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  #3430049 2-Nov-2025 11:44
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I'm on an uncapped 500/100 plan so usage no worries.





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  #3430339 3-Nov-2025 09:41
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Gordy7:

 

I'm on an uncapped 500/100 plan so usage no worries.

 

Most if not all Fibre plans in NZ are uncapped and therefore reporting data usage is not considered necessary.  Voyager provides a reported datausage but only if you pay for a fixed IP address.  Neither Quic nor my router (Archer AX50) report this.

 

My interest is purely to know how my data usage tracks.  A sudden increase is cause for concern.  I would consider upgrading to a router that reports data usage, preferably at device level as well as overall.  I recently downgraded to a 100/20 plan and noticed no difference (from 500/100).





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  #3430351 3-Nov-2025 10:08
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Haven't checked for ages, but I'd say it's been pretty static for the last few years, with the four of us streaming, me working from home, two late-teens gaming and doing Uni work and streaming and whatever. 

 

 

 

Looking at it now: Looks like it fluctuates monthly between 1.7TB and 2.4TB, depending on traffic and who's home. 

 

Daily averages of 65-77GB 





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  #3430356 3-Nov-2025 10:14
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Household of 4: 3 adults & 1 uni student, with gig fibre, mainly streaming and a little bit of gaming by the student, averaging 1.4 to 1.5T.


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  #3430358 3-Nov-2025 10:17
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We currently average around 700-900 GB per month. When my wife was working from home we averaged 2TB per month.





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  #3430360 3-Nov-2025 10:27
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not sure i asked my current isp recently but it is an unlimited connection so no one is tracking it. used to have a 300GB before shaping plan (4G) and could ususally hit that within 5 days soooo....

 

 

 

(whispers - currently on a 25/10 plan... no gigabit internet for me since dunedin....)


 
 
 
 

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  #3430361 3-Nov-2025 10:29
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Not the highest month, but not the lowest month either.






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  #3430439 3-Nov-2025 11:41
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4-5TB a month, Contact, On SamKnows, so I can confirm the average monthly speed of 900Mbps. 

 

Expected to be way over normal usage with them but 6 months now with no issues.


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  #3430494 3-Nov-2025 12:01
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2 adults around a TB a month but as little as 5-600GB and as much as maybe 1.2TB. Mostly the significant other. We’re both home most of the time.


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  #3430527 3-Nov-2025 14:01
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I moved over 30 TB one month (but that is not typical for me).


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  #3430550 3-Nov-2025 15:32
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Don't know.  Stopped worrying about it when the caps were removed.  I use what I use.   





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  #3430555 3-Nov-2025 15:45
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2 adults, 3 kids. About 200 - 250 GB / month. 

 

 

 

Definitely used to be more when I was younger and had more free time, despite slower speeds... 





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