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What uses broadband allowance?
17-10-2013 9:01 AM
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I do have my PC switched on virtually all the time and I do have lots of tabs open, just for convenience. I don't watch TV programmes on line, but I do watch perhaps 2 or 3 Youtube videos a day, probably onlyf 3 or 4 minutes a time.
Does having lots of tabs open use broadband allowance? Or is it simply because I'm connected all the time?
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17-10-2013 9:10 AM
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http://adblockplus.org is the one many people use.
jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
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17-10-2013 9:12 AM
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BUT
All data you download to your PC or upload from your PC counts as usage.
Likewise all data both up and down from devices connected to you router counts as usage and this includes wireless devices if you have them.
People often forget about things like sky boxes and other things doing upgrades which are connected to the internet and some of these software upgrades often done overnight can use a lot of usage.
(for the pedants yes when you are connected but not doing anything there is a very small amount of 'keep alive' data going back and fro on your connection but it really is just a few bytes of stuff.)
Re: What uses broadband allowance?
17-10-2013 9:17 AM
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Re: What uses broadband allowance?
17-10-2013 9:27 AM
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Quote from: jelv If you visit lots of web pages with adverts (especially those which change all the time) that will swallow a lot of usage. Using an advert blocker add-on to your browser would help.
http://adblockplus.org is the one many people use.
Thank you - I've installed that now, although I think there must be an adblocker already installed on my PC because I don't see any adverts.
Re: What uses broadband allowance?
17-10-2013 9:34 AM
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Quote from: x47c Merely having tabs open or indeed being connected to the interet does not use allowance
BUT
All data you download to your PC or upload from your PC counts as usage.
Likewise all data both up and down from devices connected to you router counts as usage and this includes wireless devices if you have them.
People often forget about things like sky boxes and other things doing upgrades which are connected to the internet and some of these software upgrades often done overnight can use a lot of usage.
(for the pedants yes when you are connected but not doing anything there is a very small amount of 'keep alive' data going back and fro on your connection but it really is just a few bytes of stuff.)
How/where do I check for upgrades? Sometime I get a message when I turn off my PC that it will switch off when Windows has finished updating. I don't have a Sky box, and I haven't got anything else connected.
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17-10-2013 9:50 AM
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17-10-2013 9:55 AM
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17-10-2013 10:30 AM
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Jamesanstee - sorry, I've got to ask 'how do I do that'? I'm pretty certain that the person who set this all up for me would have made sure my connection is secure, but I don't know how to check that.
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17-10-2013 1:03 PM
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When you have time have a read through this >
http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/wireless_broadband/?source=keymatch
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18-10-2013 1:50 PM
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I've now contacted PN who have checked all my BB connections/security/settings etc., and have come to the conclusion that at one particular instance something happened last Tuesday causing my usage to spike. In fact I used as much allowance on that one day as the rest of the month all together. I've run Comodo anti-virus - found nothing; CCleaner - nothing of any note; but Malwarebytes detected two threats which have now been deleted, so now it's fingers crossed that that was the problem and all will be well.
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18-10-2013 2:25 PM
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jelv (a.k.a Spoon Whittler) Why I have left Plusnet (warning: long post!) Broadband: Andrews & Arnold Home::1 (FTTC 80/20) Line rental: Pulse 8 Home Line Rental (£14.40/month) Mobile: iD mobile (£4/month) |
Re: What uses broadband allowance?
18-10-2013 3:19 PM
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I would look at the type youtube videos you are looking at, are they HD? The will add greatly to your usage.
Unless you have already done so take a look at your usage breakdown found in the members centre. You will see which activity has the highest usage.
You are aware you will be charged if you exceed your monthly limit.
Dan
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18-10-2013 4:27 PM
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My Windows and other programmes are all up to date, and I've set it to prompt me that updates are available so I can do them overnight from now on. PN support did check all my updates and saw that there was nothing out of the ordinary.
The only Youtube videos I watch are sort of crafting-type - illustrating how to do knitting stitches etc; the occasional short 'funny' animal antics - that's all. They are not HD, and never more than a couple of minutes at a time.
Virtually all my allowance has been used on web pages, and 1% on streaming (I can't remember what this would have been, but PN support said it's negligable).
My usage for the 7 days to 11th Oct was 1.53GB, then carried on very low until the following Tuesday when it suddenly spiked at 4.4 MB on that one day. Since then it has been going down again but still incredibly high - 2.3GB; 1.65GB; and 1.26GB yesterday.
There is nothing under my usage other than web browsing and that tiny little bit of streaming.
So if anybody has any other thoughts as to how I can identify what the problem might be, I should be very grateful.
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18-10-2013 5:03 PM
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Quote from: Sadie My usage for the 7 days to 11th Oct was 1.53GB, then carried on very low until the following Tuesday when it suddenly spiked at 4.4 MB on that one day. Since then it has been going down again but still incredibly high - 2.3GB; 1.65GB; and 1.26GB yesterday.
There's mixed units in that post - slip of the fingers? If not the 4.4 is abnormally low and suggests you hardly did anything that day.
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