ContributionsMost RecentMost LikesSolutionsRe: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase I have a 'hot clue'. If COX had done a 5min network analysis on the traffic flow, they would have noticed that the excess traffic was flowing into my network (incoming) from a site in the aaplimg.com domain, which is Apple's CDN (content delivery network) for download/installation of OS updates and applications. Even without COX's help, though, I was eventually able tosuss out what had happened albeit it took several extra days. Turns out that my 'work' Mac laptop at home (part of my network, I use it for my job at a all-virtual company, the laptop is the property ofmyemployer) has been downloading a massively large software development toolsuite multiple times per day in the background for no apparent reason. One download by itself is 12.3GB, and my laptop is doing 7+ of these downloads a day with no notifications to alert me. This is an errant behavior and almost surely due to an oversight/error by the corporate system administration team. Not a hacker. I have opened a ticket with the admin team to have this investigated. Update... After investigation, the solution turned out to be straightforward. I used the Apple 'Launchpad' to simply delete the problematic development toolsuite (called 'Xcode.app') from my laptop and allowed it to be reinstalled. Instant cure. Locating the cause of the problem took nigh on 3 weeks and 3 phone calls, and a mere hour or so to fix. Very baffling, elusive, and obscure underlying cause for this problem; glad I didn't take COX's offer to boost the data plan by $50. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase Nope, no security cameras. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase Sigh, I mean 'Bruce'. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase Oops, just realized that I didn't answer your real question, Bill. The Arris modem has no monitoring capability, nor does the Apple Time Capsule (my separate router). I may well consider a change. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase That's happened to some people, I noticed earlier today when perusing this forum before making my post. But not me. When I've been watchingNetFlix/AmazonPrime/HBO(2 - 3 days a week), and I'm finished watching, I always turn off the box =first=, watch for the signal to vanish from the TV, =then= turn off the TV. The TV is the last thing to be turned off.Furthermore, since this problem started, I keep the box (it's actually an AppleTV) unplugged except when I'm actually watching it. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase ..and that's SB6190, not SB619o. Re: Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase No, no Panoramic. It's a Arris SURFboard SB619o that I bought upon COX's recommendation.I've had it in use since Feb 2017 and have been using it problem-free since then. No equipment change on my end has happened since three months ago when I added a MacBook Pro. Unexpected Enormous Usage Increase Up until May 17, the online usage meter page showed that my daily usage varied between 10GB to 25GB. However, starting on May 17, the usage meter has been claiming that my daily usage is typically between 90GB to 115GB. My current monthly usage (ending 7/2) will end up around 2TB if this continues. I have only Internet service. My use of the Interment is light compared to many, as can be seen from the usage meter numbers prior to 5/17. There has been no change in the pattern of Internet use since May 16. I've done theusual troubleshooting steps.These very high traffic levels persist even after I've shutdown/disconnected equipment such as laptops, desktops, phones/pads, an AppleTV, a LaserJet, and WiFI extenders (but leaving the modem itself on and connected). Also, thetrafficlevel persists even after I've changed the SSID and WPA2 password for my WiFI net. All WiFI clients on my WiFi net are devices that I recognize and are under my control.I have malware detection; there's no evidence of any infestation. I have no children that might do such things as falling asleep while leaving Youtube videos running all night, every night, as I know has happened to some. My household is mainly Apple hardware; there is one Windows machine (but, as mentioned, the immense flood of traffic is in evidence even with computers off, hibernated, or disconnected). On Thursday, I called COX tech support for help. The agent double-checked my type of service and my trouble-shooting steps. He walked me through use of the usage calculator in order to estimate monthly data throughput based on my use profile. He and I agreed that there's a huge discrepancy betweenthe profile's prediction of data rate and the actual numbers in the usage meter (about a 5-fold difference). The agent decided to escalate my case to tier #2 support. That agent went over the facts again and decided that a 'traffic check' should be done, telling me that I shouldexpect a call back with 24 - 48hrs with findings Not having received any callbackafter 4 days, Icalledtech support yet again. That agent reviewed the case history and the information as above, and recommended that I should step up to the 'unlimited data' service plan for an additional $50 over my current plan. She seemed disinterested in any further troubleshooting, and was politely insistent on the service plan step-up. I declined the service change...it seemsuntoward to buy bandwidth in order to accommodate what appears to be a technical problem. That's like installing a biggergas tank in a car in order to resolvea leaky fuel line. I would think a better next step would be to analyze/categorize/typify the traffic flow itself. I seem to recall a past case when COX did that for me (years ago) and found an actual equipment problem. Even if only thesource/destinationof the trafficwere to be identified, that could shed light.