There are no options available, rather the dial up connections are not even showing in the "Network" tab of "Change PC Settings" in Windows 8.1. Need Urgent help as my apps and live tiles are consuming a lot of data and generating me some unexpected bill at the end of a month.

Hi,

Metered connections only work with Wi-Fi connections, Ethernet connections cannot be metered. What's the type of your network?

If your network connection is throug wireless, please provide as more as details for your problem.

Why is metering restricted to wireless connections? That sounds like one of the daftest design decisions ever.

The ISP charges the same for data no matter whether the user has a wireless LAN or an ethernet LAN. Its the connection from the router to the ISP that incurs the charge, not the connection from the PC to the router.

I originally posted this in the Microsoft Community forums:

When I connect my (tethered) 'phone to my Windows10 it shows up as an Ethernet connexion.

This connexion only has a limited free monthly data capacity (or zero when I'm abroad) so the last thing I want is for Microsoft Update to pump GB of data over it.

To prevent this I need to mark this as a metered connexion - but I can only find such an option on a Wifi connexion.

So where is this option for Ethernet connexions?

Alternatively, where is the Microsoft web-page to claim back any additional data charges I am billed for the "unauthorized" use of the network link?

but a Microsoft Service Engineer reckoned it would be better of in the Technet forums.

Personally I can't see why, given that the issue is a consumer one  There is no technical issue here at all - beyond Microsoft not appearing to know how people actually connect their systems.

This seems like an issue of (badly "thought" out) policy.

• Edited by Gordon Lack 10 hours 54 minutes ago

I originally posted this in the Microsoft Community forums:

When I connect my (tethered) 'phone to my Windows10 it shows up as an Ethernet connexion.

This connexion only has a limited free monthly data capacity (or zero when I'm abroad) so the last thing I want is for Microsoft Update to pump GB of data over it.

To prevent this I need to mark this as a metered connexion - but I can only find such an option on a Wifi connexion.

So where is this option for Ethernet connexions?

Alternatively, where is the Microsoft web-page to claim back any additional data charges I am billed for the "unauthorized" use of the network link?

but a Microsoft Service Engineer reckoned it would be better of in the Technet forums.

Personally I can't see why, given that the issue is a consumer one  There is no technical issue here at all - beyond Microsoft not appearing to know how people actually connect their systems.

This seems like an issue of (badly "thought" out) policy.

• Edited by Gordon Lack Wednesday, August 12, 2015 8:29 PM

I originally posted this in the Microsoft Community forums:

When I connect my (tethered) 'phone to my Windows10 it shows up as an Ethernet connexion.

This connexion only has a limited free monthly data capacity (or zero when I'm abroad) so the last thing I want is for Microsoft Update to pump GB of data over it.

To prevent this I need to mark this as a metered connexion - but I can only find such an option on a Wifi connexion.

So where is this option for Ethernet connexions?

Alternatively, where is the Microsoft web-page to claim back any additional data charges I am billed for the "unauthorized" use of the network link?

but a Microsoft Service Engineer reckoned it would be better of in the Technet forums.

Personally I can't see why, given that the issue is a consumer one  There is no technical issue here at all - beyond Microsoft not appearing to know how people actually connect their systems.

This seems like an issue of (badly "thought" out) policy.

• Edited by Gordon Lack Wednesday, August 12, 2015 8:29 PM

After upgrading to windows 10 home, that's exactly how windows update used up over 3 gigs of my paid mobile network traffic in a day (it's a 3G dial-up connection); and yes there is no option to set it as a metered connection - not even from the command line. It's costing people a lot of unwanted expenses; a friend of mine had a similar nasty surprise of finding his phone top up wiped put overnight. Now I don't dare to switch-on usb or mobile connection as windows keeps downloading stuff at speeds of up to 7 meg per sec - at MY expense!. It's a real disaster. Disabling windows update and all the other tricks do not seem to work. It's downloading non-stop from akamai technologies. Oh those windows 10 guys from microsoft. This kind of unthoughtful choices turns your otherwise fine products into disasters. The only thing to do now is to uninstalling the upgrade.