Can you trust data stats?

mike65 · 29-03-2009 1:21pm #1

I can't, I'm with digiweb - metro basic.

After the counter went tits up last time I decided to get a second opinion and installed BitMeter. The two don't often agree on how many bytes passed over the ether.

Anyone else noticed this sort of difference?

Jumpy · 29-03-2009 2:01pm

I am noticing more.

It was 40.4GB yesterday. Its 44.3GB now. Last 24 hours says 2.6GB

Not right at all.

Jumpy · 29-03-2009 2:02pm

Does bitmeter run as a service?

vibe666 · 29-03-2009 9:56pm

i wouldn't trust either personally.

with two laptops, a wifi phone, 3 games console and a desktop PC< there's only one way to do it for me.

i have all my stats recorded by my router and since i know every byte of data passes through it, it's always accurate and as it backs the stats up to a share on my pc, i get to see all the historical data too.

watty · 29-03-2009 10:56pm

I suspect that the two systems don't exactly measure the same thing. I'm printing mytraffic.digiweb.ie graphs every night just before bed. We have many gadgets, server, 5 PCs, 5 to 7 laptops. I'd need a router based monitor to compare. I spotted a phantom middle of night video watcher that way once. Then the browser history revealed all.

Jumpy · 30-03-2009 2:12pm

Was he dressed all in purple and had a skull ring?

watty · 30-03-2009 3:06pm

All in Black..

vibe666 · 31-03-2009 7:00am

did he have six fingers on one hand?

mike65 · 03-04-2009 9:30am

Digiweb · 06-04-2009 10:55am

Hey all,

Thanks for the feedback. We've used this and we think we've found and squished another bug with the data collection process. Should be OK now - thank you again!

vibe666 · 06-04-2009 12:57pm

cool, so does mike65 get some free credits for helping solve the problem?

mike65 · 06-04-2009 10:19pm

Heh! They reset the counters twice in recent months so they won't do it again!

Can you trust data stats?

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