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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Beware of the Verizon hotspot as there have been many customers reporting a sudden spike in usage reported by Verizon after switching over to their service and hefty penalties.
Both AT&T and Verizon have during the month of October a special deal where you get double the data (only one day left) and so for a Verizon plan with 20GB you instead get 40GB for the same cost.
When we used Verizon heavily we used a Cradlepoint router that has Wifi as WAN and used it to track usage up to the minute. With our 20GB plan we could safely use 19.9GB of data and not worry about running over the cap and paying the penalties. The router more than paid for itself.
If anyone at your house uses Facebook, Youtube, and Amazon and other sites that plant tracking software on your computer then even after you leave their site the tracking software continues to generate traffic in the background. Many people have been nailed by using Facebook heavily or someone in their household has been using it.
A single 720p quality video can take 1GB for 60 minutes of viewing. Often videos default to HD quality which is fine if you have no limitations but deadly with 4G (though AT&T and Verizon love it all the way to the bank).
Both AT&T and Verizon have during the month of October a special deal where you get double the data (only one day left) and so for a Verizon plan with 20GB you instead get 40GB for the same cost.
When we used Verizon heavily we used a Cradlepoint router that has Wifi as WAN and used it to track usage up to the minute. With our 20GB plan we could safely use 19.9GB of data and not worry about running over the cap and paying the penalties. The router more than paid for itself.
If anyone at your house uses Facebook, Youtube, and Amazon and other sites that plant tracking software on your computer then even after you leave their site the tracking software continues to generate traffic in the background. Many people have been nailed by using Facebook heavily or someone in their household has been using it.
A single 720p quality video can take 1GB for 60 minutes of viewing. Often videos default to HD quality which is fine if you have no limitations but deadly with 4G (though AT&T and Verizon love it all the way to the bank).
