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Incorrect Data Usage Displayed

I have received consistent monthly messages from Cox stating that I am going over my data cap. I pay for the top internet plan with 400gb of data. How am I going over this? I work full time and am only home a few hours out of the day to watch Netflix - which, is maybe a 30 min to 1 hour movie a day. I rarely use my computer and do not leave it on when I am not using it. I do not have a virus and my wireless network is secured. The only reason I have increased my internet plan is because I have received these messages from Cox stating that I was going over my monthly cap. There is really no reason for a user like myself to be on the ultimate plan and I do not know how I am using 15-35gb a day. That just doesn't make sense. It seems to me that the Cox data usage meter is way off.

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I would also check to see if you have any peer to peer sharing programs such as BitTorrent for example installed on any of your PC's.  They can quickly consume large amounts of data and you don't need to be home as how they run in the background.

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