I would like to buy some JetPack device or whatever MiFi/personal WiFi device fits my need for my commute on the Long Island Rail Road. One thing I'm trying to figure out is whether I can limit the bandwidth of all connected devices. I hope to use the personal hotspot device to connect my laptop for work purposes and I can work with only 50 Kbps just fine. I would like to use a 1 or 2 GB data plan to control costs. I would prefer to avoid the hard limits on data usage that would stop me after a threshold is set. These limits are very inconvenient to administrate. For example, at the start of the billing period, on my phone, I typically set the warning limit to alert me at 200 MB of usage and set the stop limit to 300 MB. That helps me avoid using too much of my current 1 GB plan, too quickly in the first couple of days, which can happen very easily with 4G. But once I pass this mark, on say the 10th day, I have to adjust it to warn at 400 MB and stop at 500 GB, then adjust it again if I go over that. And then I have to remember to do it all over again at the start of the cycle.
I wouldn't have to do all of this if I could have the device limit bandwidth (speed) to 50 Kbps. If I could also have the personal hotspot block Windows Update, and a few other services, then the bandwidth should be plenty for my work. The main question here, however is the bandwidth. Does any JetPack model or any other alternative device allow me to throttle the speed like this? I make my speed calculation by taking into account the number of hours I know I will be connected per month on my commute and the size of my data plan.
Also, I have Windows 7. I understand that Windows 10 and maybe Windows 8.1 let users mark a WiFi connection as metered, but I don't have that and my company will not upgrade. Either way, the bandwidth limit is really the silver bullet here.
