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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    We put the kids on time limits using our circle home plus and we are using about 75% less bandwidth. of course that has just led them to switch off WiFi and watch everything on their phones but whatevs. problem solved.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    Yikes man. Judge much? this was never a question of should, it was how. the how has been answered. The should question should go in another thread that I will not participate in.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    In case someone comes back to this thread in the future I’ve been using a 2 pronged solution. 1) the xfinity app will report on a 24 hour lag usage which we have been watching religiously. Miraculously, since we have told our kids they can’t stream video for 12 hours a day our bandwidth usage...
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    Lol. I’ve done that enough times in my life. I don’t need that aggravation in my life again.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    Oh god. I would rather stick knitting needles in my eyes until I died a horrible death than spend one second on the phone with a Comcast rep.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    Huh. I haven’t seen that.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    Explain that last bit with the bulk email a bit more please.
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    I already have a circle home plus but yah I guess that's an option
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    Bandwidth Cap Monitoring Tool?

    I have moved houses and now have a bandwidth cap. It's easy to solve - I can pay +$30 a month and the cap goes away. But I'm loathe to give Comcast another dollar if I don't have to. I looked at Glasswire but that appears to be the local computer only. I need a solution that monitors the...
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    WiFi Frustrations

    I've posted here many times before so if this is old news, I apologize. For those who are not familiar with my situation... I have a three story house (basement, first floor, second floor) with ethernet and power available near the center of all three floors. My internet is served by AT&T...
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    Looking to add wireless access point

    ok one thing I cannot figure out - even with the new eap's my upstairs gets really lousy signal. so the eap is on the ceiling of the closet of bedroom 2. Now where it looks like there is a 2 story family room is actually my daughter's bedroom. And she has an echo next to her bed that is still...
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    Looking to add wireless access point

    lol this is my house : )
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    Looking to add wireless access point

    I bought 2 EA225’s for the main floor and upstairs - so far so good - might pick up a third for the basement. The reporting / statistics / control is light years ahead of anything I’ve used for any other router or WAP. Just using my always on PC as the controller. No issues so far. Those...
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    Looking to add wireless access point

    I have a computer (Dell T20) in my office that is always on - I'm still trying to understand the value of having an independent controller for my use case.
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    Looking to add wireless access point

    The 7610 does not include Poe injector. Ugh. That sort of kills the value. Haven’t made a decision yet.
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