MiFi and huge data draw
Using a Verizon MiFi hotspot and suddenly am having HUGE amounts of data being used. No videos, no games, no streaming, no online voice even. In 30 minutes has used over 1.2 Gb while I am reading em...
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Received a new Jetpack and have been using it without incident. Data usage is now what I consider normal for me. Now I will say I am watching like a hawk and shutting down programs so they can't run in the background any longer and have auto-updates turned off for Windows. I was NOT seeing the normal installation message on shutdown and do not believe this caused my three huge spikes. I firmly believe that the previous MiFi was faulting. It always worked kind of weird from the get-go over a eyar ago but the huge spikes were new.
Verizon techs were pleasant and tried but did little to resolve this issue until the third call. I opted to get a new Jetpack as I was desperate to get back online for work! The local library was not a good option........
THANKS to all for your thoughts here. I will refer back and try some of the final "fixes" if I see spikes again. Hopefully this is finished and behind me!!
Received a new Jetpack and have been using it without incident. Data usage is now what I consider normal for me. Now I will say I am watching like a hawk and shutting down programs so they can't run in the background any longer and have auto-updates turned off for Windows. I was NOT seeing the normal installation message on shutdown and do not believe this caused my three huge spikes. I firmly believe that the previous MiFi was faulting. It always worked kind of weird from the get-go over a eyar ago but the huge spikes were new.
Verizon techs were pleasant and tried but did little to resolve this issue until the third call. I opted to get a new Jetpack as I was desperate to get back online for work! The local library was not a good option........
THANKS to all for your thoughts here. I will refer back and try some of the final "fixes" if I see spikes again. Hopefully this is finished and behind me!!
