Mifi usage

I just purchased the MIFI2200 and am wondering, at what point does usage start to accumulate? When unit is turned on or only when computer is accessing it? I guess another way to ask is, do you use your Gs if unit is resting idle.
Thanks

MyVerizon for a MiFi account, is impossible....the temporary password is sent directly to the MiFi.
The MiFi can access text messages if it is USB-connected to a Windows PC running VZAccess Manager.
I didn't want to install software for a WiFi only device, but you could visit a Verizon store and connect your MiFi to their VZAccess Manager.
If you don't read the text message within three days they will send the initial password via USMail.
This seems a particularly stupid way to deal with access to a simple account tool. It's not banking, health, or anything else particularly important, and they want to use a verification that's not possible.
They should be able to verify you are connecting to their web site via a particular device by checking your MAC address, or only allowing access via the network where MiFi enters their network. Mediacom cable certainly can do that.
They could use a bunch of different verification methods, but the SMS message authentication is cast in stone somewhere.
Clarence

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MIFi usage notification

I only use the Mi Fi as wireless connection to the internet. My employer has disabled the Wwan funtion in the software for whatever reason they have. Now I have to log into my verizon and check the usage on line since I cannot access the usage or recieve the usage notificaitons from the Wwan. Is there away to get the usage notificaions sent to as SMS text to primary line on contract?

To view the usage for your Mifi unit you can dial #3282 (#DATA) from a Verizon Wireless handset.
#DATA will provide you with the information for the number you are calling from, in addition to any other number you would like to check (i.e. The MiFi unit). After the recording has read the options for the number you were calling from, just press option 4 to check another lines usage (like the MiFi). You will receive a text message for the line you were calling from usage, however a text message will not be sent for the MiFi usage number.
I hope this information was helpful.

Mifi Usage Overages-Help!

We started Verizon internet service with two of the wireless modems years ago. When Verizon came out with the mi-fi, we switched to that thinking we'd save money being able to switch to only internet account. After using this one for quite a while, we switched to the new 4GLTE for better reception (per the rep at our Verizon store's advice). As soon as we switched our usage increased. We asked Verizon and never got any help except to find out we don't get 4G in our area. Our usage goes up and is now double what it was when were had the original mi-fi. We have two computers, but rarely is two on at one time. We don't download movie, videos etc. We're now using over 10 GB per month, according to Verizon. Any advice?

There really is no concrete explanation that I can give for your situation. Verizon thinks that your device is pulling data at various times of the day so they are billing you for it accordingly.
We have seen several testemonies from other VZW customers where VZW has informed them that the relationship they have in a particular area with the tower owners is not ideal. A tower belonging to another Service Provider may allow Verizon to piggyback off thier equiptment, but the billing that they recieve is skewed and delayed. This paints an incorrect picture and does not reflect what actually happens for your usage. That possibly explains situations for folks in "extended" service areas, but for full blown VZW coverage there should be no issues.
We have also seen several testimonies where a given device is misfiring and misbehaving. In those situations VZW has swapped out the device for another or upgrade and the problem is resolved. If you havent already worked with VZW on your situation this may be an option that you should persue. A misbehaving device may also force some of your background services and applications to redownload the same content multiple times until it can recieve everything it needs in one consecuative chunk.
I have been playing around with a new app that may shed some light on your situation. Take a look at something called NetWorx. Networx is a broadband usage monitoring application that can be installed on computers. What makes Networx nice is that it has a usage report that displays usage by application. That feature will actually display who is consuming data and by how much. If your computers are supported by Networx then I suggest giving that app a shot. Install it on each of your computers and see if you can find a leak on any of them.

Overage Alert!! Verizon Jetpack -?Inviting Trojans in to use your computers?

