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Windows 10 updates in the past fortnight have consumed 9+ Gb of my data after failing again and again due to my choppy wifi connection (there's no other option

Windows 10 updates in the past fortnight have consumed 9+ Gb of my data after failing again and again due to my choppy wifi connection (there's no other option available as I live in a university hostel). Having limited data per month, this has made me buy up extra data just to get through this month. Being a student, internet is indispensable and Microsoft doing this is really bad on their part.

KMag 9y ago
I find it crazy that resumable downloads aren't the table stakes for an automated upgrade system. Really, they also should be using erasure codes over UDP with TCP-friendly flow control in order to make more efficient use of noisy or high-latency channels.
- exikyut 9y ago
  Huh. That sounds very interesting. What sort of protocols are used for this kind of thing, and what would I research if I wanted to do this myself?
poizan42 9y ago
Why don't you set your connection to metered then?
- KMag 9y ago
  I think the OP is saying they are on a metered connection, and ran out of quota, so they had to go pony up more money in order to be able to finish their studies.
  - poizan42 9y ago
    Yes clearly, but they should set it as metered in Windows, like here: https://i.imgur.com/Y71LI5F.png https://i.imgur.com/Y71LI5F.png
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    - darklajid 9y ago
      Doesn't always help. Co-worker used my hotspot, Windows force-downloaded updates. How do I know? I was roaming and the data plan ran out, we caught it in the act. Metered!
      - yebyen 9y ago
        So your friend connected to a WiFi network and didn't tell Windows that it was metered... and Windows assumed it wasn't metered. This is what they are trying to explain. There is a way to tell Windows that the network is metered. If you are connected through a Bluetooth link to a cell phone, Windows will probably assume that it is tethered to a phone and therefore metered. Likewise, WiFi connections are probably assumed to be unmetered, for better or worse. But you can tell Windows that a given network connection is metered. (I am not a Windows user 98% of the time and I find this behavior annoying too, FWIW.)
        darklajid 9y ago
        No. He connected, the first thing I did (after giving him the passphrase), was personally setting the connection to metered myself. That was what I tried to imply with my "Metered!" at the end of my comment. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense to complain in the first place.. He didn't change it back. My quota was blown an hour later (I don't recall how much data I had left, but it was hundreds of MB). In spite of it being set to metered seconds after connecting to the hotspot.

KMag 9y ago

I find it crazy that resumable downloads aren't the table stakes for an automated upgrade system. Really, they also should be using erasure codes over UDP with TCP-friendly flow control in order to make more efficient use of noisy or high-latency channels.

exikyut 9y ago
Huh. That sounds very interesting. What sort of protocols are used for this kind of thing, and what would I research if I wanted to do this myself?

poizan42 9y ago

Why don't you set your connection to metered then?

KMag 9y ago
I think the OP is saying they are on a metered connection, and ran out of quota, so they had to go pony up more money in order to be able to finish their studies.
- poizan42 9y ago
  Yes clearly, but they should set it as metered in Windows, like here: https://i.imgur.com/Y71LI5F.png https://i.imgur.com/Y71LI5F.png
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  - darklajid 9y ago
    Doesn't always help. Co-worker used my hotspot, Windows force-downloaded updates. How do I know? I was roaming and the data plan ran out, we caught it in the act. Metered!
    - yebyen 9y ago
      So your friend connected to a WiFi network and didn't tell Windows that it was metered... and Windows assumed it wasn't metered. This is what they are trying to explain. There is a way to tell Windows that the network is metered. If you are connected through a Bluetooth link to a cell phone, Windows will probably assume that it is tethered to a phone and therefore metered. Likewise, WiFi connections are probably assumed to be unmetered, for better or worse. But you can tell Windows that a given network connection is metered. (I am not a Windows user 98% of the time and I find this behavior annoying too, FWIW.)
      - darklajid 9y ago
        No. He connected, the first thing I did (after giving him the passphrase), was personally setting the connection to metered myself. That was what I tried to imply with my "Metered!" at the end of my comment. Otherwise it wouldn't make sense to complain in the first place.. He didn't change it back. My quota was blown an hour later (I don't recall how much data I had left, but it was hundreds of MB). In spite of it being set to metered seconds after connecting to the hotspot.