ben3gfc Wrote:Even if i do blame Telstra, dad would still later talk to me and blame me about "well if you hadn't downloaded that much, this problem wouldn't happened"

Simple, don't say you downloaded much at all.  Say that Telstra's download meter is probably screwed, just like Telstra themselves.

ben3gfc Wrote:but when he asks what have i been downloading that it has got to that much, what should i say? (if he finds out i still use torrents, I'll be eXx1l3d from the computer permanently, because he has already warned me 2 times about using torrents :() i could say I've been getting podcasts of stuff (which i have been) but that won't account for 8.5GB

Firstly, how the hell will he found out that you've used torrents?