WiFi on and looking for network, on and looking for network

My WiFi is on and then looking for network and then on again for a little while and then looking for network and so on.
The result is a lot of waiting...
Very slow connection.
Is this normal

You seem to understand it. I believe that when you tether, you have a separate allowance (I believe mostly it is 2GB) aside from your normal data balance. When you tether, it automatically uses the 3G to tether, not the wifi and the data will be subtracted from your tethering allotment. When you use data on your phone, it is subtracted from your normal data allowance (the pool not reserved for tethering) but only when using 3G. If you are on wifi on your PHONE (not tethering) it won't subtract. Hope that sort of makes sense.

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