Do Cable Companies Fake Data Useage
My cable company website says I have been using around 12 gigabytes/month of data lately for my internet service. This sounds weird as we don't stream movies or download photos. We send maybe 2 -3 e...
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Many things are possible:
- Video Ads running in the background
- Windows or other programs with automatic updates?
- Someone connecting to your card (change the password and turn off when not using to see what is happening)
- Do you skype? They use your computer as a node in thier system and will chew thru data if you don't get it turned off when not in use and just closing skype doesn't turn off this feature and it starts up automatically.
- Virus/malware?
- Video Ads running in the background
- Windows or other programs with automatic updates?
- Someone connecting to your card (change the password and turn off when not using to see what is happening)
- Do you skype? They use your computer as a node in thier system and will chew thru data if you don't get it turned off when not in use and just closing skype doesn't turn off this feature and it starts up automatically.
- Virus/malware?
