Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will let you limit bandwidth usage for updates

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The Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will offer new settings to reduce data usage to prevent going over your data limits.
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Although Windows 10 can dynamically adjust the bandwidth use to download and upload updates, if you don't set your network adapter as metered on a capped internet connection, you still can go over your data usage.
However, this is about to change with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update as Microsoft has quietly introduced the ability to specify the amount of bandwidth your device uses to download (and upload) system and apps updates, which can help you to avoid going over your data usage limits.

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