garymopar
@wildblue.net
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Started with Value Pack, over did downloads , upgraded to Select Pack. Now they say my UPLOADS are way over by 130%. Has been this way for 2 weeks now. No relief in sight.
To my knowledge I don't upload anything to the net. I don't share pics or music anywhere. I do play online play money poker for 2 or 3 hours a day. In the background I have Meta Cafe working , which is kinda like U-tube.Tech has been no help in telling me what to look for that is doing all this uploading. Have AVG anti virus and Zone Alarm running and Windows firewall. am seriously considering going back to dial up. The upload has to be better than 100 MB's a day which to my thinking is a lot.
How can I find out what is going on ?? |
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zalternate
join:2007-02-22
BC
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grohgreg
Dunno. Ask The Chief
join:2001-07-05
Dawson Springs, KY
3 edits | reply to garymopar
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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Earth Signal
Earthsignal
Premium
join:2002-10-03
Burlington, IA | reply to garymopar
Metacafe is a community based video sharing web site.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacafe
Turn off Meta Cafe. |
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WB
join:2008-03-03
Englewood, CO
| reply to garymopar
Metacafe is a video sharing site, which sounds like a lot like it could be a peer-to-peer application. Peer-to-peer apps can really make the uploading increase in the background without your knowledge. If you're at 130% on the upload, and don't feel like you've been actively uploading a lot yourself, that sounds very much like it could be the cause. |
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garymopar
@wildblue.net | reply to grohgreg
Thanks for education in words even I can understand. |
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garymopar
@wildblue.net | reply to WB
Thanks WB , it's gone. If this keeps up I just might stick around . |
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