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bandwidth reporting difference from my router
I regularly log my monthly bandwidth consumption using the Xfinity app on my phone. I record the value from the Internet Data Usage tab and calculate the delta from the previous entry.
A sample of the data (trimmed for brevity):
| Date Range | Total Monthly Usage | Timestamp Recorded | Δ GB | Δ Time |
|---------------|-----------------------|----------------------|--------|----------|
| 01/01–01/31 | 519 | 01/16 07:09 | 82 | — |
| 01/01–01/31 | 530 | 01/20 05:20 | 11 | 3d 22h |
| 01/01–01/31 | 575 | 01/21 06:34 | 45 | 1d 1h |
| 01/01–01/31 | 675 | 01/23 07:37 | 100 | 2d 1h |
For the most recent interval (01/21 → 01/23), the Xfinity app reports 100 GB of usage.
Over that same period, my ASUS router’s Traffic Analyzer reports 40GB of total WAN usage across ~30 devices. I collect per device cumulative counters (upload & download) every 10 minutes and store them in SQLite (600k+ rows), so I can compute precise usage over any interval.
I fully understand that the Xfinity app is not real time and that timing differences will exist. But a discrepancy of 100GB vs. 40 GB over the same two day window seems too large to be explained by reporting lag.
What can I look at to reconcile the difference between Xfinity’s metering and my router’s WAN usage totals?


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