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i,ve just installed a usage meter as was told going well over 2gb bandwidth per month. turned on DU Meter connected to internet had nothing else running but the meter said i was downloading 1.65MB and uploading 367.4KB in 14 minutes.......... what is uploading and downloading from my computer if im not even looking at anything???????? sorry if question is totally stupid but seems to me paying to go on 2GB broadband is a waste of time but i done the usage calculator but using 18GB per month somehow. can anyone help or am i just being totally thick.

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