Hi Gerry,
Thanks for posting and welcome to the community! Gwalk and BirdDog are correct in their posts. Here are some additional tips to help you manage your 10 GB of Anytime Data:
- more devices are capable of connecting to the internet: phones, tablets, gaming consoles, SmartTVs, and even refrigerators can connect wirelessly to the internet. Keep track of what devices you leave running on Wi-Fi.
- automatic-updates: your computer and any other programs you use will often keep working in the background, even if you're not actively using that program, in order to keep your system/program up-to-date. Anti-virus programs will periodically use your internet connection to check back with their malware database for any updates. You should have an option to turn off auto-updates and/or schedule them for a later time.
- multimedia content: Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, news sites, and other websites will contain videos, animated gifs, and sound clips that may start playing as soon as you land on the site. So much content, so easily available almost everywhere on the internet. For starters, try disabling auto-play video on Facebook:
https://community.myhughesnet.com/hughesnet/topics/how_to_disable_autoplay_videos_on_facebook or adjusting your Netflix playback quality to SD:
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87-DirecTV On Demand or the Dish Hopper can use A LOT of data, you may want to disconnect it when not in use.
- more data sources can be found here, as posted by a fellow community member:
https://community.myhughesnet.com/hughesnet/topics/data-usage-sources-common-and-not-so-commonThe most important tool to download is the Status Meter, available in the Customer Support Center, so download that if you haven’t already: supportcenter.myhughesnet.com
Finally, to avoid any surprise downloads, you may want to look into using a third-party data monitoring program to help you pinpoint the programs on your PC that use the most data. Community members have suggested and used GlassWire, so feel free to ask them for tips on using it:
https://www.glasswire.com We suggest GlassWire because we cannot tell what used your data after the fact, but GlassWire can help.
If you have additional questions, let us know.
Thanks,
Liz
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