Mobile broadband

[olsyboy]

Hi

I am on Flex Prepay with a Mucis Pass odd on, however I am finding Spotify is using around 80-150mb a day. Spotify is included in the music Pass which is meant to give unlimited data.

Does this just mean I can carry on listening to music when my data has run out, or should it not be using any data at all?

Because it says "Participating apps will use a small proportion of plan data" which in my case is not true, it's a high proportion of plan data.

Thanks

[MikeHales]

@olsyboy

Are you using the Spotify app?

[olsyboy]

Hi @MikeHales

Yes. I am using the Spotify app.

Cheers

[MikeHales]

@olsyboy

Definitely give us a call on 777, if you're using the app and have the pass, shouldn't be getting data use from your plan.

Cheers

[olsyboy · Accepted solution]

Update for anybody interested.

It turns out that the data was being used because I was using Spotify through Android Auto, which is classified as USB tethering, which happens to be exempt under the Music Pass T&Cs, I am therefore going through 150mb per day listening to music on my commute.

Quite frankly, I find this ridiculous, it's not as if I am sharing my data with someone else's device, just using my car's speakers and the AA app which makes it safe to listen to Spotify whilst driving.

I really think this should be looked at, since the Music Pass allows unmetered data usage by connecting wirelessly to a speaker, which is essentially the same thing.

In the meantime I have to either come up with a work-around or cancel the Music Pass altogether

[MikeHales]

@olsyboy

Thanks for sharing the update