(14 Feb 2019, 9:17 pm)Malarkey wrote Also when connected it disconnects you when another vehicle with a wifi connection passes by.That's my favourite of the many issues, especially on the X21 when you pass god knows how many buses going the opposite way!
(14 Feb 2019, 8:39 pm)Jamie M wrote Getting a bit astray here, but the issue is normally when phones connect to wifi, background data processes normally drastically increase for updates and whatever else our devices do. So there's less time to actually use the your phone before reaching the cap, than if the device is being rather more conservative on mobile data.I made the mistake of connecting my laptop to the WiFi, even with the 'metered connection' option selected, I was out of WiFi by the time we left the Interchange!
I've used all the data within a matter of minutes by just browsing facebook. All the things start auto playing as well, which doesn't help. It would be nice if devices could recognise transport wifi as a separate entity and act a lot more conservatively. Those big bad evil multi million corporations want us to be using mobile data though, so that'll never happen!
I think that for smaller journeys 100mb is more than enough, but when you're spending 3+ hours a day on a bus, 100mb just isn't enough. Last month I used about 7gb of Data tethering my laptop, so that's probably say 3-400mb per day.
I mean, if I wanted to deal with the hassle, I could easily get around the 100mb a day restriction, but it's not worth my time especially when the WiFi keeps cutting out and the speeds aren't the best.
I get there has to be a limit, I just think that it would be better to have the limit per journey, and with that limit dependant on the route. But that would probably be too much effort for the few of us that complain