- May 30, 2016
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I live in a rural area where internet access is limited to DSL or terrestrial based services. I've had AT&T DSL since it became available, around 2007 or so. At that time it had no data cap limits. Last year sometime, AT&T put data caps on their DSL service, and when exceeded charge an extra $10 dollars for every gig of overage (or something like that).
Last August I became abruptly aware of these changes when my phone bill had an extra $60 dollar charge on it because I had exceeded the data cap. Sep & Nov had similar amounts. I've been on the phone to AT&T for more hours than I care to admit about this issue, but at the end of the day I have learned that when the BI web server is enabled, regardless of use, it streams data to the internet. I have tested this through using various tools, and ultimately had to disable the BI web server so I don't go broke.
My initial thinking was that the web server, when enabled, didn't stream anything beyond the LAN until requested from the WAN, but this doesn't appear to be the case.
It's really the pits not having the ability to stream locally around the house to keep an eye on things. If I am away from the house for a period of time, I will enable the server for security reasons, then disable it upon my return.
I wonder if anyone else that has data caps has run into this issue or is it something unique to AT&T and/or my configuration? I'm using a Win7 PC connected to a Netgear D7000 router.
Last August I became abruptly aware of these changes when my phone bill had an extra $60 dollar charge on it because I had exceeded the data cap. Sep & Nov had similar amounts. I've been on the phone to AT&T for more hours than I care to admit about this issue, but at the end of the day I have learned that when the BI web server is enabled, regardless of use, it streams data to the internet. I have tested this through using various tools, and ultimately had to disable the BI web server so I don't go broke.
My initial thinking was that the web server, when enabled, didn't stream anything beyond the LAN until requested from the WAN, but this doesn't appear to be the case.
It's really the pits not having the ability to stream locally around the house to keep an eye on things. If I am away from the house for a period of time, I will enable the server for security reasons, then disable it upon my return.
I wonder if anyone else that has data caps has run into this issue or is it something unique to AT&T and/or my configuration? I'm using a Win7 PC connected to a Netgear D7000 router.