RE: High broadband usage - why?

["Mark Gardner" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

See MWG> below

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From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tim Hawes
Sent: 02 April 2013 20:17
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] High broadband usage - why?

Hi All,

I have a bit of a puzzler with our home ADSL connection. We previously
were on a package with a 10GB download cap which we just managed to stay
under.
A few months ago we upgraded to a 40GB cap package and in March just
gone, including a 10 day holiday away, we used 38-odd GB.

I re-set the traffic monitor on my router yesterday (or perhaps Sunday
eve) and already this month we've used over 4GB !!!
Last night 14 sessions were "active" although with next to no
bandwidth
consumed, but why aren't they silent.

We don't have an online TV/movies subscription and don't do anything
"fancy"; mostly web browsing and email. The kids do like iPlayer
and
youtube, but can these really be responsible for the high download
usage?

MWG> In my experience, YES!

How can I monitor what is eating up the download allowance? Ideally
something that can report usage by website by device, so I can determine
whether it's an iTouch, desktop PC, a rouge device interloping on my
allowance, or a dodgy application that is chatting way too much.
And of course, ideally free and easy to set up ;-)

Router is a Vigor 2820n if that helps with any solutions.

MWG> Try Draytek SmartMonitor if you have a spare PC. Alternatively
ThinkBroadBand tbbmeter is useful.

All thoughts welcome.

Thanks,
Tim.


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