Data Usage Error?

[eugie828]

I just signed up less than an hour ago and only used data to test the speed on speedtest. However upon checking my data usage on my account it shows I already used 500mb out of my 1024mb data limit. Is that suppose to be normal??

[RossN]

@eugie828 do not do speedtests they will use up your data faster then you can say"WHERE DID MY DATA GO?"

[BearFBI · Accepted solution]

@eugie828 I made this mistake too. I ran a speedtest when I first got my SIM and burned through my whole GB of data for the month. I was getting speeds of around 680 download. I had to wait untill next month for my data to reset. It takes a couple of days for the throttled speeds to kick in. Once it does you will be getting speeds of 3mbps download. The less bandwidth the speedtest measures the less data it uses. I can run speedtests now and not waste lots of data.

[eugie828]

55mbps which I thought was an error which is why I tested it twice.

[gpixel]

@eugie828 it could be correct.. how fast was your speed? LTE doesn't get throttled for a few days. depending where you did the speed test, you could've possibly used this much data. 

edit: you ran the speed test twice.. that is the correct amount. sorry, but speed tests burn through alot of data

[eugie828]

No it did not show any major updates. But it is showing 319mb for speedtest. Which I don't understand as I only ran the app twice before going on wifi.

[gblackma]

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