Hi! Dmitry,
Very generous of you to respond. Mostly when I turn on my hotspot (I think it's a Novatel device) and connect to Mi-Fi Liberate, my Firefox receives a connection from Bing which comprises a huge screen-wide graphic--absolutely stunning photos daily but I don't want it at the cost of 10MB data usage. I have now learnt how to disable everything through my Windows 8 firewall, so the data usage has come down to about 5MB for a 2-3 minute connection while I hurriedly check my emails and try to kill the connection asap. I wish you or someone else could advise me how to achieve an internet connection through my hotspot without the need for starting up my browser. Then I could just open my Outlook without a browser and download my emails or send my outgoing emails while keeping my data usage to the barest minimum.
Jack Pujji