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Brandon Tyson
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@alexhall For scenario 3, were the updates already downloaded? It doesn't make a difference if the updates are already pending reboot. Also, the connection isn't actually restricted unless you actually put in a data limit.

Alex Hall
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@BTyson I don't know if they were downloaded, as this was a few years ago. And even if a metered connection isn't restricted by default, most people would see "metered" and assume it is. The solution is valid, but you asked why more people don't use it. I'm guessing that's part of why.

@alexhall That makes sense. Do you suspect that people might think there's an arbitrary restriction set when they see "metered connection"?

Alex Hall
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@BTyson Yes, exactly. Maybe there's a data cap, maybe it will run more slowly, maybe something else. But being metered implies some sort of restriction, at least to me. I suspect others feel the same.

Brandon Tyson
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@alexhall That makes sense. I personally haven't had anything like that happen. You definitely can set a data limit, but you don't have to, and the speeds seem to be the same.

Brandon Tyson
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@alexhall That's true, but I created a registry file to make all future connections metered to not have to set it all the time. They might not have that documented.

Alex Hall
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@BTyson That's a good way around the problem. I didn't think of that.

Brandon Tyson
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@alexhall An interesting thing that happened with this a few years ago, Microsoft did this thing where if your version of Windows 10 hit end of service, they would give you the update assistant automatically, and it detected my network as metered and said something to the effect of that a 5 gb download would happen in the background, and gave me a download button. When not on a metered network, it just did it anyway.