IOS 6.0.1 still has a cellular data leak whilst using WiFi

Annoyingly, this problem which was introduced with iOS 6 is still present in the latest update. I am beyond tired of this now! My iphone was working *perfectly* in every sense of the word before these last couple of 'updates'! I have everything switched off except wifi and 3G and I have been testing to see if the leak still remains and it does. Today I lost 13Mb of data whilst browing newspapers over wifi for 2 hours. So I'm back to switching off my 3G/mobile data connection until this problem gets fixed. Will it ever be???

I have the same problem—and the dying battery to go along with it. However, reading the 6.0.1 update info suggests that this fix isn't in the update. Bummer.
I've been struggling with a poorly-performing phone for weeks now, and even got hit with an over-data charge from my carrier. Very disappointing. I know we're in the minority, but I'm getting ready to dump my iPhone and move to an iPod Touch. Cheaper and same functionality (since I can't leave the cell data on)!
Malignance, this has nothing to do with the carriers. It's a documented iOS 6 problem.

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