[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Advertising- using your data.

[Robert Primak]

 I have only Tivo, TiVo Stream and Xfinity with the DVR. I am in the Boston area. Comcast does not count my DVR towards the data cap limits.
TiVo does limited downloading, mostly schedules and firmware updates, while it's not active. TiVo Stream does similar patterns of data usage. Neither is a major sink of data.
My TV is not a Smart TV. I think those are the TVs which may be playing ads while not being watched. The Comcast/Xfinity/XFi DVR or streaming device only plays screensavers when not actively being used. Some of these screensavers are Comcast ads. I also don't have anything connected to Alexa or other smart home devices. Those also may be "data vampires". 
I use nowhere near a TB of data per month, and very few Comcast customers use that much. I don't think this is an issue except for very heavy data users, like gaming fans or people who stream everything and do nothing over the air. Even they rarely fall into the heaviest users group. 


    On Monday, June 13, 2022, 07:26:28 PM EDT, Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us) <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:  
 
 This has me wondering. How much am I downloading in data every month while my TVs are turned off?

My agreement with Comcast has a limit of 1tb per month of total downloads. Yes, I have a contract that I am bound to that limits me to 1.2 per month. 


I know that it makes sense that if you have an Amazon fire stick which is always connected to the internet it doesn't matter if your TV is off or on it's always downloading advertising whether you're using it or not.

If you have a smart TV also, then the two of them are downloading advertising 24 hours a day multiply that in my house by two TVs and two Fire Sticks I wonder if there is a way to track how much data that uses every month?

Gizmodo: Is Your TV Still Playing Ads When It’s Turned Off?.
https://gizmodo.com/hulu-peacock-streaming-tv-ads-turned-off-1849053000



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