013 8:53 AM
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Edit: Oh wait, I have a news headlines gadget, perhaps that's it?
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25-03-2013 9:01 AM
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I wouldn't expect so. From a technical point of view, it's served as a website rather than Usenet, and I don't imagine Plusnet have written software to examine the raw traffic and distinguish forums from other websites, only to mislabel them as Usenet.
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25-03-2013 9:25 AM
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Mine is showing 14% peer-to-peer, that's something I don't use so I haven't a clue what it's measuring but it's not file sharing p2p traffic.
IMO if PN can't get the traffic type correct then it should be removed from service. This sort of incorrect reporting can just cause problems for people.
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25-03-2013 9:25 AM
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25-03-2013 11:07 AM
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25-03-2013 12:03 PM
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Quote I think the usage type shown by PN needs to be taken with a pinch of salt
Having streamed a program using Iplayer in HD the other day, out of interest I went to look at the usage about 1 hr later. All the actual usage was showing but it was classified as about 50% web and 50% BB phone calls!!. By the following day it seemed to have sorted itself out and was showing 90% Streaming and 10% Web. It would seem that it's initially being classified wrongly but then something sorts it out...
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25-03-2013 6:02 PM
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Quote from: Kelly How much total traffic is there on your graphs?
Not sure if you're asking me, but I've attached the graph I'm seeing for a current total usage of 10.93 GB. No known Usenet usage at all.
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26-03-2013 6:58 AM
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Web 43% 18% 61%
Email 2% 0% 2%
Broadband phonecalls 1% 0% 1%
Gaming 0% 0% 0%
Streaming 21% 1% 22%
PlusNet FTP 0% 0% 0%
Peer-to-peer 1% 2% 3%
Usenet 10% 0% 10%
FTP (non PlusNet) 0% 0% 0%
Other 1% 0% 1%
Total usage so far 79% 21% 100%
Re: Unexplained Usenet usage
03-04-2013 10:53 PM
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I've raised a ticket asking for an explanation, and disputing my extra usage charge for last month. I'll keep you all updated with the result.
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