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Promotion has expired; now being throttled?
"Has anybody else experienced this after their "promotional offer" has expired? Any idea what this "promotional offer" is / was?..."
I had a promotional offer, and when it ended, nothing changed except the monthly fee went up.
There is likely something else going on with your system that coincided with the expiration of your promotional offer.
Somewhat off topic, but also related...
Do you know when, or how often, the Activity section of the adapter's stats resets? The reason I ask is that I just turned my computer on about twenty minutes ago, after having been off for a while, and it shows the following....
Now, of course, there's no way I downloaded 7.6GB or uploaded nearly a half gig of data in twenty minutes. It just gets me wondering when it resets. When I originally replied earlier it showed 7.5... something or other for the download, so it's not resetting when I shut the computer down (no sleep or hibernation, but complete shutdown). The time is resetting, but not the data.
Tbh, I was under the impression it reset when something related to the adapter changed such as the IP address, and that it kept a running total even after a power reboot. But I could be very wrong. Does seem odd that you'd have 7GB after 20'.
Can try experimenting with rebooting/changing adaptors and opening that window right afterwards to see what changes. I know Macs reset their totals on a reboot as well as when you switch from wifi to ethernet.
Edit: Keep in mind that's a number that the adaptor thinks it transferred between the machine and the modem, as well as any other loopbacks. Doesn't necessarily mean it's what went out past the modem.
Markjfine,
Yeah, with Windows 7 (or was it XP?....) I noticed the adapter reset after every reboot - with Windows 10 it just keeps a running log and does not reset when system rebooted. No problem - I just reset it manually when turning the system on every day. SOMETIMES after a reboot, the adapter will reset to 0 KB. Still no problem - I just keep it open every day to see what's going on...
Thanks,
Mark
