We just spent a week in a little apartment without Wifi on the French Riviera, the longest I've ever gone without.

One night I talked Mrs. Fredd and myself into trying the $25 seven-day 200MB pass on my iPhone 6+. It sped things up nicely, but after I surfed for a couple of hours and played a few games of Words with Friends I got a notice that I'd used up 60% of my data. When I woke up the following morning I got a notice that the rest was gone.

We were literally driving home from SEA a week later when I got the message that my international data pass had expired.

I've never gotten a good sense of data use, and I've tried making a few adjustments since then, e.g. turning off Background App Refresh, but I don't know if there's anything else I'm missing.

Suggestions welcome! Please be gentle.