# How much data does the hub use?

**URL:** <https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-data-does-the-hub-use/11642>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 8, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-data-does-the-hub-use/11642 "2021-01-08T23:57:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![jflorencejr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@jflorencejr](https://community.tempest.earth/u/jflorencejr)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-data-does-the-hub-use/11642/1 "2021-01-08T23:57:33Z")

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Apologies, I’m sure this has been asked and answered, but I can’t find it. Expectations for monthly data use? (for those of us on measured data plans)

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**Author:** ![gizmoev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/gizmoev/32/941_2.png) [@gizmoev](https://community.tempest.earth/u/gizmoev)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-data-does-the-hub-use/11642/2 "2021-01-09T02:42:33Z")

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> [@Data use by Tempest + AIR station](https://community.tempest.earth/t/data-use-by-tempest-air-station/9569):
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> Some may wonder how much data is used by a Tempest station. I have a Tempest station on my RV. In addition to the Tempest sensor I have an AIR sensor for indoor measuring so my station will use a little more data than just a Tempest sensor only station so think of this as an upper bound on a typical Tempest station. I have my Tempest station tethered to a Netgear Nighthawk access point on AT&T. During the week shown there was no other device using the access point so this is only Tempest + AIR …

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**Author:** ![sunny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tempest.earth/sunny/32/16368_2.png) [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2021, 10:01am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/how-much-data-does-the-hub-use/11642/3 "2021-01-09T10:01:28Z")

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it uses about 1MB/h.
