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Friday, July 29th, 2016 11:23 PM

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

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.

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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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 

ACE - Expert

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16.5K Messages

8 years ago

There are multiple ways to connect your laptop to use the internet over cellular:

  • Bluetooth,
  • USB,
  • WiFi

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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