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Systemini Guide To WISE Data Usage FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION My data is running out so fast: I seem to use up my data even when I am not doing anything with my computer or smart device. Sometimes, when I have been away from my computer I see that part of my data plan has been used up. How can this happen? Sometimes, data transfer applications on your device may be running in the background, which will use up your data without your knowledge: Software and social media updates: An ‘idle’ computer, tablet or smartphone may still use up data for background activities like software update downloads and presence status checks of your contacts on social networks like Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp. Social networking applications periodically access the internet to verify and indicate to you which of your contacts are ‘online’. You are advised to turn off automatic software updates and close social networking applications whenever you are not actively using them. BitTorrent: If you have recently used a BitTorrent client application to download media files, etc., it is possible that users (called ‘peers’) of the same application are downloading the same files from your computer’s storage drive without your knowledge. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol. By default, BitTorrent clients are set to allow peers access to your already downloaded files, using all of the available upload speed. Please be mindful to limit upload speeds that your BitTorrent peers can have access to by using the Settings option. For most clients, the minimum possible setting for upload speeds is 1Kbps. Cloud-based backup drives: These include Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, etc. If you have an online backup account and a backup client running on your smart device or computer, and if the backup client has been configured to automatically backup your files or folders on your device, it is possible that your data bundle may be used up during a backup session without your knowledge. It is recommended that you review your backup settings to include only what is critical for backup. Backing up all of your archived pictures, movie files and audio files will result in high data usage. Did you know? o Without making a voice or video call, Skype may use up to 324MB per month to check which of your contacts are online. o For a 1.5GB movie download using BitTorrent, a client could easily consume an additional 15GB of your data, uploading (seeding) the same movie to new ‘downloaders’ (peers), and all this may happen without your knowledge. o Backing up pictures and music will consume 5MB of your data per file. SuperFast speeds do not necessarily mean more usage. It is important to remember that it is what you are doing on the internet, not how fast you are able to do it, that determines the amount of data you use. However, we realise that reliable, SuperFast broadband services change users’ internet behaviour – users then find themselves spending more time watching video content online or surfing more web pages than before. It is this behaviour change that leads to higher data usage. YouTube and online video streaming constitute the bulk of the additional data usage as a result of newly learned internet behaviour. Therefore, limiting access to online video content will normally bring you back into your regular data usage pattern. Additional tips you should observe to control your usage important this applies to phones o Turn off your data router when it is not in use. o Check the size of videos before downloading. o Before attempting to download a software upgrade for your smart device, please ensure that you have more bundle credit than the size of the upgrade file, to avoid aborted downloads that waste data. o Monitor the number of downloads that you make. o Keep track of the time you spend on video streaming sites. o Reduce the quality of videos streamed. o Limit or restrict access to some sites. (How to block sites.) o Ensure that you have recent antivirus and anti-spam software installed on your computer. o Ensure that your Wi-Fi signal is password-protected and regularly changed. o Turn off ‘Automatic Updates’. o The handy ‘Usage Tips’ in our data calculator give detailed instructions on how to control your usage. I have been away from my computer and I see that part of my data bundle has been used. What could have happened? In order to minimise ‘unwanted usage’, there are a number of precautions you can take to ensure that you can maximise the management of your data usage. Sometimes, programmes can run in the background which will use data. If you see this happening, please check the following in order to protect against unwanted usage: 1.Always be very wary of torrents. Torrenting is illegal and you can unwittingly be acting as a seeder for other internet users if you download and leave torrenting software open. Your operating system/antivirus programs may be running automatically in the background. To get around this, you can disable automatic updates. 2.Always close your web brow...
Systemini Guide To WISE Data Usage FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION
Systemini Guide To WISE Data Usage FOR YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION My data is running out so fast: I seem to use up my data even when I am not doing anything with my computer or smart device. Sometimes, when I have been away from my computer I see that part of my data plan has been used up. How can this happen? Sometimes, data transfer applications on your device may be running in the background, which will use up your data without your knowledge: Software and social media updates: An ‘idle’ computer, tablet or smartphone may still use up data for background activities like software update downloads and presence status checks of your contacts on social networks like Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp. Social networking applications periodically access the internet to verify and indicate to you which of your contacts are ‘online’. You are advised to turn off automatic software updates and close social networking applications whenever you are not actively using them. BitTorrent: If you have recently used a BitTorrent client application to download media files, etc., it is possible that users (called ‘peers’) of the same application are downloading the same files from your computer’s storage drive without your knowledge. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol. By default, BitTorrent clients are set to allow peers access to your already downloaded files, using all of the available upload speed. Please be mindful to limit upload speeds that your BitTorrent peers can have access to by using the Settings option. For most clients, the minimum possible setting for upload speeds is 1Kbps. Cloud-based backup drives: These include Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, etc. If you have an online backup account and a backup client running on your smart device or computer, and if the backup client has been configured to automatically backup your files or folders on your device, it is possible that your data bundle may be used up during a backup session without your knowledge. It is recommended that you review your backup settings to include only what is critical for backup. Backing up all of your archived pictures, movie files and audio files will result in high data usage. Did you know? o Without making a voice or video call, Skype may use up to 324MB per month to check which of your contacts are online. o For a 1.5GB movie download using BitTorrent, a client could easily consume an additional 15GB of your data, uploading (seeding) the same movie to new ‘downloaders’ (peers), and all this may happen without your knowledge. o Backing up pictures and music will consume 5MB of your data per file. SuperFast speeds do not necessarily mean more usage. It is important to remember that it is what you are doing on the internet, not how fast you are able to do it, that determines the amount of data you use. However, we realise that reliable, SuperFast broadband services change users’ internet behaviour – users then find themselves spending more time watching video content online or surfing more web pages than before. It is this behaviour change that leads to higher data usage. YouTube and online video streaming constitute the bulk of the additional data usage as a result of newly learned internet behaviour. Therefore, limiting access to online video content will normally bring you back into your regular data usage pattern. Additional tips you should observe to control your usage important this applies to phones o Turn off your data router when it is not in use. o Check the size of videos before downloading. o Before attempting to download a software upgrade for your smart device, please ensure that you have more bundle credit than the size of the upgrade file, to avoid aborted downloads that waste data. o Monitor the number of downloads that you make. o Keep track of the time you spend on video streaming sites. o Reduce the quality of videos streamed. o Limit or restrict access to some sites. (How to block sites.) o Ensure that you have recent antivirus and anti-spam software installed on your computer. o Ensure that your Wi-Fi signal is password-protected and regularly changed. o Turn off ‘Automatic Updates’. o The handy ‘Usage Tips’ in our data calculator give detailed instructions on how to control your usage. I have been away from my computer and I see that part of my data bundle has been used. What could have happened? In order to minimise ‘unwanted usage’, there are a number of precautions you can take to ensure that you can maximise the management of your data usage. Sometimes, programmes can run in the background which will use data. If you see this happening, please check the following in order to protect against unwanted usage: 1.Always be very wary of torrents. Torrenting is illegal and you can unwittingly be acting as a seeder for other internet users if you download and leave torrenting software open. Your operating system/antivirus programs may be running automatically in the background. To get around this, you can disable automatic updates. 2.Always close your web brow...