From nowhere, it’s now a regular on your budget. I am talking about money for your usual monthly subscription on your device(s). On a monthly basis, you spend thousands recharging and subscribing for monthly data plans.
And then by the 20th of the month you get that annoying text message, “You’ve used up 90% of your data plan…” You then start wondering: ‘what finished my MB?’ ‘What did I download?’ ‘Are these people cheating me?’ Enough of that.
Here are some simple ways to conserve your data plan.
- Make use of Wi-Fi whenever possible. But hey, be careful when using public networks.
- If you own more than one mobile device and you also make use of a laptop, it’s advisable to buy a portable MiFi device and recharge it alone, then share the network for all your devices. This is also helpful in the family, get a MiFi that everyone uses.
- Find out the apps that are consuming your MB and disable the ones that don’t need to be used outside of a Wi-Fi network. You can do this by going to “settings”, then select “data usage” for android users or “settings” and then select “cellular” for IPhone users.
- You mustn’t upload videos, especially when you’re not on a Wi-Fi network. Hope you’re not making video calls.
- Some games that connect to the internet to download or upload information should be put in check, you mustn’t play them always.
- Some apps especially those that stream media offer ways to reduce how much data they consume, effect the necessary changes.
- Hope you’re aware that you can do without a heavy presence on social media, especially those that feature videos – Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram? Use them sparingly.
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