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I was chasing this kind of problem recently and figured out, by a process of elimination, that BigTelco had been charging the home internet gigabytes for the traffic to the TV set top box.
It's all IP traffic and they normally don't bill for packets for the set top box mac address. Until they screw it up.
BigTelco's web site was able to show a nearly live version of this month's usage numbers, so I turned stuff off until the numbers stopped changing.
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I'm sure there are going to be more sophisticated answers, but get a better router would be mine. I have a nicer Asus router, and it shows bandwidth used, and you can sort info by device (so you can see what device is using the most) and you can sort it by generalized web-traffic (ie: hulu, netflix, internet browsing, etc), so you can see what services are using the most bandwidth. I'm sure some of the nicer routers will give you similar info.
It's not super in-depth like some dedicated monitoring/analysis tool is, but when I had the same problem, I was able to see that I was burning up 10's of GB of Netflix, as it was the elephant in the room bandwidth wise. I went to the site, and told it to lower it's quality to the next lower tier, and checked back after a few days and the usage amount was more inline. I think it was sending me high bitrate feed since my internet speed was so good, but it was causing a problem with the cap.
I also was able to pinpoint a specific computer that was using more bandwidth than made sense. I believe the online backup was stuck in a loop and causing it to run constantly for a period of time. Rebooted the machine, and the usage went down to normal.
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I'm sure there are going to be more sophisticated answers, but get a better router would be mine. I have a nicer Asus router, and it shows bandwidth used, and you can sort info by device (so you can see what device is using the most) and you can sort it by generalized web-traffic (ie: hulu, netflix, internet browsing, etc), so you can see what services are using the most bandwidth. I'm sure some of the nicer routers will give you similar info.
It's not super in-depth like some dedicated monitoring/analysis tool is, but when I had the same problem, I was able to see that I was burning up 10's of GB of Netflix, as it was the elephant in the room bandwidth wise. I went to the site, and told it to lower it's quality to the next lower tier, and checked back after a few days and the usage amount was more inline. I think it was sending me high bitrate feed since my internet speed was so good, but it was causing a problem with the cap.
I also was able to pinpoint a specific computer that was using more bandwidth than made sense. I believe the online backup was stuck in a loop and causing it to run constantly for a period of time. Rebooted the machine, and the usage went down to normal.
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A movie will probably average around 4GB; HD, don't know.
10 or 15 "half-watched" movies, combined with the rest, and there goes your quota. Then there's browser versus an "app" watching movies. I'm convinced the browsers are way too busy, even when not navigating. Just idling, they use more resources than Visual Studio.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Is a keyless chuck when Charlie has locked himself out again?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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No - it's referring to Charlie-the-Rap-Star - who "sings" off key at all times.
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I take issue with statements that rap is singing, or even music. It is not. It's a cacophony of harsh, irritating, rythmic noises! 
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That's why it starts with a silent "C" ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Quote: That's why it starts with a silent "C" ...
Beautiful!
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Rhythmic gun shots?
Monday starts Diarrhea awareness week, runs until Friday!
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Isn't it what happens when one is thrown out of the house?
(Asking for a friend)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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A somewhat different version of "Fifty Ways to Leave Your Lover": Bugge Wesseltoft & Sidsel Endresen[^]
Second only to the original. Or ... This one is so different from the original that I consider them both "first", each in its own way.
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Chuck Norris has a skeleton key, good for all cities worldwide. And the ISS, and the NSA's secret lunar bases.
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OriginalGriff wrote: Is a keyless chuck when Charlie has locked himself out again?
His name is Carlos.
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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... Saul Goodman is back!
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke!
Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
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That was an easy upvote...
S'all good, man.
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(Fastest Finger First)
Blended pea snack makes delicious treats (8)
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Its not a treat. I don't like it.
Pancakes
cheers,
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Too much of good is bad,mix some evil in it
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Nah ... they are good with lemon and a bit of sugar! 
PITA to make though, since they take less time to eat than to cook ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Lemon and sugar is also the correct answer!
And I agree they are a pain, usually end up eating them while waiting for the next one to cook! Can suffer it once a year though 
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Trouble is, there are two of us, so ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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Winner winner, pancakes for dinner!
Don't worry, I will eat your share for you. I'm just nice like that.
Although, how can you not like pancakes? The beauty of them is that you get to make them taste however you want by choosing your own filling! There must be something you like that they could be filled with?! BACON!!! for example? 
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ooh, I Like the spicy Vegetable and mushroom option. Damn now I am hungry
As for Bacon, I don't see the reason to spoil its taste with pancake.
Its a blasphemy not to eat bacon alone.
cheers,
Super
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