Why would I even notice something like this?
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GabeU, if you go over, you have GOT to take a pic of it. You're Mr SuperDataMiser, after all. You have a duty to document your downfall. ;)
I'd rather see the bar graph than have to learn how to use a TI84 calculator...
What do we want?
The bar graph!
When do we want it?
Now!
(Is it too soon for satirical posts about skulduggery??)
Eh, I don't know. I've got about 29 hours left before my data resets and about 1.75GB to go, so I don't think I'll go over. If I do, though, I'll be sure to get a snapshot!!! If I didn't have all of the token data I would deliberately go into FAP to see what the speed is like, but I'd have to burn through all of my token data to do so, so that's not going to happen.
Not so much the data miser anymore, but I used to be when I had Gen4. My stepfather is the REAL data miser, rarely going over 1GB in a month with his Gen4. In fact, I don't know if he ever has.
With that said, I definitely do keep an eye on my data usage, that's for sure. Probably more than most people. Next month I'm going to be using my Netgear router for everything, and though it doesn't have a breakdown of the data usage from each device, it will give me the total, which I can compare to HughesNet's tally. I did the same for nearly two weeks a few months ago, and it was pretty much dead on, give or take a few MBs.
I'm doing the above because now that I have a smart phone, it makes tracking the data even harder. On the computers I can just check Glasswire, but the phone's WiFi usage now throws that total off. So, my cheap Netgear WNR2000v4 to the rescue! :p The WiFi throughput on it hits about 96Mbps, so it's good enough.
What I'd do, and I wish I had done with my own, is leave at least some of those tokens right where they are. What I mean is don't add all of them to the Token Bytes Available by clicking on the Use button next to the 9 Prepaid and 6 Free tokens. That way, you can decide whether to use your token data or go into FAP, though the 3000MB that you already do have banked would have to be used (automatically) before going into FAP. For most things, FAP speed would be fine for me, and I would only need full service speed for streaming or download a large file, for which I could then add some token data to the Token Bytes Available by clicking on "Use" next to them. But, I made the mistake of clicking "use" on all of my tokens, so I can't control their usage that way now. If I run out of Service Plan Data my tokens are going to be automatically used and I will never go into FAP until every single MB of token data is utilized. :( Not that I want to have to do either, but I'd rather be able to choose whether to use tokens or go into FAP if I ever run out of my service plan data.
That's just an idea.
Thanks Gabe. I planned to leave them right where they are. Maybe they will reproduce, clone themselves, Multiply!!!
Token - Free (500MB) Token - Free (500MB) We dont even Know if the six little Token - Free (500MB) Token - Free (500MB) Tokens are the same 3GB that have been already awarded to me because Token - Free (500MB) Token - Free (500MB) of the satellite outage of Jan 2 this year.
It might have been a Data Token - 3 GB (3000MB) There are also 9 more little Token - Prepaid (500MB) in the ADD playpen. Heck, they might morph into something big. Data Token - 10 GB (10000MB)
Ya never know :smileyembarrassed:
GabeU wrote:Not so much the data miser anymore, but I used to be when I had Gen4. My stepfather is the REAL data miser, rarely going over 1GB in a month ....
I'm a Miser too. Have a pre-paid 1GB/ mo plan on my cell phone from ATT.
I never go over my limit cause I drop out of cell coverage at my neighbors malbox.
Thats why I was happy to hear that the H2000w modem had built in wi-fi
maratsade and as far as "collecting" tokens goes, I have to stoop down and pick them off the street to collect them. HughesNet wont give me complimentary Tokens any more with Gen5. after 11 years with Gen 3. :smileyfrustrated:
kitnbob wrote:@maratsade and as far as "collecting" tokens goes, I have to stoop down and pick them off the street to collect them. HughesNet wont give me complimentary Tokens any more with Gen5. after 11 years with Gen 3. :smileyfrustrated:
I tend to find them on my lawn once in a while, and even found a few MBs in a grocery store parking lot once. :p
One day, while mowing the lawn, I saw something shiny by my dish. I went over and looked, and sure enough, a coax connector was loose and some data had been dripping out. Luckily, it had fallen on a large leaf and collected, so I scooped the data up, then came inside and poured it into the top of my modem. Now THAT was a find! :p
I still have a bunch of prepaid and free tokens that are unapplied. Don't even remember how I got them.
Those never show in the Usage Meter until you go to buy some and hit "Use".
MarkJFine wrote:Those never show in the Usage Meter until you go to buy some and hit "Use".
I remember that from Gen3 I couldnt use the "Status Meter" app
had to go to home.myhughesnet and to my surprise I had six or eight accumulated . Never bought any.
I never upgraded my plan to Gen4. Three or four months ago, I just skipped it and upgraded to Gen5.
and then the app changed names to Usage Meter. and All My Tokens were gone. ("your New plan dosent support "complementary tokens")
So I have been paying attention to my warnings as GabeU has :smileywink:
