Plusnet usage figures
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for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.
Thanks
du.
Josey
<d...@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:41d68710...@news.plus.net...
Usage will vairy widely, from the folks who use less than 1Gb a month to
those who use several Gb a day.
600mb in 3 weeks is pretty light usage.
Jc.
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Tiscali Tim
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This isn't actually very much. It includes everything which goes up and down
your connection - not just files which you specifically download and store
on your hard disk. For example, if you watch streaming video news items on
BBCi, this all counts towards the usage.
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Alastair
news:110457967...@eunomia.uk.clara.net...>> ... a total of 600mb ... is this considered a lot?
600 millibits? Next to nothing!
Peter M
>roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or any connection
>speed users using per day just out of interest.
Depends on the day, and what one views/downloads/does, of course.
If you are on a capped account then you would probably not want to
(a) listen to streaming audio from, say, www.wnua.com or
(b) download/stream films from www.cinemanow.com or
(c) view webcams from around the world
4 days < 50 MB 4 days < 250 MB 8 days < 500 MB
4 days < 750 MB 2 days < 1500 MB 3 days < 3000 MB
That is my usage reported by Plus.Net on a 500 k connection (I have a
second connection for business use which may get heavier usage but no
need to measure traffic, and don't bother trying :-) Peter Morgan.
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Peter Crosland
Generally it is around 80-100mb per day so I went for the 3GB cap. This
usage has been fairly static over the last ten months. then on one day it
jumped to 600MB without any apparent reason and then dropped back to my
normal level. I run hardware and software firewall (Draytek 26700 and
ZoneAlarm) and regularly run AdAware and Spybot. Neither have reported any
nasties. My pattern of usage has not altered nor have I done any downloads.
Plusnet are quite adamant that it is nothing to worry about. Now I don't
mind going over my cap if I use the extra but it does seem odd. Are the
Plusnet figures reliable of could there be some kind of intermittent
problem. Unexplained mysteries like this make me doubt the validity.
Constructive comments welcome.
Peter Crosland
Alex Heney
>Are the plusnet usage figures accurate.
I'd get some monitoring software to check, if I were you. Remember it
counts both upload and download though.
> I have been using plusnet adsl
>for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
>doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
>considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
>any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.
>
No, that is considered pretty light.
*Average* usage is apparently about 7Gb/month Extrapolating, you
wouldn't be using much more than 1/10 of the average.
Having said that, the average is obviously skewed by high users, and
the mode is (guessing) probably more like 3-5Gb/month. Which you are
still well under.
I have had a couple of individual *days* when I have used more than
you have in three weeks (and I'm on 512K too).
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Martin²
>Interesting! I have an outstanding ticket with PLusnet regarding my usage.
>Generally it is around 80-100mb per day so I went for the 3GB cap. This
>usage has been fairly static over the last ten months. then on one day it
>normal level. I run hardware and software firewall (Draytek 26700 and
>ZoneAlarm) and regularly run AdAware and Spybot. Neither have reported any
>nasties. My pattern of usage has not altered nor have I done any downloads.
Same experience here ! Before switching to 1Mb/s with 1Gb included, I
monitored our usage for 4 months
and concluded that at ~30Mb p/day we would be fine, and it was, until
beginning of December.
I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I can't
explain.
I also note that the usage display lags quite significantly, often next day
shows much higher figure then seen when switching off.
(I also use Draytek 2600, firewalls,Ad Aware and Spybot.)
The Draytek have ability to monitor the traffic, just need to find the
software.
Can you please report any further PlusNet response.
Regards,
Martin
Andy Burns
> I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I can't
> explain.
I suppose someone could be having a determined probe/attack against your
IP address ... does your router report usage from it's LAN side or WAN side?
Martin²
>> I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I
>> can't explain.
Andy Burns:
>I suppose someone could be having a determined probe/attack against your IP
>address ... does your router report usage from it's LAN side or WAN side?
The Draytek firewall doesn't respond to anything, but I now have the VoIP
ports open, I but don't use them.
You are correct that some zombie bot could be sending repeated requests,
even though it gets no response.
I believe the Draytek can report the traffic both ways, but haven't look in
to it yet.
Regards,
Martin
Peter M
>I also note that the usage display lags quite significantly, often
>next day shows much higher figure then seen when switching off.
From the usage report info on AAISP, it seems the data records come from
BT at approximately 2 hourly intervals so some lag should be expected.
FWIW, on those days when my traffic has been high (around 2 GB total), I
have seen fairly linear reported levels if I've looked a few times, but
it is more important where one has a quota to work within, of course.
Peter Crosland
Plusnet response is complete denial of any problem!
PeeGee
I note that Plusnet service status for ADSL reports problems
(inaccuracies) with "view my usage", though 28/12/04 message states
all is resolved(!) and requests reports of any further problems.
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wrote:
>On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:19:09 GMT, d...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
>>Are the plusnet usage figures accurate. I have been using plusnet adsl
>>for nearly three weeks now and have used a total of 600mb although it
>>doesnt seem like i have transferred that much amount of data. is this
>>considered a lot? roughly what sort of data are other plusnet 512k or
>>any connection speed users using per day just out of interest.
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>du.
>
>I note that Plusnet service status for ADSL reports problems
>(inaccuracies) with "view my usage", though 28/12/04 message states
>all is resolved(!) and requests reports of any further problems.
