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Herr_Schmidt
New Contributor II
2 years ago

What is “Network Management and Testing” data usage category?

What is “Network Management and Testing” data usage category? My data shows this as a usage category- no one can explain what it is. Is it a scam to bill Data through the Panorama wifi router to inc...
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WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor

My best guess is it's ICMP data. Have you been doing a lot of speed test lately?

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Herr_Schmidt
New Contributor II
2 years ago

Cox rep said he thinks it is a speed issue. I did some testing that day, and it was 119%- works fine. The increase over 2 months was around 80% every month. I turned off all start up programs I could find- but it sill looks like there is automatic running burning data- i can;t see what it is- someone in the forum suggested the router was running tests by itself- I asked cox rep- he said no.