Add geofencing to disable cellular data

Originator:rmitchell
Number:rdar://11877690 Date Originated:7/15/2012
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:iPhone/iPod touch Product Version:6.0 (10A5338d)
Classification:Feature (New) Reproducible:Not Applicatble
 
15-Jul-2012 08:54 PM Rusty Mitchell:
Summary:
Add a geofencing setting in the Settings application so that the user can have cellular data disabled automatically in certain locations such as home or work where a reliable Wi-Fi connection is available. Cellular data should be reenabled automatically when leaving these locations.

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I have seen continued, unexpected cellular data usage during periods of time when at home or work when a reliable Wi-Fi connection is available. This is contributing to my wife, who is on a 200 MB data plan, consistently going over her data limit each month.

If cellular data was disabled and reenabled automatically based on location, this could help a lot of users attempting to avoid unforeseen data overages.

See this discussion on Apple's Support Communities site with over 490,000 views for additional user frustrations around data overages. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2450738?start=0&tstart=0

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