BEWARE ACT is adding false GBs to FUP (download limit) usage

[dextermorgan]

I just checked my usage and it shows 262 GB used ..so Nope. They didnt resolve it

 

[powerwatts]

I am using ACT in Bangalore and the thing I noticed is during regular usage it reports correctly but when you download a large file (like a torrent), ACT then bumps up the usage much more than the file size is.

For example, if I downloaded a movie of 5GB, it reports ~7GB. Now, thats a substantial incorrect reporting. Sadly, nothing that can be done about it.

 

[madhusudhan7]

Well I've not paid much attention to this at all but it felt as if my data usage was also showing more than the actuals in recent months but I anyways didn't bother to do much because I hardly even reach half of my 125gb limit even after my family members stream directly from YouTube and similar sites.

*Another issue in tracking my usage is WiFi usage, BitMeter has good centralized network options for PC's but not for mobiles.
+ There are 4+1(Frequent Visitor) computers and 4+1 mobiles using the network [emoji14]

 

[dextermorgan]

I am using ACT in Bangalore and the thing I noticed is during regular usage it reports correctly but when you download a large file (like a torrent), ACT then bumps up the usage much more than the file size is.

For example, if I downloaded a movie of 5GB, it reports ~7GB. Now, thats a substantial incorrect reporting. Sadly, nothing that can be done about it.

To be fair, I downloaded large gbs of games like fallout 4 and sims4 and whatnot. So that might have resulted in increased usage. Dunno whether steam downloads also gets counted wrongly at their end.

 

[dextermorgan]

*Another issue in tracking my usage is WiFi usage, BitMeter has good centralized network options for PC's but not for mobiles.
+ There are 4+1(Frequent Visitor) computers and 4+1 mobiles using the network [emoji14]

I know. Thats why I disconnected the cable from router and used it directly from pc so that bitmeter can count the data accurately.

 

[Zaphod]

For example, if I downloaded a movie of 5GB, it reports ~7GB. Now, thats a substantial incorrect reporting. Sadly, nothing that can be done about it.

The extra 2 GB was downloaded to your computer since you're part of the torrent swarm. That 2 GB chunk of file was probably requested by someone else so you got it first and then someone else. Think of it like a daisy chain. That's how distributed P2P works. This will happen more if you have a better/faster connection.

 

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[dextermorgan]

But I set my upload speeds to zero. And just let a single popular torrent seed for ~100gb to maintain my ratio. And uploads don't count in ACT ..atleast in hyd

 

[Zaphod]

But I set my upload speeds to zero. And just let a single popular torrent seed for ~100gb to maintain my ratio. And uploads don't count in ACT ..atleast in hyd

Your client is downloading bad data. The MPAA/RIAA are known to deliberately poison popular torrents.The bad data will fail the hash check and so the program will be forced to download data again. Use a program that bans bad peers and seeds. Like utorrent.

 

[dextermorgan]

I use qBitorrent.

 

[powerwatts]

The extra 2 GB was downloaded to your computer since you're part of the torrent swarm. That 2 GB chunk of file was probably requested by someone else so you got it first and then someone else. Think of it like a daisy chain. That's how distributed P2P works. This will happen more if you have a better/faster connection.

Pretty certain this is not the case with me. I download from a private torrent site and usually I am the only leecher. Plus, it can't be happening each and every time I download a large file. After months of of casual observation, I am quite certain it is an issue at ACT's end.