Geekzone: technology news, blogs, forums
Guest
Welcome Guest.
You haven't logged in yet. If you don't have an account you can register now.


lchiu7

6521 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 543

Trusted

#6549 3-Feb-2006 08:20
Send private message

The TCL traffic meter has never been reliable even since I moved from an account that used the Paradise meter to the "new" TCL meter.

The other day I got a note I had exceeded my 10G monthly allowance by 38 blocks (each block is 500MB!). This since way out of line from what I had been using so checked the spreadsheet they produce. Most of the traffic looked okay (the huge failing of the TCL meter is that it doesn't show you where your traffic went to or came from) apart from a 15 minute spike where they alleged I moved 13.7G! While I am on a 2Mb plan I can't believe it's possible to move that much traffic in 15 minutes, even an hour and anyway I for sure I wasn't doing that could possibly contribute to that traffic.

Call to the help desk - they say they will investigate but I just wonder what the outcome will be. Interested to know if other users are experiencing similar issues with the TCL meter

Thanks




Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD.  https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd  PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.


Create new topic
davidcole
6099 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1465

Trusted

  #27827 4-Feb-2006 17:09
Send private message

Bugger, I had a big reply, but it's gone....unless moderators took it out???

Yeah I had the say thing happen. Meter was showing 7 gb all month until the 2nd to last night, then magically 3 gb appeared. Putting me over.

I got the same response, and complained they said somebody would be in contact with me before my bill comes out. I followed it up with an email (of which i have had no acknowledgement they have received).

I guess it's wait and see, and short change them by $15 dollers when the bill comes.




Previously known as psycik

Home Assistant: Gigabyte AMD A8 Brix, Home Assistant with Aeotech ZWave Controller, Raspberry PI, Wemos D1 Mini, Zwave, Shelly Humidity and Temperature sensors
Media:Chromecast v2, ATV4 4k, ATV4, HDHomeRun Dual
Server
Host Plex Server 3x3TB, 4x4TB using MergerFS, Samsung 850 evo 512 GB SSD, Proxmox Server with 1xW10, 2xUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Backblaze Backups, usenetprime.com fastmail.com Sharesies Trakt.TV Sharesight 




freitasm
BDFL - Memuneh
80646 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 41030

Administrator
ID Verified
Trusted
Geekzone
Lifetime subscriber

#27828 4-Feb-2006 17:21
Send private message

Nope, nothing was removed from this thread...




Referral links: Quic Broadband (free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE) | Samsung | AliExpress | Wise | Sharesies 

 

Support Geekzone by subscribing (browse ads-free), or making a one-off or recurring donation through PressPatron.

 


davidcole
6099 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1465

Trusted

  #27943 7-Feb-2006 09:52
Send private message

[Sarcasm Mode On] I'm certainly glad we don't have to rely on Telstra's usage meter to get billed, it's always down, so we never know how much usage we've used [Sarcasm Mode Off]





Previously known as psycik

Home Assistant: Gigabyte AMD A8 Brix, Home Assistant with Aeotech ZWave Controller, Raspberry PI, Wemos D1 Mini, Zwave, Shelly Humidity and Temperature sensors
Media:Chromecast v2, ATV4 4k, ATV4, HDHomeRun Dual
Server
Host Plex Server 3x3TB, 4x4TB using MergerFS, Samsung 850 evo 512 GB SSD, Proxmox Server with 1xW10, 2xUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Backblaze Backups, usenetprime.com fastmail.com Sharesies Trakt.TV Sharesight 




lchiu7

6521 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 543

Trusted

  #28251 12-Feb-2006 11:47
Send private message

The other week I got an e-mail saying I had used 47 more blocks than my limit! Then today I got a note (in the same billing cycle) that I had used 17 blocks over! So I have been giving usage back to them?

They should just dump the entire usage based charging. I suspect we are only one of a few countries that charges by volume and it's not as if we don't have sufficient international bandwidth




Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD.  https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd  PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.


davidcole
6099 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1465

Trusted

  #28279 13-Feb-2006 08:12
Send private message

Yes I think they should dump extra charging as well, their billing system is too unreliable to rely on.

What are we, I'm day 11 into this month's plan and how much data have I used, who knows, it's been down for hte 3rd month running.




Previously known as psycik

Home Assistant: Gigabyte AMD A8 Brix, Home Assistant with Aeotech ZWave Controller, Raspberry PI, Wemos D1 Mini, Zwave, Shelly Humidity and Temperature sensors
Media:Chromecast v2, ATV4 4k, ATV4, HDHomeRun Dual
Server
Host Plex Server 3x3TB, 4x4TB using MergerFS, Samsung 850 evo 512 GB SSD, Proxmox Server with 1xW10, 2xUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Backblaze Backups, usenetprime.com fastmail.com Sharesies Trakt.TV Sharesight 


Create new topic








Geekzone Live »

Try automatic live updates from Geekzone directly in your browser, without refreshing the page, with Geekzone Live now.



Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.