 grohgregDunno. Ask The Chief
join:2001-07-05
Dawson Springs, KY
3 edits | reply to garymopar
Re: Help? said by garymopar :
To my knowledge I don't upload anything to the net.
Yes, you do. While your browser is online, every keystroke you enter into the keyboard represents an upload. And that's not all. The distant servers - poker and video - must obtain acknowledgements (ACKs) from your computer that the packet they just sent arrived in good shape. If it did, your computer sends an ACK - and the distant server sends the next packet. If it did not, your computer sends a NACK - which causes the same packet to be sent again. Both ACKs and NACKs count against your upload threshold as well. So does every email and instant message and video chat you initiate.
The modem is also in constant contact with the gateway server, conducting link/network management transactions. Take a look at your usage page, with particular note of the hours that you're NOT at the computer. That upload count is your modem "phoning home".
Considering all this - plus streaming audio and/or video streaming in the background - 100MB/day isn't very hard to understand.
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