How much Internet data do you use monthly?

[Ganoncrotch]

SonytendoAmiibo said:

Ganoncrotch said:

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.

Wow that is quite different from in Ireland there is literally no difference between using data from the network on your phone or boardcasting it from the phone to something else, there isn't in terms of the cost of the data to the network only that they've managed to lock a part of the software of your phone to think it isn't able to share that data... that is shocking, is it an android phone?

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2068489/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-hotspot-without-rooting.html

There are a few ways around it.... but... that said if you are happy with your current set up (I think I would actually shrivel up and die with 30gb per month) then work away with what you got I guess and keep an eye out for cheap retail games rather than stuff from the psn Store... since it would take you 2 months worth of Cap to download Uncharted 4 ... that is... insane.