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Thursday, May 1st, 2025 9:03 PM

Data

I can't figure why my data is going over when all I do is watch TV and game and for half the day I'm at work.

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1 month ago

@user_5hx9nl Welcome to our community forum! Thank you for reaching out so we can answer your questions about data usage :). You can find details about what counts towards your data here. What questions do you have for me? 

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17 days ago

I have the same problem.  Almost zero data usage the first 6 months with xfinity and now for the last 2 months they are saying we're over 1 TB.  I've spent hours on chat and the phone asking for help - what could be the cause, is there an issue - their response is to purchase the unlimited plan.  They can't (or won't) give me any details - is it a specific device, time of day, an issues on their side - nothing.

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Hi there, @user_dte37r! With data usage, we can only see that it was used, not how it was used. You can see what counts toward data usage here : https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/data-usage-what-counts-towards-my-data-plan, and some additional details here : https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/xfinity-internet-background-data-usage that may help narrow things down. You could utilize the parental controls on the XFINITY App to pause devices, which may help you to further narrow things down on where the data is being consumed via process of elimination. There are also software and hardware methods to track data, but since we do not support or provide those services, you would have to seek those out on your own. 

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17 days ago

Thanks, but nothing has changed in our usage since we've been with Xfinity.  I don't know how usage can go from basically zero to over 1 TB...incredibly frustrated.  I even asked for an investigation (2 or 3 times) to see if something is happening (not related to us) and have heard nothing back.  We never had this issue with our previous provider...

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@user_dte37r, if nothing has changed in your usage, I would check to make sure that your devices, especially laptops and desktops are not compromised. I would also update the WiFi password in case there are any other folks possibly using your connection that you're not aware of, as well as verify that no one else in the home has changed their habits or added new devices that may be using data. 

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Thanks, there's only two of us in the house so I can confirm usage hasn't changed.  Our devices are current/protected....but I'll change our password and see if that makes a difference.

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user_dte37r, We appreciate all you have done on your end, trying to rectify this data usage concern. Please let us know if changing the password makes a difference, and we will go from there. Thank you! 

 

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