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Data usage calculator
Im going thru 1 GB per day with the below perameters:
NO email usage
NO picture downloads
NO streaming video
Only 2-4 hours on the web (surfing News)
Connected devices are:
1 Laptop ONLY
I have no cellphone/nothing
What might the problem be???
Thank you
Julie
Gary L
ACE - Expert
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16.5K Messages
8 years ago
It's your 2-4 hours a day on your laptop, in addition to your news reading, it's constantly doing things.
If I'm doing something graphical when reading news, like FlipBoard, I can burn through 10MB a minute. That's 600MB an hour... (flipboard might be a little high on usage, but again, that's just one app).
That's just on my iPad which I know would do a lot less background tacks on cellular than a laptop would do.
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formerlyknownas
ACE - Sage
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116.6K Messages
8 years ago
Stop tethering the lap top and watch your data use plummet.
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HOTSPOTQUES
Contributor
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2 Messages
8 years ago
Thank you... I really dont know the what or how to "Tether" However, Im absolutely willing to fix this if you have any suggestions....
1st let me ask "Im not working off WIFI Im using a USB connected hotspot" would I be "tethered?"
Thanks again
Julie
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Gary L
ACE - Expert
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8 years ago
There are multiple ways to connect your laptop to use the internet over cellular:
and they're pretty much called tethering or hotspotting.
@HOTSPOTQUES That's an expensive way to be hooked to the internet.
You might save money to have internet and home and pay less for the cellular data for when you are out.
Also, many cellphones let you tether for free (it still uses data, but it's not an individual payment like you have for your device).
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