Thread: General Wifi Buddy using lots of Data
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Old 28-06-2017, 13:09   #6
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Re: Wifi Buddy using lots of Data
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Originally Posted by pip08456 View Post
Wifi buudy will only save your data allowance if there was a VM Hotspot nearby. If there's no VM hotspots near you it's useless and is likely to be using bandwidth to send telemetry back.
That's not correct.

WiFi Buddy used third party hotspots - including the The Cloud.

Virgin Media WiFi also uses The Cloud, but uses the secure '_The Cloud X' version, alongside the hotspots created by the Hubs and the ex-Arqiva WiFi service in Airports.
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