metered

Summary

A connection is metered when the user’s connection is subject to a limitation from his Internet Service Provider strong enough to request web applications to be careful with the bandwidth usage.

Property of apis/network_information/Connectionapis/network_information/Connection

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = connection.metered;

Return Value

Returns an object of type BooleanBoolean

Notes

As of 25 June 2014:

• Formal work on the Network Information spec has been stopped. The specification is now a W3C Note.
• Both Chrome and Firefox have shipped Network Information under an experimental feedback channel.

Related specifications

The Network Information API

W3C Note