Wireless Joint

So with the updated ttl_mod script do we just make that script and comment out the TTL mod section of the script in fw_rules or do they both need to run? My Verizon tablet plan continues to use hotspot data and Circle keeps turning itself off so I'm trying to figure out what I'm doing wrong ...

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What you describe is standard deprioritization. This will be worst during the most congested periods of the day. Try testing at 3AM vs. 8PM or at the very start of your next billing cycle vs. midway through a month. All other things being constant (band/tower/signal strength), this will confirm it.