Hi, This has always been a well-publicized feature of IOS 9. Apple has never attempted to hide it and makes it very simple to toggle it on and off. I always knew it was there since the day it first appeared, however, I ignored it even though I spend a large amount of time on the fringe of my router's coverage area. I finally checked my cellular usage one night when I noticed I had been kicked onto my data plan even though I was in my apartment in the middle of the night and saw that I was already up to 2.1 GB of data used about halfway through the month. Usually I am at about 300 MB for the entire month. So I just turned it off. I am in a unique position where I actually have a cell tower about 300 yards from where I am sitting so I can get bumped off my router to which I am pretty far away quite easily.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Beware, WiFi Assist 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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