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Nighthawk M5 excessive data consumption
I've recently purchased a nighthawk m5 which is for 5g mobile broadband through our local telco Telstra.. For the first 3 months we’ve consumed our combined 580g data by the 3rd week?! Seems excessiv...
I would recommend to use the data limit setting in Windows 10/11 : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/set-your-data-limit-031dcc15-fa0f-ad39-8e60-634500585630
Do the same for your phone :
Iphone/Ipad : https://appletoolbox.com/control-limit-cellular-data-use-iphone-ipad/
Android: https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/2819524?hl=en
Keep also in mind that streaming in Full HD,4K consumes more data https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87
Try also to see for a firmware upgrade : https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/MR5000/MR5000_UM_EN.pdf (page 48 of this manual).