Download Limit

Cakes.

I am with Eircom and I have the Usage Meter on my laptop, it says i have downloaded over my limit but I have downloaded barely anything since the start of the month, but i havent downloaded. It has gone up 2% in the last hour, What could be causing this ..??

rob808

Cakesofrice wrote: »

I am with Eircom and I have the Usage Meter on my laptop, it says i have downloaded over my limit but I have downloaded barely anything since the start of the month, but i havent downloaded. It has gone up 2% in the last hour, What could be causing this ..??

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rob808

wait 2% out of 100% that normal upload and download are same now both go torwards your download limits

obliviousgrudge

Where did you download the Usage Meter from?

Cakes.

the eircom website

the_syco

Your using a laptop, so I assume you're using wireless. If so, are you using the default wireless password? If so, someone's probably downloading porn with your internet, as this default password is VERY VERY VERY easy to get on the internet.

Please increase your security using the instructions on http://support.eircom.net.

Cakes.

I changed the password, and there is only two IP adresses in the router menu.

natsuko

eircoms usuage meter is usualy twice as much as the one i have running in the sidebar. Id complain but ive never come close to goin over the limit anyway. Their speedtest also gives higher readings then any other speedtest...

Cakes.

So does that mean I havent gone over my limit and the figures are wrong ..?

natsuko

Cakesofrice wrote: »

So does that mean I havent gone over my limit and the figures are wrong ..?

goin by my experience id be suspicious... But i dont think there is a way to prove they have your download usuage wrong, if it is.

Cakes.

Its after saying I ave now used 161% of my usage allowance

natsuko

what do you use the internet for mainly? And how many hours a day is it on? Is it just the laptop your using to connect or do you have a desktop/phone with wifi. Youtube videos are countd as download, even though they are not saved to the computer, its stil a lot of information coming down the line. Playing online games, streaming movies, opening flash intensive websites, viewing large documents all contribute to your download usage. If you are not that active on the net then the only other possibilities are they have you figures wrong, or someone is stealing your wifi. Id say ring them and see what light they can shed on the situation, like if they can tel you the times the net was accessed.

johndoe99

have considered spyware/adware, you may have picked up some online and it could be downloading thrash to you laptop.

Cakes.

natsuko wrote: »

what do you use the internet for mainly? And how many hours a day is it on? Is it just the laptop your using to connect or do you have a desktop/phone with wifi. Youtube videos are countd as download, even though they are not saved to the computer, its stil a lot of information coming down the line. Playing online games, streaming movies, opening flash intensive websites, viewing large documents all contribute to your download usage. If you are not that active on the net then the only other possibilities are they have you figures wrong, or someone is stealing your wifi. Id say ring them and see what light they can shed on the situation, like if they can tel you the times the net was accessed.

The internet is always on ands I did watch a good bit of youtube videos inn the last week or so. There is a few laptops on the internet too,I think that might be the problem.

vibe666

Cakesofrice wrote: »

The internet is always on ands I did watch a good bit of youtube videos inn the last week or so. There is a few laptops on the internet too,I think that might be the problem.

EVERYTHING you do online either uploads or downloads (or both) data which counts towards your limit. looking at web pages, watching youtube, checking your email, listening to online radio.

just because you don't have a downloaded copy of something on your PC, it doesn't mean it's not downloading.

download the trial of DU Meter and watch it's graphs that show what you are downloading and uploading in real time as you're doing various things online and you'll see what effect each thing you do online has on your connection.