XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-02-14, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 13/02/2025 10:10 pm, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> On 2025-02-13, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 12/02/2025 10:10 pm, Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-02-12, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>> ... I went down to the local Council Library (to make use of their   
   >>>>> Internet connection) and loaded $35 on to my Mobile phone account ....   
   >>>>> and, tonight, connected via my Tethered phone and, with-in about 30   
   >>>>> minutes, had used up almost all of my $35 credit.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> What does $35 represent in terms of "additional data allowance"?  1GB,   
   >>>> 2, 10?   
   >>>   
   >>> Unknown. I think (part of) my problem is/was I was paying for Phone   
   >>> (voice) service .... where-as the Mobile Telco does offer to sell me   
   >>> 'DATA' separately to the (voice) 'phone' service.   
   >>   
   >> Well, that'd be something to look into.  For all any of us know, you   
   >> topped up on voice minutes, and didn't add anything to "data allowance".   
   >>   
   > That IS correct, Dan, .... if I had wanted 'DATA', I had to make a   
   > selection elsewhere.   
   >   
   > When I get my Telco Internet service sorted (next Friday, I think), then   
   > I might have a pay with my Mobile account and see what happens if I but   
   > $35 of DATA. How long will that last with my computer Tethered to it.   
      
   Depends on   
      
     (A) what $35 worth of "DATA" actually is (I would hope that it's below   
         $0.50 / GB), AND   
     (B) how much data you actually use in a given time period.   
      
      
      
      
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