Question about broadband usage

Hello
I recently joined up to BT Total Broadband option 1 and was wondering if someone could help clarify some things on the usage of 10GB and subsequent charges if you exceed.
Is the "per month" based on a calendar month or the billing month?
The reason I ask is because they recently sent me two emails:
One on 1st Sept saying: "We thought you'd like to know that, so far in August, you've used more than 7GB of your 10GB monthly usage allowance for your BT Total Broadband Option 1 service."
Then one on 4th Sept saying: "We thought you'd like to know that, so far in September, you've used more than 7GB of your 10GB monthly usage allowance for your BT Total Broadband Option 1 service."
This is slightly confusing. My billing date is the 23rd of the month. Does this mean that as of 4th Sept I had used over 7GB of my usage since 23rd Aug until 22nd Sept?
I've not had any emails from BT since but their fair usage policy says "If you exceed your monthly usage allowance your service won't stop working; advisory emails will be sent to your BT primary email address if you reach 80 per cent of your usage allowance each month and further notification if you then exceed your allowance in a particular month."
Their emails said "over 7GB" which isn't necessarily 80% but is this what they mean? I've not had any emails about exceeding my limit but the above from their policy seems to suggest I should. I expect if I'd used over 7GB since 23rd Aug to 1st Sept, I've probably exceeded the 10GB allowance by now!
Can anyone clarify how it all works?
Also, if I decided to upgrade to option 2, do they start my 18 month contract all over again?!
Many thanks!
Allan

the usage period is calendar monthly nothing to do with renewal dates
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