I have Eero mesh WiFi, it gives a daily & weekly stats on Download Data, Upload Data, Scans, and threat blocks for every device connected. It is great at monitoring usage and logging any device that connects or tries to connect into my mesh Wifi which is my high speed network vs my snail speed Gateway 2.4 WiFi basically used for our printer.
My Ring Doorbell took Ring 2nd level support 3 years to finally fix a problem that was due to my Gateway disconnecting after 2 to 3 seconds the six upstream data streams that Ring uses. My gateway has numerous firewalls built-in to prevent “unknown data streams” from going to or from the modem portion. The fix was to create Port forwarding exception rules to send the 6 streams to the Ring Cloud/Server each stream used UDP, TCP, or both UDP+TCP Protocols. If you have lots of time, you should be able to search the RING support Blog and find out more details. What and how they are used is not described, but it has been documented for use by other 2nd level support people should the have Customers using modems (or Gateways) with similar issues that I had with my fairly new modem.
Also, be aware that the amount of video streamed data is highly dependent on the amount of movement being captured by your camera. You can prove it yourself by ‘saving’ a 1 minute video clip to your phone of a V3 recording with very little movement …such as a cat walking by. Then save another 1 minute clip of a video of many vehicles travelling by on a freeway. You will see that the size of the two 1 minute clips can be vastly different.
So back to the comparisons of a Ring versus a V3 cam, over a 12 or 24 hour period of “low” activity (e.g. little or no motion events), the Ring activity is greater than the V3s>. In my case I have 2 Rings (a doorbell and one in a garage. The V3s are inside leaning against windows pointing out the N,S,E, and W sides of the house. One V3 cam is pointed to the front where there is about a regular 24/7 Events every hour or more <got strange neighbors, one with typically 5 to 7 vehicles going leaving and coming, another house that has 2 vehicles that go in/out at least every 2 hours, and the others have normal activities and none at night, the 2nd V3 is out the back pointing at the road up the hills it is busy during peak times during the day, sunset, sundown, and night people, the other 2 V3s point South and North, one has very few Events and the other only if the winds is able to blow the tree limbs.
So, from all that I’v3 seen, those Rings are doing something quite often …I assume it’s downloading “updates” and uploading "logs, perf data, or keeping watch??? - your guess is as good as any! I have NOT seen that much activity with the V3s. Most people don’t care, we’re cheap and on a metered plan, we do not streamed broadcasts, play games, or most of the other stuff our neighbors do. So, I try to watch our ISP data usage. For us, an occasional Zoom twice a week is a big deal!
Gee, this is why I don’t like social media …always get flak. I’m out & done with this topic.
| bryonhu
October 28 |
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SanJose_Scrooge:
V3s which seem to be frugal on bandwidth hogging.
You’re kidding right? 
I have a dedicated cellular router on my Wyze Cams and VOIP which is rarely used.
Here are my data usage statistics for September and October to date.
September I only had my 16 V3’s on CamPlus - October i put all cams on CamPlus 16 V3’s, 7 V2’s, and 1 pan-Cam
September usage 16 V3’s Only on CamPlus
32.10 GB Downloaded
100.68 GB Uploaded
132.78 GB Total Data used for month
October (to 10-28) usage 16 V3’s, 7 V2’s and 1 V1 Pan-Cam all on CamPlus
33.78 GB Downloaded
156.94 GB Uploaded
190.72 GB Total Data used to October 28th 15:48
Screen shot from Cellular router below:
I have a separate cellular router & services for Home equipment like smart TV’s, Laptops, etc,
And a separate cellular router on company network for home office.
I am a Telecommunications engineer so I get True Unlimited data on all 3 cell modems/routers from all 3 major carriers (AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile)