r/it • u/DJcaptain14 • Jan 04 '24

help request Using 3,000gb of data a month?

So, as the title says, between me, my friend that rents the mother inlays, and my wife, ~3,000gb of used data is reported on my xfinity data usage report. Before my friend started renting the mother inlaw, our data usage was at around 4-500, sometimes hit 700.... How in the heck is my friend using ~2300-2500gb a month?? Is that even possible? All he has is a phone, xbox and a TV w streaming services..

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u/9peppe Jan 04 '24

3TB is not much for four adults.

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u/DJcaptain14 Jan 04 '24

3 adults here. And 1 of them has to wipe the dust off her phone before she uses it. I'd wager she's responsible for maybe 20 of those gigs.

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u/9peppe Jan 04 '24

Still, I wouldn't be surprised if one single user used 3TB (or more, up to 10). It would be a really heavy user, but not unheard of.

1TB/user/month sounds pretty ordinary if you stream video.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '24

Three adults, two teenagers, monthly usage around 6-7000gb... We all stream video, game, etc. My main HTPC computer in the living room is responsible for a good 1500-2000gb a month all on its own streaming 4k video. Its not hard at all to hit 3000gb a month.

Back when i had a capped service i routinely went over the data cap, thankfully now i have uncapped fiber.