According to Google Chrome task manager, Chrome doesn't use any network:
However, Microsoft Windows Resource Monitor shows that Google Chrome uses around 100 kilobytes per second symmetric:
What could explain the discrepancy between Google Chrome task manager and Microsoft Windows Resource Monitor regarding the network utilization?
Note that the upload from Google Chrome has consistently been between 50 and 150 kilobytes per second for over one hour:
I use Windows 7 SP1 x64 Ultimate with latest version of Google Chrome.