It might be used as a hub for other devices via Amazon sidewalk [0]...

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Sidewalk

Seems that'd be easy to confirm, and also seems unlikely to be the reason because of the supposed limits in place.

> Customers can turn Sidewalk on or off at any time from Control Center in the Ring app or Account Settings in the Alexa app

> The maximum bandwidth of a Sidewalk Bridge to the Sidewalk server is 80Kbps, which is about 1/40th of the bandwidth used to stream a typical high definition video. Today, when you share your Bridge’s connection with Sidewalk, total monthly data used by Sidewalk, per account, is capped at 500MB, which is equivalent to streaming about 10 minutes of high definition video.

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luma 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Sidewalk is LoRA so I think we can be pretty sure it wasn't the source of GBs of data . Anyone freaked out about sidewalk's use of their internet connection hasn't looked at the numbers.

	▲	CharlesW 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		LoRa is Sidewalk's long-haul backup layer, but it uses a mix of BLE, FSK, and LoRa depending on the distance and data requirements. https://docs.sidewalk.amazon/introduction/

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tinix 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> Today, when you share your Bridge’s connection with Sidewalk, total monthly data used by Sidewalk, per account, is capped at 500MB, which is equivalent to streaming about 10 minutes of high definition video.

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jeroenhd 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I imagine it may contribute to data usage for some people, but from his Youtube videos I don't exactly get the impression this guy gets a lot of foot traffic near his house.