I'm now more than 2 weeks into trying to resolve OUTRAGEOUS overage charges on a VZ MiFi being used by my 87 yr old father who lives 650 mi from me. VZ sent him a new MiFi(2) over the TG holiday that didn't work, so he has intermittently had to use the MiFi(1) that registers MASSIVE amounts of data. We are again waiting for another new MiFi(3). The MiFi(2) was proven to be faulty by a 3rd party.
Interestingly, I've had by now, 2 'diamond tickets' where I've yet to receive any feedback.... guaranteed within 2-3 days. RIGHT! Text messages promised with some resolutions... NEVER received, nor have I ever been able to get to Tech Support for info they supposedly had on his MiFi usage, etc, etc. I cannot call in to VZ without being routed to Financial and the up to Receivables. There must be LOTS of entries on my account, but it takes FOREVER for them to be discovered and read and I have a feeling, that some of the info is sequestered. For those of you who may be having the same issues, just call in to Customer Support with a land line or NON VZ cell or to some publicly offered entry point as though you are a new customer. But, be assured that any follow up number they give you will route you right back to financial services WHO, BY THE WAY are CLOSED much of the time. I've started just calling those numbers on my VZ cell, put it on speaker phone so the 'helpful' person can hear just how helpful the rest of the VZ system is. They are generally speechless at this point.
I have discovered that there is software out there that VZ CAN USE to look at your MiFi and see what IP addresses are using it as an access point. The best I can understand, there may be LARGE NUMBERS of IPs coming thru his MiFi(1). A Trojan can create this scenario, apparently even with Norton running and Web Root as well.
I have other thoughts, questions that I'd like to suggest, but SERIOUSLY, VZ should be doing this, not me!!! Working thru multiple 'helpers' that are NOT helpful at all and using my 87 yr old Dad as my 'hands on' trouble shooter is a REAL CHALLENGE!!!! His car has broken down in the process of one of the trips to town for help and now his younger sister is hospitalized with a stroke, his girlfriend is ill in bed. SERIOUSLY, I hope HE survives this!!!

Yeah! I'll tell you like I told all of the many Verizon reps. First, my JetPack is secure. Of course anything can be hacked. Second, I live in the middle of ten acres. So do my neighbors. They are hundreds of yards away. Third, they have their own internet access. Fourth, I have checked how far this particular JetPack can broadcast. It just barely gets to the thirty-foot that Verizon advertises. Fifth, my neighbor has the Verizon JetPack service and they can't get my signal, and I can't detect their signal. The other neighbors have Hughes and one has a direct feed DSL service from AT&T. Two have Verizon JetPack service. One told me she had usage at 5:00 a.m., 11: a.m., 5 p.m., 11: p.m. for several days. She called Verizon. They investigated and said they would take care of it, that it was a timing problem and it was on Verizon's side. She said it cleared up. But the times of usage were still wrong.
Read the posts. I went 2.34 GBs into overage on the first 24 hours of usage in my billing cycle, Nov. 21. My plan is 14 GB. So I used 16.34 GB in 24 hours. I haven't used that in any month previously.
Other posters have similar stories. One said a family member left Verizon's employment because he got tired of lying.
I was told by the Verizon rep. that if I went to the shared data plan of 14 GB from my 10 GB, that overage rates would change from $10 for 1 GB, to $10 for 2 GB. Turns out that I was outright lied to. The email from Verizon on Thanksgiving Day at about 6:30 a.m. said I had exceeded my usage of 14 GB by 2.34 GBs and each additional GB was $15. Surprise.
I am going to write a letter to Mr. Lowell McAdam, President and CEO of Verizon Wireless because, like you, I don't think he knows Verizon is taking unfair advantage of their customers. (Public knowledge moderator.) I have already filed an FCC complaint, but don't expect anything to come out of that.
One poster having similar problems with her 86-year-old fathers JetPack is concerned about his health during this stressful time. Somebody at Verizon needs to wake up! I am 70, and it's stressful enough for me. I am making a compilation of all these posts and letters and will send them to my son to see what action he would advise me to take. He's a lawyer. Has a few friends that are lawyers also. Wade.

MiFi Data Usage Analysis?

Our monthly data usage continues to explode and there doesn't appear to be a way to figure out what is driving the amount of data... Verizon has a data usage report that shows GB/MB at certain times of the day, but those times apear to be "groupings" of data usage vs. actually coinciding with actual usage. For example, if one son is doing XBox-Live thru the MiFi, while his mom is "Skyping" with a friend at a similar time, how can I know what's driving the most data? We live in a rural community with no cable, no DSL, no FIOS, no nothing - except HughesNet Satellite (which still is too slow and not recommended for XBox-live type usage anyway) or the MiFi. But I want to figure out what types of usage drive the highest amounts of data, and the Verizon analysis tools don't seem to help. Anybody have any recommendations?

Hello,
To understand the actual impact of your data usage habits you will have to conduct some experiments. First step is to isolate each type of usage by itself when no one else is using the MiFi. Check your data usage to get a baseline. Consume that data for an hour or so to get a good sample. When you are done check with Verizon again over the next 30 minutes to see how much your data went up (data reports are delayed). Rinse and repeat for any application you are concerned about. I'd suggest doing this for each application at least 3 times so you can feel confident in your results. Skyping may be hard to do for an hour so I would suggest testing everything else first and applying what is left as your Skype data consumption.
That being said I would assume that Skype would be your biggest data drain. Streaming audio and video definitely are the best ways to chew through a data plan at any given time. Although you may suspect Xbox to be the same each game is different. Some games only send small pieces of information across the Internet and are very data plan friendly. Other games that stream the entire game across the Internet are not.
Trial and error and the process of elimination are your friends. Given enough data you will be able to gauge your own usage habits and stay on top of your bill before it blind sides you at the end of the billing cycle.
Example of Good Habits:
Avoid Video, use low def options if necessary
Avoid Streaming music, use low def options if necessary
Avoid High-res pictures, use low def options if necessary
Close down your applications when you are done using them
Disconnect from the device when you are not using it
Check in on your usage frequently until you understand what impact your habits have on the plan
Turn off automatic updates for any programs or services
Secure your device by changing the default connection credentials to custom values

