Hi Alan, You would need to monitor this of course, but I think that you would probably be ok leaving the wifi assist feature on given that it only utilizes cellular data when it sees that the wifi connection is weak.
On 9/30/15, Alan Paganelli <[email protected]> wrote: > I was somewhat concerned about WI-FI assist. My wife and I share a bucket > of 15 gigs between her iPhone 4, my iPhone 5s, and both our iPad Airs. > Fifteen gigs between us seems to me to be plenty. Do I need to be concerned > if I leave WI-FI assist turned on or am I probably ok? > > > Alan > > Sent from my iPad Air > >> On Sep 29, 2015, at 12:06 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> With my new data plan, I have so much data that I don't care if Wi-Fi >> assist is on. In fact, I like the idea. I think we have the best of both >> worlds here with the ability to turn it off if we don't wanted. They >> certainly didn't hide the fact that the feature exist. It's been all over >> in the mainstream press that this Wi-Fi assist exists and they tell us >> what it does. So, it's up to us to leave it on or turn it off. >> Mary. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 11:54 AM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've definitely been in situations where the Wi-Fi turned out to be >>> inadequate. I would have liked my phone to use data in those situations, >>> so I'm glad this feature is an option. Our plan has a lot more data than >>> we actually use, though, so it won't matter if I end up using more data >>> than usual. If I were on a tight data plan, I'd be very glad to have the >>> option to turn this feature off. >>> >>> Best, >>> Anna >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 29, 2015, at 8:50 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I turned this off as well. If I am connected to wifi I want my phone to >>>> only use that, if I have wifi off, then it can use the cell data >>>> connection, I don't want my device deciding what to use, I guess I am >>>> somewhat of a control freak when it comes to my devices, but I don't >>>> like when they take things in to their own hands. >>>> Original message: >>>>> I read this story using one of my local television station's app on my >>>>> iPhone, and thought everybody should know about this. I will post the >>>>> link to the story at the end. IOS 9 contains something called WiFi >>>>> assist, which is meant to boost a weak WiFi signal by supplementing it >>>>> with your lte data. This seems to me to be a back door way to run up >>>>> one's data bill, so the phone companies can collect extra money , being >>>>> that it is turned on by default. I turned it off. Go to settings, >>>>> cellular, and find it near the bottom of the long list of things that >>>>> can access one's cellular data. I think it should be turned off by >>>>> default. 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