Use a smartphone to connect your computer to the Intrernet
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Tip: Ensure you do not let Windows update itself on your hotspot WiFi connection
Are you ever away from home and need to connect your laptop to the Internet and only have your smartphone for company? It is possible to connect your laptop to your smartphone and use its mobile data connection (tethering). However your laptop will think yippee I’m on WiFi and start to gobble up your mobile data allowance. It is not unusual to lose £30 or so a day doing this. To use the connection to only collect your emails and do a bit of surfing you must turn off two of the most data hungry Windows services.
Click the link below to see how to set up your Android phone and change your MS Windows settings.
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