Saving bandwidth on the go

I often rely on the tethering features of my mobile phone to access the Internet while working in a cafe, a train, or an airport. It happened more than once to hit the hard quota or 8 Gigs that my LTE plans allows me per month.

I was looking for an easy way to disable the network access to unnecessary background services, and I have found TripMode. It allows to track the data usage and disable network access by service on the go.

It also comes useful at WordCamps and conferences where the wifi is very crowded and syncing large files on Dropbox is killing the fun for everybody.

Hat tip: Koolinus

Posted

2016-02-04

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lucasartoni

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4 responses to “Saving bandwidth on the go”

A. I. Sajib

2016-02-07

I see there’s a download button and a buy button but I couldn’t figure out the difference between the paid and the free version. Do you know what they are? Is that a trial that’s being downloaded?

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1. Luca Sartoni
  
  2016-02-07
  
  No idea. I purchased it straight away
  
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2. Dennis Snell
  
  2016-02-08
  
  The download is valid for seven days before purchase. It works for fifteen minutes a day after that unless you purchase it.
  
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Andrea Zoellner

2016-02-26

This is great! Now I don’t have to go through my checklist when tethering, and I have a lot less data than you….

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Saving bandwidth on the go

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