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Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 5:58 PM

Data Usage Meter Incorrect & Cannot contact ANYONE to speak about it

So firstly, that was the first random username I tried that let me join.....even the forums are impossibly hard to connect with lol

Down to the issue, I received notice on the 22nd of the month that I had used 75% of the alloted 1.2 TB.....

Ok, not impossible, I was home a lot but I'm kinda frugal with it.

Then 5 days later, I received notice I had used 90% of the data for this month.  I was not home and all devices were turned off for 2.5 of those 5 days.  

Therefore, somehow, in 2.5 days (and I do sleep) I used 15% of my monthly allotment by streaming some shows, writing some emails and playing a few phone games?  Give me a break.

How, in 22 days of being home nearly all the time and using devices and streaming shows, can I accumulate 75%, and then in 2.5 days right at the end of the month I've somehow jumped another 15% to a total of 90% usage?  

If any of the 5 phone numbers I've found in the last few hours searching connected me to ANYONE instead of just disconnecting, I wouldn't be having this rant online.

Visitor

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22 days ago

I've just had an extremely similar problem; got a message that we were at 75% data usage on the 24th. We've normally only used about 250 GB or less a month. The next day it was over our 1.2 TB limit, and we'd been out all day. I've spent a lot of time talking with various Xfinity reps both online and on the phone. Mostly they have wanted me to buy the XFi unlimited data, which absolutely does NOT solve the problem. They finally said they could get someone to generate and send me a report showing my internet usage by device, but it has yet to show up.

I did discover that you can view the data usage on a Windows 11 computer from Settings > Network and Internet. There's a "Data Usage" tool in the top right corner that shows your data usage for the last 30 days. Only helps for computers though, not for other devices.

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Hi BMod, I can imagine what you must've been feeling when you saw that message, and I'm sure it wasn't positive. It is true, you can view connected devices through the Xfinity app. Did you have a chance to review the devices on your network and confirm there were no suspicious devices? 

 

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Visitor

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22 days ago

same bull for me, no one to contact an their xfinity assistant is a joke and only works sometimes

Official Employee

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21 days ago

 

welrknlkansdfsasdfasfasdewaefwaeasdfewaesdfaewrfds Thank you for taking the time to reach out to us here on our Xfinity Forums. I can definitely understand the concern if your data shot up like that over two days and you hadn't changed how you are using your services. Our team is happy to see how we can help. Are you using your own modem or a Xfinity modem by chance? The reason I ask is that with our Xfinity modem you have full control over your Wi-Fi network, including viewing what devices are connected, in our fantastic Xfinity app. The first thing we always like to have our customers check is if there are any devices connected to your Wi-Fi that you don't recognize. 

 

Visitor

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@XfinityBillie​ You can view what devices are connected, but you CANNOT view data usage by device. For some reason Xfinity has blocked this functionality - a block which, based on your forums, happened right before a major series of complaints by people experiencing this data spike about three years ago.

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