As for changing settings, did that as soon as I took this cloudbook outa the box. For the poster noting no data use increase with Windows 10 machines, this is a cloudbook so it's probably set up to access the cloud early and often. As for leaving the internet, the signal to noise ratio is indeed worsening, and there's a ton of apps and websites I no longer visit. I've looked into the Chromebooks and they're data hogs too. The scary thing about this whole "connected" trend is that the car makers, Google, Facebook, Micro$oft, and a bunch of other players wants us and all our "devices" online and available to market to 24/7 with high definition video to boot. That kind of data demand will defeat all the efforts we've made to bring broadband to rural areas. And on the subject of rural broadband, our regional TV and Internet access Co-Op has gotten within 6 miles of my place, but still not enough signal strength due to tree leaves and such that kill microwave signals... I'm gettin' seriously tempted to put up about 60 feet of tower so I can get broadband as well as dozens more broadcast TV and radio options...
