Plan changed and now overages?
The new cable box installed last year runs of the internet. My plan was unlimited but now it is capped. The cable runs off the internet!!!! Between my 2 kids, my wife getting her masters and work, t...
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I don't think that is relevant to OP's question, since they said they don't have a DVR, but I am curious too. AFAIK Cloud DVR works like any other streaming service. The only thing "recording" does is flag the show as recorded and list it under recordings. It's not downloading anything to the box because the box doesn't have any storage/HDD. However, you would still use bandwidth streaming the show after "recording" it just like you would watching anything. The question is if that bandwidth is counted against the cap. Since it doesn't count when watching normal TV, I would think it wouldn't count when watching "recorded" content. I think as far as Cox is concerned, it's the same thing.
I posted before OP said they don't have DVR. You are the ONE and may be able to tell when a new forum user is omitting key information, but I haven't mastered that ability. 😉
Moderators have said Cloud DVR doesn't count toward data cap, but that was a long time ago. We need a moderator to research official Cox documentation and answer the question.
AI Overview said the following:
No, watching recordings from your Cox Cloud DVR does not count towards your data cap when you are accessing it within your home network; however, if you stream your DVR recordings outside of your home network, that data usage will count towards your data cap as it is considered streaming over the internet.
AI Overview also said this:
Cox Cloud DVR does not have a separate data cap, as the storage space for your recordings is considered part of your overall internet data usage, meaning your Cloud DVR recordings count towards your standard Cox internet data cap, which is typically 1.25 terabytes (TB) per month; exceeding this limit will incur additional charges based on your plan.
Wording the search slightly different produced completely opposite results. AI has come a long way, but it's not quite ready for prime time. We need a knowledgeable moderator to break the tie.
Sorry I couldn't tell because it looks like you were editing your post so I didn't Know when you posted it.
As for AI, what kind of AI is it? Google AI is particularly bad. Google in general is bad now in my opinion. I used to be the biggest Google Fanboy ever but now I have seen they have gone the way of the dark side. They always promised not to go evil and they have broken that promise. I had just about every Google service you could either pay for or get for free and I'm in the middle of canceling all of it. The problem is there really isn't anything to replace YouTube. Youtube is so bad though that content creators are posting to p*** sites because they are better at content delivery than YouTube. it seems like the entire internet is going down the toilet these last few years. I am this close to giving up computers and internet all together.
I probably was editing, but I finished quite a while before I saw Op's post about no DVR.
Yes. A Google search found Google AI. Imagine that.
Still waiting on a moderator to give us the official Cox position of whether Cloud DVR counts toward the data cap.
https://www.cox.com/residential/support/data-usage-and-cox-services.html
This should help to clarify what does and does not use data in relation to your Cox services.
