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Re: Bell Usage Meter counting LAN data? said by pat2k8:I am on the phone with Bell reps and they confirmed LAN usage counting on my bill. I'm a GENIUS!!!  Thank you for reporting this pat2k8!  |
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 pat2k8
join:2000-12-24
Burlington, ON
kudos:1 | reply to pulp46
I am on the phone with Bell reps and they confirmed LAN usage counting on my bill. Thats facked. I unplugged there modem ASAP and will be going back to my wrt..........
Background, my usage is avg 40 GB per month, last month it went to 150GB. I was transfering alot of data on my home network setting up some friends PC's and such. I know my download habits.
Last night I tracked not downloading anything, but I did transfer 10GB from one pc to another, BAM! it showed up on my bandwidth!!!
I am losing Bell soon, I have my own modem and shopping around!
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Yes, I know:
said by pulp46:Wow,that's pathetic. I'm going to insist he gets onto TekSavvy Cable, like I am using. 300 GIG and I swear they don't even bother counting the usage. Also have Unlimited but no need really.
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | reply to pulp46
said by pulp46:Thanks for the help fellahs, but we'll stop for now. He cut a deal with Bell, paying 5$ more for the extra B/W this month instead of $50. LOL!!! He's keeping an eye on it and it seems to be better reporting the real data. Also, I really need to be there to get into the modem for answering your questions. I still don't like the fact he agreed to give Bell an extra $5.... it's the principle: Judge-Jury and Executioner! 
Also, other ISP offer higher CAPs... just letting you know. |
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Thanks for the help fellahs, but we'll stop for now. He cut a deal with Bell, paying 5$ more for the extra B/W this month instead of $50. LOL!!! He's keeping an eye on it and it seems to be better reporting the real data. Also, I really need to be there to get into the modem for answering your questions. I still don't like the fact he agreed to give Bell an extra $5.... it's the principle: Judge-Jury and Executioner! |
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thats what my post was gettign at. so that day was showing 10 gigs. what was that calendar date ? then look at the day before if the useage is zero then what i explained above is what is occuring |
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | reply to pulp46
said by pulp46:That was 1 day for the 10 GIG. I know he has a slower package, like 10 Mbps, maybe 12?
And did you check out if the usage was upload or download... You need to get details.
And you can go inside his modem, and see MAC from there. |
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That was 1 day for the 10 GIG. I know he has a slower package, like 10 Mbps, maybe 12? |
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kovy
join:2009-03-26
kudos:8 | reply to pulp46
said by pulp46:No. For example last Saturday, he DL a 278MB mp4 and streamed it to his TV. That's all he did for the day besides email. The usage counter stated he used 10 Gig.
What type of connection does it have... also is this 10Gb, counting 1 day only or the whole month ? |
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not sure if things have changed but the way the old meter worked is it would see your pppoe session established and then started counting it kept counting till the session was closedd so in theory you could have a session of 4 days. the first 3 days you would see nothing and then on the 4 th day when the connection was broken it counted.
it never worked on a day by day count in the past. this might explain the 10 gig total . he might have been connected for a while the meter is counting then he lost his connection and it tallied up the total.
thats how it used to be i realize things might have changed |
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get him to call in and change his b1 logins password with a sympatico rep for starters.
or turn his modem off for a day and see if the tracker reports any usage.
change the password on the wireless.
not sure if your aware, but the usage is not tracked on the physical hardware, its tracked by PPPoE b1 login ID.
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Opinions and ideas expressed in my post are my own and in no way represent those of Bell Canada Enterprises, Bell Canada, Bell TV, Bell Internet, Bell Mobility, Bell Technical Solutions, Expertech, or any other partners under the BCE umbrella. |
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No kids, just a common-law wife who doesn't even know what downloading means. LOL This would be real simple if Bell would forward him the Mac Addresses. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
join:2006-08-30
HarperLand
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said by pulp46:No. For example last Saturday, he DL a 278MB mp4 and streamed it to his TV. That's all he did for the day besides email. The usage counter stated he used 10 Gig.
Something else is wrong... kids, torrents?
What speed does he have?
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No. For example last Saturday, he DL a 278MB mp4 and streamed it to his TV. That's all he did for the day besides email. The usage counter stated he used 10 Gig. |
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So he streams TV shows?
How many shows does he follow?
If he follows 10 shows then per month that would take 10 gigs easily if the isize of each file is as you say 280mb x 4 shows (per show) each month = approx 1 gig per show
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ya, usage is not measured on the cpe side... unless he has some kind of wierd cloud based file sharing service?
Or his media server that resides on the lan side, but is using a NO-IP type service, and the ps3 is pointed to the public hostname? although with a 2wire he wouldnt have any more than 1 meg upload and thats not enough to stream video with any decent amount of resolution.
OR somebody knows is B1 id and password and usage is somehow being tracked across multiple connections?? not sure if thats possible for the meter to track though.
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can't be lan. traffic is not measured at the CPE. |
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No, his security is set, 20 characters long. A great hacker could have cracked it but I'm betting it's a case of the stupid program counting LAN data. |
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 ArthurSWatch Those Blinking LightsPremium
join:2000-10-28
Hamilton, ON | reply to pulp46
Hmmm, maybe the security is not set on his wifi, and a neighbor is using his connection? |
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RickStepPremium
join:2002-11-25
Hamilton, ON
kudos:1 | reply to pulp46
He needs a separate router.
I just posted instructions here:
»2wire with router
If you can print the instructions and get him on he phone; you may be able to get it to work
Rick |
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