# Quite a lot of bandwidth used

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [May 20, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581 "2021-05-20T07:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![rampage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rampage/32/2121_2.png) [@rampage](https://community.homey.app/u/rampage)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 7:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581/1 "2021-05-20T07:40:42Z")

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So I just noticed. In the past 7 days my router reports Homey to have used 2.4GB upload and 31.2GB download. 🙃 What could’ve caused this I wonder… Any thoughts?

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**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581/2 "2021-05-20T08:12:55Z")

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Have you a HueBridge connected? The status polling is causing such bandwidth for me. You can check the traffic of the HueBridge. That should correspond with Homeys bandwidth.

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**Author:** ![Russell\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/russell_s/32/45779_2.png) [@Russell\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Russell_S)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581/3 "2021-05-21T12:25:39Z")

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Wow… that amount of data is crazy… Do the Hue hubs really use that much data … ? Is that even possible?

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**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 12:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581/4 "2021-05-21T12:55:54Z")

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Yes, depending on the logged period.  
A statuspoll every 1 or 2 seconds for all Hue devises is causing some data. That’s why I have deleted all Hue-lights in Homey that don’t need a automation. That saves a huge system load of Homey in addition.

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**Author:** ![Russell\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/russell_s/32/45779_2.png) [@Russell\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Russell_S)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/quite-a-lot-of-bandwidth-used/47581/5 "2021-05-21T13:15:03Z")

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Thanks …

That’s still mind blowing though… What are they actually transmitting .

Id have to do some number crunching but you’d think a few packets every couple of seconds wouldn’t add up to that much .

I guess there data requirement is much like their pricing. Way over inflated… 😆

Not a fan of Phillips Hue. It’s just a scam…