Without a script, you could just open the Windows Firewall control panel, and 
under “outbound rules” just Select All -> Disable.

Though re-enabling would be a bit of a pain unless you knew which ones you 
wanted, so sorting by Status first might be useful 😊

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Greg Wood
Sent: Monday, 8 January 2018 5:30 PM
To: ozDotNet <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [OT] Internet use on 4G LTE

Hi Tony, All,

I used to have a script on a mac to enable/disable EVERY piece of traffic on my 
computers firewall that wasn't just chrome - I can find it if anyone wants a 
copy.

So at a place like Thailand you could run it before you connected and only 
chrome(or other browser) was allowed in/out.

I just had a look about for a windows PowerShell one but couldn't find an 
equivalent. This might help in the future if you had a list of allowed 
programs/ports to stop all the background chatter.

There are probably apps out there but i think I would rather know exactly what 
is running to stop/allow items




Greg Wood
e: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
t: +61417044439


On 4 January 2018 at 01:36, Tony Wright 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi guys,

On holiday at the moment in Thailand, and I purchased 4GB of data on a local 
mobile network for the princely sum of A$6. I managed to use the entire amount 
in about 2 hours and I can't figure out how, because I was mostly just browsing 
the web.

I took a look at the logs and it shows:
03/01/2018

17:49:53

internet

AIS

7

0.00

03/01/2018

17:50:53

internet

AIS

1,615,783

0.00


So in about 1 minute, it apparently managed to download 1.6GB of data. So my 
first thought was, perhaps windows update downloaded some data, or onedrive 
perhaps (although I haven't put anything on onedrive lately.)

Either way, 1.6GB of data is extraordinarily high. So I think I have to call BS.

My understanding is that the top speed of 4G LTE is 50Mbps, so the minimum time 
in perfect conditions to download that amount of data would be 4 minutes, and 
in usual conditions, it would probably take about 20 minutes.

Just hoping someone can confirm it for me before I potentially go and embarrass 
myself.

Do I have it right?

Kind regards,
Tony

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