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Data conscious people should avoid Walmart like the plague!
Many web sites now use a ton of plugins, each requiring its own JavaScript module to be loaded. Many are internal to the site, some are external. The net result can literally be 100s of MB.
Usually those things are cached in the browser. The first time it will fully load and cache it for later. After that you just get a 304 'not modified' code, skips it, and moves on to the next instruction.
Possible that you cleared your cache or they updated their plugins at some point.
Personally haven't experienced that but hey, sure it is possible especially if some kind of background video is loading or even if something on the page is stuck in a loop.
In the end, the Internet is based on data going back and forth constantly, a relatively small glitch can cause lots of data use.
I still rely on my Networx throughput meter a lot and watch it regularly. One of my favaorite real time indicators for what is going on.
