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. Perhaps I am being overly paranoid.
Arnold Schmidt
http://www.wral.com/beware-new-ios-defaults-can-run-up-data-bill/14932132/
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