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    michaelok70 Posts: 3, Reputation: 1
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    Nov 18, 2010, 09:44 AM
    How do i gauge my internet usage?
    I have just switched internet provider and have plan with unlimited usage and I have apparently used 76gb in 11 days.Both my son and I have laptops I use mine for emails downloading the odd film (about to a week) and YouTube (approx 1/2 hour per day) My son speaks to his girl on skype every night for about 2 hours plays x box live for about an hour and I suspect there is an element of porn involved (you porn and x videos in his history).
    Does this seem right?
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    FadedMaster Posts: 1,510, Reputation: 148
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    Nov 18, 2010, 07:31 PM
    Those are indeed porn sites. And the only way they would get in his history is if he visited those sites. There are parental controls built into a lot of operating systems, but otherwise there are some good third party programs you can look into.

    I think Webroot makes some pretty good parental controls although I have never used it myself. I have heard some good things though.
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    Nov 18, 2010, 07:38 PM

    Silly me, but I have to ask

    If you have an unlimited service, why does it matter how much you are using
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    Nov 18, 2010, 07:39 PM
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    I think either the poster mis-wrote and actually switched /from/ an unlimited provider or is just wondering where all their bandwidth is goin'.
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    Nov 18, 2010, 09:27 PM

    If it's unlimited then who cares where you're bandwidth is going. As long as you're still getting you projected download and upload speeds who cares about the rest. Unlimited is a good word in certain aspects, this would be one of them.
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    Nov 19, 2010, 02:28 AM
    Comment on Fr_Chuck's post
    It slows down when it hits 100gb as part of a "fair usage policy". I just need to know whether 11 days of fairly heavy usage would use 76gb.The porn is not a problem as my son is 20 yrs old
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    Nov 19, 2010, 01:48 PM
    Gauge my internet usage
    WIth reference to my previous question.My internet is unlimited but comes with a fair usage policy which slows down when I reach 100gb.I have so far reach 76gb in 11 days using 2 laptops. I just need to know whether this is normal to use so much as we are not downloading 24/7 but both computers are in use most evenings.
    Thanks
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    Nov 19, 2010, 01:53 PM
    76 Gb in 11 days would NOT be from the simple use you have described, but a LARGE degree of downloading.

    I would be inclined to ask your son exactly what he has been downloading.
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    Nov 19, 2010, 02:11 PM
    It's possible your bittorrent client is set to load at start up and stay loaded, this would account for a lot of traffic.
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