How to avoid a surprising bill due to Wi-Fi Assist<article>
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Christina Farr, a health and technology senior writer at Fast Company, had an unexpected bit of coal in her end-of-year stocking: A bill for cell data overage charges. But, she noted on Twitter, she takes care in staying on Wi-Fi and not using the cellular network. Most of her usage was at home or a Starbucks.</p><p>
The culprit? Wi-Fi Assist. This feature added in iOS 9 is intended to make your Internet experience more consistent. When you’re on a Wi-Fi network that has erratic service, such as Internet connection dropouts, Wi-Fi Assist uses the cellular network as a secondary data source.</p><p>
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notes on its site that Wi-Fi Assist has a lot of options to prevent excessive data use. It only engages for foreground apps, not background tasks; it doesn’t kick in for third-party audio and video streaming apps; and email attachments aren’t automatically downloaded.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3018525/iphone-ipad/how-to-avoid-a-surprising-bill-due-to-wi-fi-assist.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to avoid a surprising bill due to Wi-Fi Assist
