What is the difference between cellular data being used on my phone and cellular data being used on my notebook? Data is data.

  • Billegh@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    If you’re using the built-in unmodified hotspot on pretty much all phones these days, mobile data for the hotspot goes through a different apn. Your phone requests data on one channel, while hotspot data goes through another.