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@BogeysAndBlockchains I followed your advice and submitted the matter to Karrier One. Currently, no agreements appear to have been made with network providers in the Netherlands, but it seems they're working on rolling out other solutions that allow users to offload bandwidth. We'll just have to wait and see.
@BogeysAndBlockchains Just to be sure, I asked a member of the Staff team the following question in Discord:
[I would like to test the usage in my dashboard. You suggest using Wi-Fi to see the usage reflected on the dashboard. However, I found this in the HOTSPOT1 Documentation : "No Disruption to Existing WiFi Reassure property owners that HOTSPOT1 won't interfere with their existing guest WiFi. The system handles carrier offload traffic only."
So this is saying that the hotspot doesn't handle WiFi traffic at all, only carrier offload traffic. Does this mean that the only way to test the hotspot would be by using a mobile phone actually connected by 4G/5G at that moment ?]
Answer :
[You're right to flag that line, it's reassuring property owners that HOTSPOT1 won’t disrupt their existing guest Wi-Fi (meaning it won’t create interference). But the device does actively provide connectivity by offloading cellular traffic onto its Wi-Fi interface, that’s exactly how it earns rewards. In other words, testing via a mobile device connected with cellular while within Wi-Fi range is the correct way to see your dashboard reflect usage]
Unfortunately, the hotspot hasn't captured my 4G ‘test’ traffic yet, and certainly not any third-party traffic. Maybe it has something to do with my Dutch Telecom Provider : Ben.nl on the Odido network. In short, the exact operation of the hotspot is still not completely clear to me. So still quite a bit of homework to do.
