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From the linked page: "If you use a WiFi connection that is metered or capped, make sure that you identify it as a metered connection." The behavior is opt-ou
by rosser 11y ago
From the linked page:
"If you use a WiFi connection that is metered or capped, make sure that you identify it as a metered connection."
The behavior is opt-out: you have to tell Windows you're on a metered connection. Or did you think it would somehow figure that out on its own?
- gingerrr 11y agoThey can tell the scent of premium packets
- dogma1138 11y agoMy surface correctly identified Vodafone connection over Wifi and Ethernet as a metered connection without any hassle.
- jlgaddis 11y agoThat's great that it correctly detected your connection as metered but to think that it's going to do that perfectly every time is just naive. Even if it only messed up and misidentified a connection as non-metered one time ever, you'd still be pissed off if it was you and it ended up costing you real money.
- arthurfm 11y agoIt's not opt-out with mobile broadband connections. These are automatically set to metered by default [1]. [1] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/metered-internet-connections-frequently-asked-questions http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-8/metered-interne...
- lurkinggrue 11y agoI can tell if you are on a cellphone network.