Patent ID: 8817763

Claim:
A network, comprising: a plurality of wireless mobile routers, each of said mobile routers comprising a wide area network wireless interface to access a cellular network provided by a predetermined cellular carrier, each said mobile router is operable to upload data and to download data via said cellular network, each said mobile router is operable to monitor said uploaded data and said downloaded data and to generate statistical data in quantifiable units of a type that the corresponding cellular carrier utilizes to bill for usage of said carrier's cellular network; at least one server coupleable to said plurality of mobile routers via said cellular network, said at least one server is operable to access billing data from said predetermined carrier for each of said mobile routers; each of said mobile routers automatically operates to upload said statistical data to said at least one server; and said server operates to compare said statistical data for each said mobile router to corresponding billing data to determine if there is a billing discrepancy.