Plusnet usage figures

Are the plusnet usage figures accurate. I have been using plusnet adsl
for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.

Thanks

du.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Are the plusnet usage figures accurate. I have been using plusnet adsl
> for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
> doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
> considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
> any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.

Usage will vairy widely, from the folks who use less than 1Gb a month to
those who use several Gb a day.

600mb in 3 weeks is pretty light usage.

Jc.

And you'll notice after a Windows Update, which don't always show size
of file if set to automatic, that the updates are huge!

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
(E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Are the plusnet usage figures accurate. I have been using plusnet adsl
> for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
> doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
> considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
> any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.
>
> Thanks
>
> du.

This isn't actually very much. It includes everything which goes up and down
your connection - not just files which you specifically download and store
on your hard disk. For example, if you watch streaming video news items on
BBCi, this all counts towards the usage.
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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> ... a total of 600mb ... is this considered a lot?

600 millibits? Next to nothing!

On 01 Jan 2005, in uk.telecom.broadband, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or any connection
>speed users using per day just out of interest.

Depends on the day, and what one views/downloads/does, of course.

If you are on a capped account then you would probably not want to
(a) listen to streaming audio from, say, www.wnua.com or
(b) download/stream films from www.cinemanow.com or
(c) view webcams from around the world

4 days < 50 MB 4 days < 250 MB 8 days < 500 MB
4 days < 750 MB 2 days < 1500 MB 3 days < 3000 MB

That is my usage reported by Plus.Net on a 500 k connection (I have a
second connection for business use which may get heavier usage but no
need to measure traffic, and don't bother trying :-) Peter Morgan.





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Interesting! I have an outstanding ticket with PLusnet regarding my usage.
Generally it is around 80-100mb per day so I went for the 3GB cap. This
usage has been fairly static over the last ten months. then on one day it
jumped to 600MB without any apparent reason and then dropped back to my
normal level. I run hardware and software firewall (Draytek 26700 and
ZoneAlarm) and regularly run AdAware and Spybot. Neither have reported any
nasties. My pattern of usage has not altered nor have I done any downloads.
Plusnet are quite adamant that it is nothing to worry about. Now I don't
mind going over my cap if I use the extra but it does seem odd. Are the
Plusnet figures reliable of could there be some kind of intermittent
problem. Unexplained mysteries like this make me doubt the validity.
Constructive comments welcome.

Peter Crosland

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:19:09 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:

>Are the plusnet usage figures accurate.

I'd get some monitoring software to check, if I were you. Remember it
counts both upload and download though.

> I have been using plusnet adsl
>for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
>doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
>considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
>any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.
>

No, that is considered pretty light.

*Average* usage is apparently about 7Gb/month Extrapolating, you
wouldn't be using much more than 1/10 of the average.

Having said that, the average is obviously skewed by high users, and
the mode is (guessing) probably more like 3-5Gb/month. Which you are
still well under.

I have had a couple of individual *days* when I have used more than
you have in three weeks (and I'm on 512K too).
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Peter Crosland:
>Interesting! I have an outstanding ticket with PLusnet regarding my usage.
>Generally it is around 80-100mb per day so I went for the 3GB cap. This
>usage has been fairly static over the last ten months. then on one day it
..jumped to 600MB without any apparent reason and then dropped back to my
>normal level. I run hardware and software firewall (Draytek 26700 and
>ZoneAlarm) and regularly run AdAware and Spybot. Neither have reported any
>nasties. My pattern of usage has not altered nor have I done any downloads.

Same experience here ! Before switching to 1Mb/s with 1Gb included, I
monitored our usage for 4 months
and concluded that at ~30Mb p/day we would be fine, and it was, until
beginning of December.
I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I can't
explain.
I also note that the usage display lags quite significantly, often next day
shows much higher figure then seen when switching off.
(I also use Draytek 2600, firewalls,Ad Aware and Spybot.)
The Draytek have ability to monitor the traffic, just need to find the
software.

Can you please report any further PlusNet response.
Regards,
Martin

Martin² wrote:

> I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I can't
> explain.

I suppose someone could be having a determined probe/attack against your
IP address ... does your router report usage from it's LAN side or WAN side?