In terms of data usage, is it equal to use my phone as a hot spot to using a jetpack mifi?

In terms of data usage, is it equal to use my phone as a hot spot as the jetpack mifi?

There's that darn ninja again.

Crazy data usage suddenly on Mifi! 10gb in one day?

I noticed earlier this month that I got a notification for my data usage only about 10 days into my plan and thought it was unusual, but as my son had been streaming a music video I increased my plan, downloaded said video and disconnected his computer from wifi. Then, 3 days ago I get another notification and tell my son to no longer play games on his iphone and increase my plan yet again. Today, I get another notification (son at school and wifi on his phone and computer are off) and I increase, yet again to 40GB!!! I then go around and see what is connected to wifi, our ipad (which was only on a kindle book, not a game or surfing internet, nothing unusual), our Hopper from Dish (which I then disconnected, we do not stream as 4g is too slow and we don't want to use up our data) and turn off the wifi on 2 other iphones (that were running nothing in the background, but did it just in case). I then almost immediately get an alert that I am at 77% of my new data plan (30.8 gb now) and I begin working on an excel spreadsheet with nothing running on my computer. A couple of hours later I am at 90% of my data and now, as I write this message, I have gotten 2 more alerts saying that I am now over my 40 gb, so that would be at least 10gb of data used just in the last 6 hours! A few hours ago I chatted with a Verizon chat and she said that it could be my phones, ipads, hoppers, basically anything but they cannot tell what, I disconnected everything except this computer and restarted the mifi. Something is clearly wrong. They want me to turn it off every night for the next week before they will open a problem ticket but at this rate my bill is going to be absolutely insane! I haven't changed any of my habits from the last year, other than what I mentioned earlier this month so I am completely baffled. Help!
See my log:

I have had VERY high data usage. 3GB in a few hours time. Verizon help line could not figure it out. I had a Verizon Jetpack 890L. I up graded to a newer model Verizon Jetpack MiFi 6620L in the middle of November. Data usage when even HIGHER! I noticed HIGH data usage in August of 2014. The HIGH data continued in September, October, and November of 2014. The newer Jetpack MiFi 6620L used even MORE data!
Verizon tech support was not much help. They wanted to know if I had changed the Jetpack password and they thought that someone was using my Jetpack WiFi. The problem is I live in a VERY rural area. My nearest neighbor is MORE than a mile away. My wireless network connection does not show ANY OTHER users! I still changed my password on the Jetpack. I normally change my passwords on a monthly basis. These changes made NO DIFFERENCE in my HIGH data usage. They also asked what was connected to my Jetpack. I have a phone by another provider. I DO NOT use the phone with the Blue Tooth or WiFi on my Jetpack . It's NOT needed for a clear phone signal. I only have my laptop (HP Pavilion) connected to the Jetpack. I have connected my printer by cable and don't even use the wireless printing functions. STILL NO CHANGE IN DATA USAGE!
The Verizon tech also suggested that I have an Internet Security and Antivirus software. I have used Norton Internet Security and Antivirus software for a decade or more without any problems. The tech suggested that maybe that was the problem. NOT! He felt that the Cloud setting maybe using all this data. I use Norton 360 with the Norton Zone Cloud. I DID NOT receive ANY FIXS from Verizon!
I also called Norton who provides my Internet Security and Antivirus software. I had been running these packages on an on going basis. I had not shown ANY threats or problems in the past year or more. I had the tech go over my settings to make sure that they were not the problem of HIGH Data Usage. My Norton Zone or Cloud settings were average without any high drain. He asked that I go back to Verizon!
I finally have found that I may have had Malware that was in my software. I used Malwarebytes. It works well wth my Norton 360. It has slowed my high data usage BUT NOT ELIMANATED the problem. Malwarebytes is a free service. You can also download it for free. You can purchase advance or premium packages on the internet and at some stores if you want a hard copy. It's always worth a try!
At this point I have run out of options!

