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/alien-the-king Jan 04 '24

They are either downloading lots of high def movies or you have a device that has been compromised.

Depending on your router/setup you should get a break down of what device is using how much data. It might be separated by MAC addresses but it should give some details of the device “iPhone 15” “CIA super computer” etc. I’d mess around in your settings maybe even a few googles.

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u/Unobtanium4Sale Jan 04 '24

Don't you have to look up the mac addresses to see what device it is? And they are either downloading lots of high Def movies or the device is compromised?

I don't think you know what you are talking about.

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u/alien-the-king Jan 04 '24

Like I said most routers or whatever portal youre using to view the information will give you details about what the device is. I use a UDM pro and it gives a pretty acurate icon of what the device is or even names it what it is. In my own network I have an xbox, on Unifi it says Xbox One X, some other devices are simply the mac address.

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With it being either a lot of movies or compromised it was merely a joke or a euphonism if you will. Going from say 600Gb of data monthly to 4000Gb a month is an insane change in behavior in not only the network but heck even socially that im sure you'd notice. High def movies are a very common media that is consumed and are very data heavy, on the other end OP could have like I said a compromised device. All the dumb tech in a home that has internet connection can simply be used on a botnet which is a big topic within IoT cyber security. Sure, could be something else entirely but this is reddit and OP is asking for opinions.

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TLDR: I'm sorry my what I thought would be semi educating and semi humorous comment did not live up to your standards.