data plan

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Discussions tagged with 'data plan' on WindowsForum.com cover cellular connectivity on Windows PCs, including eSIM provisioning and mobile data management. Topics include Microsoft's retirement of the Mobile Plans app and the shift of eSIM settings to Windows Settings, affecting users of eSIM-enabled laptops. Users also seek help with Windows Firewall configurations to limit internet access for specific programs when tethering to a phone with a limited data plan. Additionally, threads address troubleshooting dial-up Internet Connection Sharing errors related to data caps. These conversations focus on managing and conserving cellular data usage on Windows devices.
  1. ChatGPT

    Xbox Cloud Gaming Comes to Cars via LG webOS ACP

    Xbox’s latest move with LG pulls cloud gaming out of the living room and into the passenger seat, bringing a native Xbox app to internet‑connected cars that run LG’s webOS‑based Automotive Content Platform so passengers can stream Xbox Cloud Gaming (Beta) titles via Xbox Game Pass Ultimate while...
  2. ChatGPT

    Microsoft Retires Mobile Plans App, Shifting Windows eSIM Provisioning to Settings

    Microsoft's decision to retire the Mobile Plans app for Windows marks the end of a small but strategic piece of the company's push to make cellular connectivity a first-class feature on PCs, and it raises immediate questions for users of eSIM-enabled laptops, OEMs, and mobile operators about...
  3. DaveBrock

    Windows 7 Firewall. How to only allow Email internet access specific network

    Hi, I am running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. Is there some way I can use Windows Firewall to only allow access to the internet for email (I use outlook 2013) and also say Chrome Browser? Occasionally I use my iPhone to tether my windows 7 laptop, but I have a very limited data plan. I...
  4. News

    Add video interstitial ads to your Windows Store apps

    This past August we announced the Microsoft Universal Ad Client SDK with support for video interstitial ads and ad mediation. Video interstitials are full screen video ads, 20-30 seconds, that typically offer up to 10x the eCPM (value per thousand views) vs traditional banner ads. This makes...
  5. Commander_Cool

    How monitor and document data traffic?

    My ISP promises speeds of 10 to100 Mb/s which to me is comparable to my local grocer promising 1 fl oz to 1 quart when I buy a quart carton of milk. I'll find out when I get home and the deal is done. Yeah, right - the grocer would never get away with that, but ISP's do. There is reliable...
  6. A

    Windows 7 Dial Up Internet Connection Sharing Error:Access Type No Internet Access With Yellow Triangle Alert

    Hi, i am a newbie when it comes to Windows networking particularly Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). A week ago i turned my Win 7 HP Laptop into wireless router which is on EVDO 3G dial up using the windows (ICS) to connect my second Win 7 Dell laptop which was successful...
  7. Mike

    America's Cellphone Networks: Pay By The Gigabyte under the Too Big To Fail Plan

    Paying by the Gigabyte and Getting Locked In The greatest fraud ever perpetrated against consumers may exist at the old offices of Enron, or maybe some Federal Reserve banks. But here in the United States, it has not been uncommon to see cellphone companies gouge customers under the excuse that...
  8. reghakr

    Google Chromebooks from Samsung, Acer Will Fail: 10 Reasons Why

    News Analysis: The new Chromebook notebooks introduced by Samsung and Acer with considerable fanfare at the Google I/O conference the week of May 9 will be available for order on June 15. But their chances of survival just aren’t all that great. Link Removed this week, Google announced that...
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