>PeeGee
correction: replace "all is resolved" with "most are resolved" (must
learn to read and remember!)
PlusNet Support
Hi there,
They should be. However if anyone does dispute their usage, please
raise a ticket to us asking for us to check and we will do.
kind regards
Luke
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wrote:
>In article <MPG.1c425d7ec...@news.individual.net>,
>tx2newsc...@hotmail.com, a.k.a Tx2 says...
>> In article <2oigt0h0nbv7lnsr4...@4ax.com>,
>> lhor...@plus.net, a.k.a PlusNet Support says...
>>
>> > They should be. However if anyone does dispute their usage, please
>> > raise a ticket to us asking for us to check and we will do.
>>
>> How?
>
>That is, how will you check?
>
>What do you have access to that the customer doesn't, and if you do, why
>isn't the self same tool made available to the customer so as to remove
>the doubt over inaccurate measurements being taken in the first place?
>
>I'm just intrigued that if a customer says "my usage isn't correct", how
>you'd be able to check it is, and if you can, why the customer can't use
>the same facility.
The same report should be generated for the customer. As with any
reporting this can become corrupt. We will look at the actual data
generated from the RADIUS servers.
Peter M
>As with any reporting this can become corrupt.
>We will look at the actual data generated from the RADIUS servers.
A couple of questions, for you Luke/Support...
a) did anything happen about a suggestion to keep the previous month's
reported information available (or perhaps to send it as e-mail to a
customer) ? Reason for considering it is that one can view the past
(billing) month's details up until billing day, but soon after that,
there will be all zeros shown, so miss the end of the billing month,
for example, if one is away, and there's no way to retrieve details.
b) is usage now also being monitored for business accounts (one of my
clients has an account, moved from BreathePro a while back) and I'm
sure their IT guy said there were no figures - or just bug and when
any ADSL user requests VMU it should now be showing details (I must
admit I had not seen the guy before Christmas to check again on it,
so might pop in - there'll no doubt be a bottle of something too :)
c) is there much 'lag' between use and reporting of it ? Presumably,
you are getting usage reports at intervals so how often would those
arrive (or do you poll for data) ?
Many thanks. Peter M.
Alex Heney
>Peter Crosland:
>>Interesting! I have an outstanding ticket with PLusnet regarding my usage.
>>Generally it is around 80-100mb per day so I went for the 3GB cap. This
>>usage has been fairly static over the last ten months. then on one day it
>.jumped to 600MB without any apparent reason and then dropped back to my
>>normal level. I run hardware and software firewall (Draytek 26700 and
>>ZoneAlarm) and regularly run AdAware and Spybot. Neither have reported any
>>nasties. My pattern of usage has not altered nor have I done any downloads.
>
>Same experience here ! Before switching to 1Mb/s with 1Gb included, I
>monitored our usage for 4 months
>and concluded that at ~30Mb p/day we would be fine, and it was, until
>beginning of December.
>I have several days where PlusNet now shows 60, 70 and 100Mb, which I can't
>explain.
>I also note that the usage display lags quite significantly, often next day
>shows much higher figure then seen when switching off.
If you read what it says, it does say at the bottom of the page: "The
statistics shown on this page will not include any online activity in
the last two hours – you should bear this in mind, particularly if you
are approaching the usage included with your account. Usage is
measured in amount of data downloaded and uploaded."
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PlusNet Support Team
Hi Peter,
> On 02 Jan 2005 in uk.telecom.broadband, PlusNet Support wrote:
>
>> As with any reporting this can become corrupt.
>> We will look at the actual data generated from the RADIUS servers.
>
> A couple of questions, for you Luke/Support...
>
> a) did anything happen about a suggestion to keep the previous month's
> reported information available (or perhaps to send it as e-mail to a
> customer) ? Reason for considering it is that one can view the past
> (billing) month's details up until billing day, but soon after that,
> there will be all zeros shown, so miss the end of the billing month,
> for example, if one is away, and there's no way to retrieve details.
This idea was accepted and is currently being looked into.
> b) is usage now also being monitored for business accounts (one of my
> clients has an account, moved from BreathePro a while back) and I'm
> sure their IT guy said there were no figures - or just bug and when
> any ADSL user requests VMU it should now be showing details (I must
> admit I had not seen the guy before Christmas to check again on it,
> so might pop in - there'll no doubt be a bottle of something too :)
Unless the account is a Plus.Net.UK account (i.e the portal login is on
www.plus.net.uk rather than www.plus.net) then the VMU figures are
available.
> c) is there much 'lag' between use and reporting of it ? Presumably,
> you are getting usage reports at intervals so how often would those
> arrive (or do you poll for data) ?
There can be a difference of up to 2 hours between use and it showing up
in VMU.
> Many thanks. Peter M.
>
>
>
With Regards,
Dave,
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Peter M
<snip>
>
>This idea was accepted and is currently being looked into.
Good.
>Unless the account is a Plus.Net.UK account (i.e the portal login is on
>www.plus.net.uk rather than www.plus.net) then the VMU figures are
>available.
Thanks. That makes it clear.
>There can be a difference of up to 2 hours between use and it showing up
>in VMU.
Matches what I had expected. Many thanks, to you, Dave. Peter M.