I recently moved back in with my parents inbetween university years. At home there are three systems. My brothers gaming PC and mine, and my parent's very old PC. On getting home I find my dad has a new ISP - talktalk. He didn't know if it had a quota or anything - he liked the advert and price 
Now the only other problem before now was the rubbish router overheating. But yesterday he go an email saying our monthly usage had been 76GB but he had a quota of 40GB.
I am however puzzled how we've used so much. We don't use torrents. But which of the following (which we do use) is likely to be using the most bandwdth hungry:
Would you think iplayer is causing this large usage or is gaming more demanding than I thought?
Now the only other problem before now was the rubbish router overheating. But yesterday he go an email saying our monthly usage had been 76GB but he had a quota of 40GB.
I am however puzzled how we've used so much. We don't use torrents. But which of the following (which we do use) is likely to be using the most bandwdth hungry:
- Moderate iplayer usage (30 mins/day)
- Lots of gaming (~3-5hrs/day between both PCs)
- General internet browsing
Would you think iplayer is causing this large usage or is gaming more demanding than I thought?