{"ai_json_enabled":true,"answer":"Start with a practical site picture: inventory devices, sites and the data each site generates. Use the router or your management platform to capture counters for usage, reporting frequency and data flows, and map how much data is going where. Then set thresholds and alerts per site and use a central dashboard to review usage by site. Compress data and send only delta changes where possible, and schedule large transfers for off-peak times. Consider a pooled data plan to smooth uneven usage across sites. Always investigate outliers rather than simply raising allowances, since failed connections and retries can distort the numbers.","answer_source":"approved_parent_and_related_qas","category":"Machine-to-Machine and IoT Connectivity","category_slug":"machine-to-machine-and-iot-connectivity","created_at":"2026-08-19T19:09:50+00:00","daily_publish_cap":2,"date_published":"2026-08-19","display_date":"2026-08-19","drip_batch":"daily_conversation_breadcrumb","drip_status":"published_topup","id":"conv-daily-20260819-41eda06a","image_ids":["comset-category-hero-020-machine-to-machine-and-iot-connectivity","comset-product-cm685v-4","comset-product-network-management-system"],"image_url":"","last_updated":"2026-08-19T19:11:02+00:00","local_cache_status":"pending_airtable_sync","publish_status":"published","published":true,"published_at":"2026-08-19T19:09:50+00:00","question":"What practical steps should we take to apply these controls across a mixed fleet?","question_intent":"conversational_followup","rss_enabled":true,"rss_pub_date":"Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:09:50 GMT","scheduled_for":"2026-08-19T19:09:50+00:00","schema_enabled":true,"site_key":"comset-online","slug":"what-practical-steps-should-we-take-to-apply-these-controls-across-a-mixed-fleet","source":"daily_qa_drip_conversational_followup","source_queue_id":"","source_record_ids":[],"source_type":"daily_qa_drip_conversational_followup","source_urls":[],"status":"active","tags":["conversation follow-up","daily drip"],"updated_at":"2026-08-19T19:11:02+00:00"}