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My wife and I average 20GB a day. Can you explain how Cox can report 712GB used on April 6 alone? That's the equivalent of streaming four UHD TVs the entire day. We don't even have that many TVs in our home.
There are numerous factors that impact data usage. I’d first suggest that you change your home network password to something new. We’ve heard from several customers recently, who—after noticing spikes in their data usage—were able to restore their data usage to what they considered ‘normal’ for their household simply by changing their network password. Have you checked all of your household devices for viruses and malware? Spyware running in the background can cause sudden spikes in data usage.
Ben S.
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- BurnedByCox4 years agoNew Contributor
Change password? Done. Monitor usage? Daily. All devices which can be protected from viruses, malware and spyware are running Norton for a number of years now. May 9 usage? 97 GB. And we were out of the house most of the day.
- CrystalS4 years agoFormer ModeratorHi @BurnedByCox
You may want to check to see how much data Norton is using to protect the devices. Also, you may want to check to see if any of the devices are updating anything in the background. I have included some links for more information. If you are still unsure of what could be causing the spikes and would like the signal check to your account(Our team can check snapshots of your signal to the modem, not data usage). You can also download data monitoring apps. We would definitely be able to assist you with this. Please reach us on Twitter at @CoxHelp, visit us on Facebook, or email us at cox.help@cox.com. Please not personally. Provide us the name on the account with the complete service address with a link to this thread so we can get started.
www.cox.com/.../data-usage.html -learn about data
www.cox.com/.../understanding-data-usage.html -understanding data
www.cox.com/.../unlimited-and-500-gb-additional-data-plans.html -data plans
Crystal S.
Cox Support Forum Moderator- Milliki774 years agoNew Contributor
Q for Crystal S: Which data monitoring apps do you recommend?
- Superbigwaff4 years agoContributor
I had a similar situation occurring and discovered my kid was turning off the TV but leaving the AppleTV YouTube app running. The YouTube app had been cycling through videos for hours. Using a feature of my router, I limited the AppleTV device to 4 hrs of "internet time" per day. Problem sort of solved.
- Milliki774 years agoNew Contributor
Q for Superbigwaff: Is your router a separately purchased router or is it a feature within the Cox panoramic combined modem/router? If its the latter, is it a feature under parental controls and where?
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