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That's gonna be quite the bill when the device does eventually disconnect...
I'd expect it to bill you for the extra data retroactively. (otherwise people would just save all the heavy downloads for the end of the month) I'd also expect it to calculate usage regularly as well as upon disconnect, so this plan wouldn't really work.
If this is really what you want to try though: take a rpi, open a Screen for a persistent terminal, run 'ping google.com' and disconnect from that screen (leaving it to endlessly ping google, at least until it's restarted).
I'm guessing I don't need a new fancy rpi and I can use an older model?
Oh I should have added that the base data is part of my rent. I don't get charged anything until I manually book more data. The way I found out about the loophole is because someone else has been accidentally using it for years now. So I think I'm pretty save.
Na, pretty much anything that'll run linux will do.
Seriously, expect a bill and/or permanently cutoff service when it is discovered.
Alright thanks, I'll just see this as an experiment. I expect the bills to come in any day. It's worth it either way.