Telecom Usage Meter correct?

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tombrownzz

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#74537 1-Jan-2011 18:35

Yesterday I used about 100MB but all I did was go to some websites to read the news and no one else was home in my house and my wifi uses wpa2 and i have up to date antivirus and windows updates are disabled so I'm just wondering if anyone has had unusually high readings over the last few days? I wasn't tracking my data with 3rd party software so I can't compare, but has anyone compared telecom's usage meter with your software readings over the last few days? Has telecom's usage meter been correct?

matisyahu

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#423226 1-Jan-2011 19:14

When you mean 'a couple of websites' - could you give examples? it is quite easy for a few megs to be pulled down the tubes; a few heavily flash based advertisements for example being one of the biggest culprits I've seen, audio/video loading in the background so that when you hover your mouse over it starts playing smoothly etc.

All I can really suggest is maybe install 'click 2 flash' and see how things go; keep a focus on which sites are pulling down stuff in the background etc.

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Speedy885

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#423237 1-Jan-2011 20:23

This happens to us sometimes, apparently just checking our email uses 20+mb some days! i think the usage meter is flawed.

rscole86

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#423258 1-Jan-2011 21:39

I suggested you have a look in the existing threads, this has been discussed before.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=74484

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=39&topicid=74455