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photon · 02-03-2011, 12:35 PM

What exactly is the modem transmitting when no computers are on? Diagnostic information? "Hello I'm Here". If it's more than kilobytes or maybe megabytes a day I'd be shocked. That's what, 0.005% of the cap?

What could your modem POSSIBLY have to say to the monitoring stuff that would take up 5GB a day?

EDIT: This is also presuming that the graphs are real-time or near real-time, which they may or may not be. Maybe the adding of amounts from previous days doesn't happen daily, or it updates daily but doesn't get the correct info daily, so it goes flat for a while then has a spike, etc.

Obviously if they're going to be billing based on this, it can't be flaky, but I wouldn't trust their stats quite yet, what they say and what my router says are pretty different.

02-03-2011, 12:35 PM	#481
photon The new goggles also do nothing. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Calgary Exp:	What exactly is the modem transmitting when no computers are on? Diagnostic information? "Hello I'm Here". If it's more than kilobytes or maybe megabytes a day I'd be shocked. That's what, 0.005% of the cap? What could your modem POSSIBLY have to say to the monitoring stuff that would take up 5GB a day? EDIT: This is also presuming that the graphs are real-time or near real-time, which they may or may not be. Maybe the adding of amounts from previous days doesn't happen daily, or it updates daily but doesn't get the correct info daily, so it goes flat for a while then has a spike, etc. Obviously if they're going to be billing based on this, it can't be flaky, but I wouldn't trust their stats quite yet, what they say and what my router says are pretty different. __________________ Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.