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So there's really not going to be a solution for this, unless I buy another router? 😕 I left the WiFi on and data used is now 3879 MB, up from 3843. But we haven't done anything. (I'm on my phone right now). @Liz, you can't tell me why the rate of data loss increases later in the cycle? Because I've documented for several months that the data usage is consistent and moderate in threw beginning and then erratic and excessive during the latter part of the cycle. Nobody can explain why? ... View more

And literally, just posting the previous comment and googling a phone number for the neighbor...so much data being used.     ... View more

Had to plug back in at 12pm for the neighbor.  Stats. ... View more

Are they able to tell on their end? Because that would be really helpful. In particular, when I turned off the WiFi on the laptop, and HN still showed 100-150 MB of data being used. I would be interested in what that was, because none of the devices were connected. And of course, we see no data was used when I unplugged the router completely. ... View more

And I'm turning off Wifi to the laptop again.  Starting data is 3806 MB  GW shows 90MB used in the past 10 minutes, lol. Most of which is Host processing. ... View more

Turning everything back on at 11AM.  HN data shows 6mb used, which is incidental, and likely just from the status page catching up.  I'm going to turn the Wifi back off, but not unplug the router when I'm done posting here.     Stats as of right now.   GW showing no data usage from the laptop during the time when the router was off. HN upon boot up HN just a few minutes after bootup. All I've done is come here to post this. That's 10MB used here at the forums in a couple of minutes. ... View more

I figured I might as well do this now.  I've got some stuff to get done that does not require the laptop/internet.  So, starting data is attached.  I'm going to unplug the router...maybe even for the entire night.  We'll see what happens.  I will still access the forum from my phone.  Also, notice how much data has been used just since I last posted.  I checked FB.  And peeked at Ancestry to see if there had been an update to my test.   ... View more

So in a nutshell, 150MB of data was used during the time period when my laptop was not connected for Wifi.  For the record, I did not unplug anything, as I didn't have time this evening.  I just turned off the wifi for the laptop.     I did confirm that all tablets/devices were not on for Wifi.  Our phones are not, either.  Next, I'm going to completely unplug the router as you suggested, @GabeU.  I'll see if I can do that tomorrow (Wednesdays are tractor auction day, so we'll see).     Between the 150MB this afternoon/evening, and the 100MB this morning, I'm a bit concerned.  What could be using data?  The printers?  They shouldn't be.  The Chromecast dongle?  It hasn't been activated since last fall.     But moreover, just in posting this update, 10MB have been used.  Inconsequential, yes.  And it actually matches the GW data.  But, when we consider that the GW data usually shows higher than the HN, due to compression, I have to ask why that isn't happening now.  And also, when we consider that my kids were using two tablets at the same time on an online math game, for over an hour, and that only used what, 30MB last week, it seems like the data is being depleted much faster.     As far as buying a new router...it isn't in the cards.  We are supposed to be moving a garage for my husband this spring, and have a concrete pad to pour, etc.  There are no extra dollars this year, lol.   ... View more

Turning Wifi back on for the laptop.  Nothing has been on, nothing should have been using data.  Current stats: HN data immediately upon turning on the wifi for the laptop. HN data after letting everything roll through and update...just a 4MB difference. GW during the time period when the laptop was shut down. There is a slight lag in the graph, but that's expected. ... View more

Is that spot test the same thing I did way back at the beginning of the thread? If so, it showed no data being used at all, during the down time. But, I can run it again. Maybe this evening when the boys are at swim practice and I'm at the gym. ... View more

And going back off now that lunch/recess is over.  Current stats.  Notice that GW and HN are pretty much in agreement as far as data used during the past half hour.  Which is interesting considering the Gen 4 data compression has always put HN considerably lower than GW.     ... View more

@GabeU Thanks for taking a look though, I appreciate it!   The Wifi to the laptop has been off since this morning.  I just reconnected it for lunch.  There have been no tablets, no phones, nothing utilizing HN data.  Current midday stats.  As you can see, approx 100MB were used during the time when everything was off.  It's not a significant amount but yet...it sort of is.   ... View more

The printer is a Brother HL-2270DW. I also have an old Dell Printer that I use for scanning. It doesn't print, and the WiFi on it hasn't worked in years. ... View more

It's a Belkin N150 router. Model F9K1009V2 ... View more

How do I do that? The router is always powered/on. The only other thing I can think of that might be using data is the wireless printer. But it shouldn't use that much. That's what I'm saying though. I still think HN is calculating wrong. I don't know how. But it doesn't make sense that everything is hunky dory the first part of the cycle and then it goes haywire the rest. ... View more

Would an ebook be about that much data? How would I even find out? That ebook is the only thing downloaded outside of the laptop. Everything else was off. ... View more

Current stats as of this morning. I will be shutting down the wifi to the laptop as soon as I'm done.  There's a pretty good chance I'll have a kid or two on Prodigy later today.  If so, I'll post about it.     GW for the month so far GW for all of yesterday. HN shows I used 1.6 GB of data yesterday. ... View more

@GabeU  Here you go.  I'm going to make a separate reply with the starting data for today.  But on this GW pic, do you see where there's that dead zone a little after 3pm?  That's where I shut down the wifi to the laptop, so that data wasn't being used unnecessarily for page reloads, etc.  Also, I can't remember what time it was that I downloaded the e-book to my daughter's Kindle.  But I think it was after 2pm.  Probably.     Edit: Derp, I downloaded the ebook right around 2pm, because that's when I had posted earlier, lol.       ... View more