On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:21:28PM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
On Tue, 2015-09-29 at 14:38 -0400, Eric Griffith wrote:
> There's also the fact that if
> > > the connection is metered then we just ripped through a chunk of
> > > their
> data.
> >
> > We only do the auto-refresh on wired or wifi connections. If you
> > chose
> > to do the manual refresh button on mobile data that's up to the
> > user.
> >
>
> Is there a reliable way to detect that though? If I tether via my
> phone or
> turn my phone into a hotspot it comes up as Ethernet or WiFi,
> respectively.
> It seems like we are going to run into the same issue that Microsoft
> is
> where automatic downloads are giving people bill shock.
AIUI, NetworkManager is working on more sophisticated detection of
tethering, but right now it doesn't have it. Tethered wifi will be
treated as an unmetered connection. I think NM does already treat USB
tethering as metered.
It's already available in NM 1.0.6:
https://blogs.gnome.org/lkundrak/2015/08/27/networkmanager-1-0-6-brings-m...
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