Data guzzlers like me certainly can’t depend on the regular mobile data, otherwise, I will have to break the bank. But then, what happens if your Internet service provider is not available in a particular location like I have experienced in Lagos, Nigeria’s tech capital a number of times? In this case, you will have no choice but to resort to using your phone’s mobile data because the telecommunications companies have far more reach than regular Internet/broadband service providers. Mobile data, of course, is not cheap. In my case, I rather move around with a mobile wifi which I find a lot more cost effective. That brings me to the point of the cost of Internet service, which in my opinion is still expensive but I must admit that it is a lot better than what it was a few years ago.
For you to reduce your cost of data usage, you need to adopt some strategies whenever possible. Your smartphone is capable of consuming all your Internet data without you realising it especially if you use Android. This may be from the data-hungry apps that are always running in the background or simply because of default configurations of your phone that you are unaware of. — Continue Reading
