# Filter forwarded packets if on limited cellular plan

**URL:** <https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/filter-forwarded-packets-if-on-limited-cellular-plan/42730>\
**Category:** LoRaWAN Discussions\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/filter-forwarded-packets-if-on-limited-cellular-plan/42730 "2021-01-07T15:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/user_avatar/www.thethingsnetwork.org/kersing/32/44777_2.png) [@kersing](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/u/kersing)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 11:35pm UTC](https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/forum/t/filter-forwarded-packets-if-on-limited-cellular-plan/42730/13 "2021-01-07T23:35:20Z")

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> [@cslorabox](#):
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> baseline housekeeping traffic

That is about 12MB a month (looking at the monthly data usage of one of my remote gateways which services only a single LoRaWAN device which uplinks once an hour,)  
That gateway uses the Semtech UDP forwarder.

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