# Setting up on remote hotspot, will it work

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/setting-up-on-remote-hotspot-will-it-work/12989>\
**Category:** Cameras\
**Created:** [December 31, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/setting-up-on-remote-hotspot-will-it-work/12989 "2018-12-31T02:19:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![sass2924](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90db22/32.png) [@sass2924](https://forums.wyze.com/u/sass2924)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/setting-up-on-remote-hotspot-will-it-work/12989/1 "2018-12-31T02:19:34Z")

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I’m not interested in being able to continually monitor the video. i just want to be notified if there’s sound or motion. Was thinking about getting a prepaid hotspot and trying to connect to it ( I’m not sure if there’s data usage if it’s on but if there is I’ll go a different route).

So has anyone connected to just a mobile hotspot?

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**Author:** ![jasongreb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/958977/32.png) [@jasongreb](https://forums.wyze.com/u/jasongreb)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2019, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/setting-up-on-remote-hotspot-will-it-work/12989/2 "2019-01-05T00:07:41Z")

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While I haven’t personally checked, I have gleaned from other comments that it will regularly ping out to AWS to confirm the Internet is still alive. Also, it will obviously use data any time it sends a video recording out. However, I don’t believe it will otherwise use copious amounts of data just sitting there. If it did, I would have probably noticed with my crappy DSL connection.