MiFi: Does data transfer within the home network count as data usage

I want to use a MiFi with a wireless surveillance system, which can record 100s of GBs of video per month. If I send video to a PC all on the same network, does that count as data usage?

Traffic sent over the local network will not be counted against your MiFi/data plan. VZW charges for all traffic that is sent over thier wireless infrastructure/towers. If this your question is then that is the answer.
With that being said:
You can setup your cameras and disconnect the MiFi from the VZW network. There is a Disconnect button on the main page of the router admin page that allows you to do it. This would enable you to maintain the local network and confirm that the security system will work offline. After you confirm your camera to computer network is working you can reconnect it to VZW and see if you can access the computer / camera over the web.
As a local router the MiFi will perform just fine with your cameras and computers. There are certainly better routers you can purchase for that function but thats another subject. Its when you try to make your devices available over the internet where most people have problems. Since the MiFi is a 4G capabile device it is tied into the new SIM card and NAT network. In most cases public IP addresses are not assigned or accessible on the MiFi. This makes it very difficult to get through to your devices from a remote location (as I assume you want to do). Most users on this forum have not found a way around it other than reverting back to an older model like the MiFi 2200.

MIFI 2200 usage

Can you please tell me how i can find the usage on a given day? FYI,I connect to the web via selection of the MIFI 2200 on the"airport" (mac) and have put the password into my key chain, so nothing pops up,and goes directly to the web (if i have made myself clear)
I have also connected to my USB but don't understand the options.
Thanks

If you visit your MyVerizon account on the Verizon Wireless website or if you look around in the VZAccess Manager for a usage section, I think you should be able to see the data usage on a daily basis. If not, at least you can find your overall data usage for the billing cycle. I'm on a MiFi 2200 right now on vacation since the other connection I have access to is disconnecting constantly, and I know that visiting http://192.168.1.1/ shows the data usage since the last time the MiFi was rebooted.
I use the above address since I do NOT have any Verizon software on my PCs. I'm running the MiFi in Wi-FI mode.
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MIFI data usage is up to 9.61 GB in just two weeks

It appears my e-mail downloads are using up 10 GB. What can be done? I know I have far too many e-mails. Could you tell me how to transfer or delete these email so that they are not downloading each time I open up my e-mail account.
Midori Tani (559) 284-6167

If you have an IMAP mail account, you do not have to download the whole file each time, instead select to only synchronize either xx emails or days.
See info here:
* https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/imap-synchronization#w_configuring-synchronization-and-disk-space-usage
If you have a gmail mail account, do not subscribe to see the 'All Mail' folder as it is gmails arhive of all of your emails, so that folder will double the size of your download.
See info on unsubscribing and removing All Mail folder from Thunderbird.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_Gmail_with_Thunderbird_and_Mozilla_Suite
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MIFI 2200 usage not updating

Well, unlike a lot of post on here we are pretty happy with Verizon as a viable alternative for ISP - formerly with Hughes satellite - cost a fortune to get installed - two service calls for $300.00 apiece convinced us to ditch then!
Our only complaint is the caps on usage - had to upgrade from the 5GIG plan to 10GIG - kinda pricey.
But the problem now is that our usage, usually updated daily, hasn't been updated since 12/22/2010.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks! (and Happy New Year)

Thanks. I have a contact open with Verizon - just wanting to see if anyone else was experiencing this. Maybe we should take advantage of this; Verizon said if the problem wasn't fixed by end of cycle they would no-charge any overage <LOL>.
Strange that it would take this long to fix such a problem.

Mifi billing usage question

Dumb question... But if just leave my Mifi on all the time acting as my in house wifi.. I'm only billed if i'm actually on right? It's not considered "on" unless I'm actually searching or whatever right?

Dear Skyline,
Good afternoon. I am sorry to hear you are looking to change carriers. We value you as a customer and certainly do not want to lose you. What's making you want to change carriers? Is there anything we can help with?
When cancelling service, it is always set to cancel at the end your bill cycle date. This is to to avoid any overage that may be caused by a prorated bill. Verizon Wireless bills a month in advance, so you have already been billed for service up until the end of the current bill cycle. This will allow your final bill to have a zero balance as long as there is no overage or cancellation fee.
Please let us know if there is anything we can help with in retaining our wireless relationship for many more years to come.
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Will transferring data between computers over mifi's wireless network be counted as data usage?

I know it SHOULDN'T be counted but I wouldn't put it past a cell phone company to considered that data usage as well.
If anyone knows for SURE i'd appreciate it.

Hello Maxatv,
I want to make sure you don't have to worry about any data overages or additional monies. The only time your data is being utilized is when your device is connected to the Verizon Wireless network. Sending and reciving data is when it will use your allowance.
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4510L mifi will not allow a 2nd pc to connect when only one pc is already connected (past usage we have had multiple connections with no problem - cann't do that now????)

