How much Internet data do you use monthly?

[SonytendoAmiibo]

Ganoncrotch said:

SonytendoAmiibo said:
See how frugal I am. I have used 14 GB on my phone this month. The phone has unlimited internet for $20 a month and my data speeds are in the 20 to 30 Mb range. All my streaming like Funimation and Netflix are from the phone and I cast to my TV in 1080p .
Now for gaming, I have a stand alone mobile hot spot with 30 GB data cap. On the PS4 so far this month I have used 22 GB for game patches and online play. I do have to be careful with any games I buy to make sure the patch sizes will be doable. World of Tanks is a free download but it's 30 GB and I won't be able to do that much because the mobile hot spot will not allow overages, and just shuts down.
I'm doing fine with this set up. The Witcher III patch download was planned at the start of a cycle so it worked out fine. If I do max out my mobile hot spot I still have unlimited video streaming from the phone.

What in the world am I reading?

You know your phone will almost certainly have an option to turn itself into a mobile hotspot for you right? As in you could use your phones unlimited net from your PS4 and download your games that way at night while you're asleep or so?

If you have android, go into Settings and under Wireless and Networks click on the "more..." option, should bring you to a place which features "Tethering & Portable Hotspot" Just go into the settings now and turn off the power save option on it, fire up the PS4 and connect it to the phones WiFi hotspot instead of your Data Capped stand alone thing.

 

Edit - Just.. for the love of all that is Holy make sure that you don't have Wi-Fi connecting your Phone to your Stand Alone Mobile Broadband when you do this... or you'll just be using the Data Capped Mobile broadband rather than your unlimited 3/4G network Data.

Hotspot on phone is off because when you activate it, it's $50 for just 6 GB and that's max. The unlimited data on phone is NOT for running hotspot. Just phone data, which I cast to TV for streaming video. No data cap unlimited video streaming using the phones internet for $20 a month. I'm casting to TV WITHOUT using hotspot. Peer-to-peer. There is NO active WiFi running. ChromeCast and Apple TV needs an active WiFi network to cast. My setup requires NO WiFi network at all.

The mobile hotspot max data is 30 GB for less than twice the cost of just 6 GB on the phone.

Cell company wants you to buy the mobile hotspot and not use the phones hotspot.