Discussion topic: unexplained excess data use in uk
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Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 08:46 PM
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unexplained excess data use in uk
I'm in UK on a 3GB data plan. I work at home so am on WiFi all day/night. Normal data usage is less than 1GB. Feb/March was over 10GB. Mar/April over 9GB already. I've rolled over data from Piggybank last 2 months but can't explain the excess data usage.
Any ideas?
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Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 09:00 PM
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Re: unexplained excess data use in uk
Hi @DiDawson have a look at your phones data monitor and that will show which apps are using the most data.
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Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 09:02 PM
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Re: unexplained excess data use in uk
@DiDawson wrote:Any ideas?
Your phone will have counters that will record which app is using the data. (You may need to reset them)
Message posted on 16 Apr 2026 10:18 PM
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Re: unexplained excess data use in uk
Thanks both. I checked and App Store was using most and yet I only use it once, yesterday for the first time this year? Anyway I also noticed Data Roaming was using data. No idea how/why, so I turned it off. All very odd and still no explanation as to what has changed recently.
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