Returned to an area where we had used the mifi routinely (most of the time 4g) with no connection issues last year. Couldn't connect a 2nd pc once another one was connected, so upgraded the firmware to most recent version. ----- no help! Still can only connect one pc at a time. What are possible problems??

Thanks for the comments John,
This a very confusing issue. Just this morning I was trying to connect PC1 to the jet pac. Even with PC2 and our tablet turned off and doing multiple reset of the jet pac I could not connect. So I shut down PC1, tried with with PC2 (both PCs run windows7) and PC2 connects just fine. OK, then I tried the tablet. Lo and behold the tablet connected - with the PC2 still connected - both would work (as they are suppose to) for the first time in the last 2 weeks. Then I close PC2, and try PC1 - it connects, no reset, no nothing, just reconnects (like it is suppose to). Talk about loosing my cool!!!!! At least the mifi is working now, but how in the world can I troubleshoot this system when the malfunction is inconsistent???????

Mexico Roaming Data Charges and MiFi Hotspot Wireless

Hi,
I've been a Verizon customer for many years. I've used their PC Card and the unlimited data plan for my computer. I often travel near the border, Detroit, MI ... Niagara Falls, NY ... Laredo, TX ... Del Rio, TX ... El Paso, TX ... Nogales, AZ ... Calexico, CA ... San Diego, CA ... often. In the VZAccess Manager, the software used by the computer to connect, I have roaming disabled. Recently I upgraded to the MiFi and love the ability to have my laptop and my wife's connected at the same time. Recently near the Mexico border, the first time since having the MiFi, I checked my online Verizon usage and didn't see any mention of Mexico. There's nothing in any user manual about how to disable roaming specific to the MiFi, so I took that to mean that since the VZAccess Manager's settings controlled the MiFi while connected via USB, the settings also applied while wireless. They don't. I have since logged into the MiFi itself the way you would any WiFi router and there are no settings for roaming. I called Customer Service. They said there is no way to disable roaming when using it as a wireless hotspot ... and for me to "remember" to connect to just one computer with the USB cable. I intend to do that, but some people do forget ... traveling in an RV through El Paso ... just driving through ... you're close to the border. Be sure and remember to change your habits and stop using the MiFi as a wireless hotspot. I have charges for roaming in Mexico when I did not go to Mexico ... and did not know I was roaming.
My billing cycle isn't for two more days. They couldn't assure me today that all charges would be reversed ... not until the billing cycle. I would certainly hope they reverse all charges ... even if in the hundreds ... and they ought to have better safeguards rather than charge you for roaming in Mexico when you're not in Mexico. There should be a pop-up, a warning, something a user has to do to authorize the connection ... when you're not even in Mexico, but instead you are in a US city with a strong Verizon signal. If it already has a good US signal, why would it switch to a roaming signal anyway, even if that roaming signal is slightly stronger? Why roam if a strong "home" signal is available anyway?
I haven't been told that all my charges will be reversed ..., but at least I can alert you, if you use the MiFi as a HotSpot, it could switch to roaming even if you have a strong "home" signal and even if you have not crossed the US border. There is no way to stop this when using it as a HotSpot ... and you are not alerted at all unless you notice the light ... and have been told that a solid blue means roaming ... and you "remember" to check. I never noticed the blue light ... can only assume since the manual says so, that the light was blue at some point. But I never noticed it. I know now that light should be checked ... and I know now that the USB connection should be used anytime close to the border. I know that now. But people do forget. There should be some safeguard. VZAccess Manager has the ability to disable roaming and then you don't need to remember. The MiFi should should also have that ability. And actually, they shouldn't allow roaming when a home signal is available ... and even if you have roaming enabled and you cross a border, there should be a pop-up, flag, or alert of some kind where the user has to authorize the connection.
Hope this helps someone avoid this. And I hope they reverse all the charges ... even if in the hundreds.
Thank you,
Tony McCanless

Yep, I've been charged for it. They still claim that with roaming turned off, apps will bypass this and use data anyway.
"Some data applications and data functions including email updates will
still work in the background even if the iPhone data roaming is switched
off but not in direct physical use by you and this data roaming usage
would appear as it is working on the device without any warning.
The device could be using data that you don't necessarily know is being
used, for example, embedded rich content in emails can generate
significant volumes of data both ways. The email application is a likely
source of most of that data usage."
So it would seem that the "data roaming off" facility is a bit misleading, as it's not actually turning data roaming off. Apparently.
Thanks for the info Meg.

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