 dellsweigExtreme AerobaticsPremium,MVM
join:2003-12-10
Campbell Hall, NY
kudos:1
 ·Vonage
| TW Usage Meter Accuracy Greetings
Just took a peek at my TW account and noticed my usage indicator.. Says I am currently at 99Gigs so far this month.
I looked at my DD-WRT router wan usage and it shows a lower number - hmmmmm who to believe 
They are either combining input/output bytes (incorrectly) or they are over counting inbound..
Either way - their numbers are wrong and you can bet eventually they will use these numbers to bill us......
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 antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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12/2012 |
 Assuming it is correct (doubt it), peak usages are during weekends from the family being at home and online a lot especially during the holidays. I am such a pipe hog. Heh. |
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| lol well mine is 234GB and counting. Not sure if mine is accurate |
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by dragonman300:lol well mine is 234GB and counting. Not sure if mine is accurate
Wow, that is high. Do you guys really use that much? LOL! |
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 swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:4
 ·RapidVPS
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·VoicePulse
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to dellsweig
said by dellsweig:They are either combining input/output bytes (incorrectly) or they are over counting inbound..
I think it goes without saying that they would combine both upload and download.
Your numbers show 103 gigs or so while the meter shows 99. Pretty darn close.
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 Nick21
join:2010-02-03
New York, NY | reply to dellsweig
I have the link but it shows 0MB for me. It never works. Does it not track non-TWC provided modems? |
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swintecPremium,VIP
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
kudos:4 Reviews:
·RapidVPS
·Sprint Mobile Br..
·VoicePulse
·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to dellsweig
My usage meter does not work either. The part is there on the My internet tab but it simply says it can not display at this time.
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etaadmin
join:2002-01-17
Dallas, TX
kudos:1 | reply to dellsweig
My usage |
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said by Nick21:I have the link but it shows 0MB for me. It never works. Does it not track non-TWC provided modems?
It tracks my customer owned Zoom modem, I had Tier 3 provision it and it shows up after a few days. Same thing with my SB6141 when activated with Tier 3, but I had it reactivated with a lower tier and it refused to show up. But I can say they still measure and its fairly close. |
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 DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:10 | reply to dellsweig
The other major cable providers, Comcast and Cox, that also have bandwidth counters also add download and upload bandwidth together. TWC isn't doing anything new in that. |
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There was another thread about this and the consensus was that the meter is pretty accurate. I'm away for the holidays, but I managed to use 570GB in November and 334GB in December. |
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 kilrathi
join:2005-04-22
Rockaway Park, NY | reply to dellsweig
I have 50/5 ultimate pacakge and I am above 200GB, if someone thinks thats high then I have to ask.... If 200GB is high for you then I assume you will never need anything above 10/1 package |
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DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:10 | Speed of downloads and data consumption are 2 different things. I want fast speeds so ive got 30 down and 4 up on Charter but average about 120 GB a month. Kids Netflix and gaming might add another 20 GB. |
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| I used to be baffled by people who say that B/s is totally different from B--obviously you aren't saving much time if you're hardly downloading--but now I'm thinking that speed might matter more at lower consumption levels when it comes to media. If you constantly pull data you will end up with a huge backlog which more speed would actually make worse; but if you only download a little even minutes can matter since you are waiting.
Moral of the story: download more! |
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 hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | reply to DrDrew
said by DrDrew:Speed of downloads and data consumption are 2 different things. I want fast speeds so ive got 30 down and 4 up on Charter but average about 120 GB a month. Kids Netflix and gaming might add another 20 GB.
Agreed, I have a Camaro...its pretty fast as cars go. In the 10 months I have had it I have driven 7,000 miles. I bought it for its speed, not because I drive long distances.
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DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:10
1 edit | reply to Wilsdom
said by Wilsdom:Moral of the story: download more!
Why? I download what I want.
It's fast enough to the point I often don't store or save a file if I don't think I'm going to need again in a month. Especially since some of the bigger software packages often update versions in that time. If I need it again I download it again. Back when I had less than 10 mbps, especially 33k through 4-5 mbps, I stored EVERYTHING.
Now I can download 1 GB in under 5 minutes. At 10 mbps that took 15 minutes full speed. I can grab a 4.7 GB DVD image in under 30 minutes. At 10 mbps it took 1 hour 30 minutes. Same amount of data, 1/3 the time.
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 unknvoipRIP goosePremium
join:2006-07-25
Rochester, NY
kudos:1
·ViaTalk
| reply to dellsweig
said by dellsweig:Either way - their numbers are wrong and you can bet eventually they will use these numbers to bill us......
I checked my router logs against the TW usage meter over the last 2 months. They showed the TW meter a couple GB under what my router measured. |
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DrDrewSo that others may surf.
join:2009-01-28
SoCal
kudos:10 | said by unknvoip:I checked my router logs against the TW usage meter over the last 2 months. They showed the TW meter a couple GB under what my router measured.
Comcast is about the same, not sure of Cox. I think they're subtracting out broadcast traffic to all modems, like ARP and DHCP packets. It doesn't count because 99% of it isn't meant for you. Your router counts it because it crosses the WAN port.
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antdudeA Ninja AntPremium,VIP
join:2001-03-25
United State
kudos:4 Reviews:
·RoadRunner Cable
1 edit | reply to etaadmin
said by etaadmin:I must be getting old as my usage is 126 GB in 5 months... and yes I use Hulu and other high bandwidth stuff.
Wow, since August. IIRC, Texans started had a test area first with this? |
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hobgoblinSortof AgoblinPremium
join:2001-11-25
Orchard Park, NY
kudos:8 | "Wow, since August. IIRC, Texans started had a test area first with this?"
Yes, they were the first area to launch Internet Essentials
»austin.ynn.com/content/headlines···-options
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