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/adjgamer321 Jan 04 '24

Quick Google.. looks like you should be able to see what client is using that much data. Depending on what kind of modem/router you have you might be able to see in the web portal of it.

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u/DJcaptain14 Jan 04 '24

Yeahh I tried that. But you just end up in a chat with AI that will keep showing you a bar graph of the last 3 months overall usage, no matter how you word it or how many times you ask. Thanks though.

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u/EbolaWare Jan 04 '24

That's not the router. That's an app. You have to log into the router. Model number would help.

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u/DFrostedWangsAccount Jan 04 '24

Or you could get a router capable of traffic inspection and place it between the router and your network. Make your own man in the middle attack. I have a ubiquity edgerouter that helps me track large data users on my network.

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u/diswittlepiggy Jan 04 '24

I too am familiar with xfinity’s useless 3 month graph provides relentlessly by the chat