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Data Useage help please

bubbs
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Can anyone tell me please if you can check how much data you use each month on the net? we are looking at getting a dongle but need to know useage
Thanks
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  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    What..... our usage on the internet? Every household is different but here goes...me single 40GB/month usually just under my 40GB limit. Neighbour, couple and 2 children use nearer 60GB/month. Family with teenager neighbour down the road uses around 100GB/month. My mother who lives by herself barely uses 5GB/month.

    You could be anything....
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • Jivesinger
    Jivesinger Posts: 1,221 Forumite
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    Do you use an Internet Service Provider at the moment - and if so which one? Many of them have a web page which lets you login and see what you've used this month or in previous months.
  • The_ICT_Engineer
    The_ICT_Engineer Posts: 617 Forumite
    The software which came with the dongle, should have a function that displays data stats. Very handed if you pay by the gigabyte.
  • bubbs
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    We have BB at the min, but because of where i live we dont have a phone line , its wireless .
    Have had the same provider 7 years but last few months its been dropping on and off like mad.
    Rang and spoke to him and he said its cause of the trees growing more leaves etc and im not prepared to keep paying for a service we are not receiving so was looking at getting a dongle but didnt know if 15gb would be enough for me and dh
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • flashg67
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    HappyMJ wrote: »
    What..... our usage on the internet? Every household is different but here goes...me single 40GB/month usually just under my 40GB limit. Neighbour, couple and 2 children use nearer 60GB/month. Family with teenager neighbour down the road uses around 100GB/month. My mother who lives by herself barely uses 5GB/month.

    You could be anything....

    Pedantic pr@t.........:T
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    If all you do is browsing, a bit of email, and the odd youtube viewing then 15GB will be fine. If you stream video (iPlayer netflix etc) it will be woefully inadequate as it would for downloading via torrents and the like.

    Programs such as netmeter will measure the usage of a single PC, Something like networx on each PC will give a combined result.Some routers will show usage but many are woefully inaccurate as they lose data if restarted.
  • bubbs
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    kwikbreaks wrote: »
    If all you do is browsing, a bit of email, and the odd youtube viewing then 15GB will be fine. If you stream video (iPlayer netflix etc) it will be woefully inadequate as it would for downloading via torrents and the like.

    Programs such as netmeter will measure the usage of a single PC, Something like networx on each PC will give a combined result.Some routers will show usage but many are woefully inaccurate as they lose data if restarted.

    Thankyou, thats a great help:T
    Thanks to everyone who answered:D
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
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