Jetstream usage meter lag??

I started a new Jetstream billing period this morning (labelled 20 Aug to 19
Sept) and I've noticed that by 7:40 a.m. I'd already consumed 160MB. I did
download some software *yesterday afternoon* - trying to use up some of the
400MB I have left from last period but certainly didn't download 160MB in my
first 10 minutes of work this morning. Is there some lag in the Telecom
Jetstream usage meter? I'm a bit miffed that the data I moved on the last
day of last period has been billed against this period. Has anyone else
noticed this?

Alan

 

I've often found this.
I complained once and was told I'd agreed to the T & C which states their
meter is always right and tough shit if you disagree.

Russell

 

I havent found this myself but if they are going to pull tricks like this
then they should also roll over the *unused* cap to the next month. I
really wouldn't mind a 2G cap if I could save up for that month that I might
want to download 10G.

 

Notwithstanding anyting in their T&Cs. It still a breech of the Fair Trading
Act & The Consumer Guarantees Act, provided you can prove you case.

 

Install Netstate live and monitor your own..

 

Thus spake cowboyz:

Nice idea, but the idea of caps and such is to help smooth out demand so
there aren't big peaks...

(Well, and make a lot of money of course

 

I have found that this happens if I stay online after midnight when
the new period ticks in - i.e. if I am on line in the evening leading
up to the deadline, with say 50MB downloaded in that session trying to
use up my allowance, I need to disconnect before midnight to have that
50MB logged to the expiring month. If I stay online after midnight it
gets logged to the new month.
At least that is the impression I have gained and I have several times
run to five minutes before midnight, with it being correctly assigned
to the expiring month.
Ron

 

As a follow up I checked the usage meter again yesterday afternoon and the
160MB had been moved back to previous period. I don't know whether this is
normal behaviour or some sort of anomaly but at least it corrected itself.

Alan

 

Yeah, I've noticed it do that once - but *so far* it has always billed
usage to the right period if I log off before midnight on changeover
day.
Ron