As you surely know, after the arrival of 3G, then 4G, it is now 5G that is starting to be deployed all around us. The more recent the generations of the internet, the more tasks you can accomplish with your Alcatel 1b. It is particularly practical! And for people who had the chance to test the first versions of the web, it was necessary to switch off their fixed smartphone to be able to use the internet and display an image in several minutes, and up to several days for a film... Now it is question of only a few minutes for a film in 4K for the lucky ones whose accommodation is equipped with fiber. This will also be the case for you with 5G which will turn everything upside down. However, our internet packages are not completely unlimited packages, and we are generally limited to 50, 100 or 200 GB per month for the largest packages. It is therefore important according to your consumption to manage it well so as not to end your months with an internet connection at the speed of a minitel.
This is precisely what we will present to you in this guide, we will find out the method for setting a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 1b. In this context, to begin with, we will briefly show you in a little more detail why it is important to manage your internet package. Then, the different means of limit the consumption of your internet data on your Alcatel 1b.
Why set a mobile data limit on your Alcatel 1b?
We therefore start this tutorial by briefly revealing to you why it is interesting to monitor the mobile data consumption of your Alcatel 1b. You probably don't know this in the event that you have only used very little of your internet package until today or in the event that you have WiFi at your home, nevertheless the vast majority of current 4G packages are limited in data volume and bandwidth (download speed) is significantly reduced once you exceed this volume.
It is when you go on a trip or when the internet at home does not work and you use your Alcatel 1b in connection sharing that you realize that the data is consumed particularly quickly... Watch some videos or getting lost on social networks are particularly energy-intensive activities and your internet package may not last long in the event that you have planned to have this pace non-stop.
It is in these cases that it may be interesting to use a data limit on your Alcatel 1b so as not to be surprised and end your month with a particularly slow connection, something that we are incidentally no longer accustomed to it and that we generally live with particularly badly because we are so used to broadband. Downloading a photo can take a few tens of seconds, several minutes for a loaded web page, and you should not even hope to be able to view a video, even in poor quality...
The method to limit the consumption of mobile data on your Alcatel 1b?
We now move on to the practical part of this tutorial, we will tell you how to limit the internet data consumption of your Alcatel 1b. Fortunately this manipulation is very easy and you will not need to be an expert in new technology to manage your consumption on the internet.
You can set a data consumption alert threshold to alert you as soon as you exceed a certain consumption. And one limit which when exceeded will block mobile data connections to avoid over consumption. In the event that you want you can furthermore learn how to save battery on your Alcatel 1b.
How to configure a mobile data consumption alert threshold on an Alcatel 1b?
First of the possibilities that we want to show you, it's just a prevention solution, it will serve to alert you when you exceed a first level of internet data consumption, however without blocking your plan. A good way to leave a margin while being informed that you will have to start paying attention to keep the package for the rest of the month. Discover below the procedure to follow to resolve it:
- Go to the “Settings” of your Alcatel 1b
- Then in the "Connections" menu press "Use of mobile data"
- In the settings of this section, you can choose a threshold "Data warning" , you just need to click on it to configure the data volume from which you want to receive your notification
How to set a data consumption blocking limit on an Alcatel 1b?
In the event that you want to be more radical and you want, after setting a warning, to find a solution to completely block your data consumption so as not to use everything, for example, by having launched an unnecessary update, the best solution will be to set a blocking limit for your internet plan. So there is no risk of consuming everything without realizing it. We advise you to set this limit at 80 or even 90% of your plan to make sure you keep enough for the mandatory things:
- Access the “Connections” menu of your Alcatel 1b, you will find it in its settings
- In the "Use of mobile data" tab, you can access the settings by clicking on the small cogwheel at the top right of your screen
- You will only have to activate now to start in the event that it is not already done "Data limit definition" and then define the data volume to which you want to set the block
If you are looking for as many tutorials as possible to become the king of the Alcatel 1b, we invite you to explore the other tutorials in the category: Alcatel 1b.
