Data Usage

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 09:44 AM

After using the phone for a month now, verizon reports my data usage at 13GB no tethering just watching youtube videos and Ustream.
I can only imagine more once the thunderbolt is officially supports netflix.

What's your data usage at?

**zog1977** · 05-31-2011, 09:46 AM

wow, i thought my 6 gigs was alot

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 10:01 AM

I can only imagine once netflix reaches my phone that it will jump to 25GB...

**phoenixone** · 05-31-2011, 10:07 AM

84.5mb. I hardly use youtube, I don't watch movies. Just web surf from time to time when needed.

**DevTin23** · 05-31-2011, 10:09 AM

The most I have ever used was 5GB. That is ridiculous that you used 13GB

sent for my fantastic thunderbolt.

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 10:26 AM

I tend to watch youtube content that is more than 10minutes long, sometimes up to 30mins.

There would be no way I would survive in a Tiered Plan.

**VideoEngineerAJS** · 05-31-2011, 10:32 AM

I'm at about 3.5GB with 13 days left in my billing cycle. I average around 5GB a month and I use WiFi when I'm at home.

**TotalTech2020** · 05-31-2011, 10:47 AM

There is a widget called traffic monitor. I found that I had a few apps that were hogs and kept updating, I run my wifi a lot also so I'm at 5g wifi 1 gig wireless.

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by TotalTech2020

There is a widget called traffic monitor. I found that I had a few apps that were hogs and kept updating, I run my wifi a lot also so I'm at 5g wifi 1 gig wireless.

Can you list these apps?

Originally Posted by WebDevAnalyst

I'm at about 3.5GB with 13 days left in my billing cycle. I average around 5GB a month and I use WiFi when I'm at home.

Have to wait a few more months before I can calculate my average, as this is my first month with this phone.

**TotalTech2020** · 05-31-2011, 11:17 AM

Originally Posted by Raiden619

Can you list these apps?

Have to wait a few more months before I can calculate my average, as this is my first month with this phone.

Pulse (changed setting so only update on wifi)
Better youmail
Gotodo (fixed with settings)

**dhendriksen** · 05-31-2011, 11:24 AM

HOLY SMOKES! I thought I used the phone a lot, and I don't often exceed 1GB! I do have WiFi at work and home, but man.

I use navigation a lot. I browse the web. I have 7 email accounts. I sync all sorts of stuff, and I stay under 1GB.

13GB...I couldn't imagine. I'm going to be watching a movie on my slingbox app over 3G on a road trip this week, so it will be curious to see how much data that sucks down...probably a lot =)

**dpham00** · 05-31-2011, 11:39 AM

Probably 20-30gb/mo. I use Skype, so that uses a lot of bandwidth.

**kalopsia** · 05-31-2011, 11:50 AM

been about 1.6gb my two billing cycles, so some of you are ten times my total in two months for just one of your months?

GET OFF THE PHONES PEOPLE!

**VideoEngineerAJS** · 05-31-2011, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by kalopsia

been about 1.6gb my two billing cycles, so some of you are ten times my total in two months for just one of your months?

GET OFF THE PHONES PEOPLE!

I don't get even close to double digits in data, but I'm noticing now that I have a phone and a connection that is actually capable of doing almost the same stuff as my computer I don't even get on the computer when I'm at home unless I absolutely positively need to. It's so much easier to just grab my phone.

The only reason I end up with about 5GB instead of 10 or more is because I turn on WiFi while I'm at home since I have 20Mbps internet at home.

**kalopsia** · 05-31-2011, 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by WebDevAnalyst

I don't get even close to double digits in data, but I'm noticing now that I have a phone and a connection that is actually capable of doing almost the same stuff as my computer I don't even get on the computer when I'm at home unless I absolutely positively need to. It's so much easier to just grab my phone.

The only reason I end up with about 5GB instead of 10 or more is because I turn on WiFi while I'm at home since I have 20Mbps internet at home.

i was more or less singling out the 20gb-30gb ppl. that just seems like so much!

5gb isn't bad. 10gb is a little bad. 15gb is starting to get pretty bad. 20gb is just bad. 30gb is GET OFF THE PHONE!

**project.in.process** · 05-31-2011, 12:16 PM

wow.
um. maybe--big maybe--i'm up to like 2.5GB's this month?
previous month i think i was at like 3.5?

yow. well. at least i know i'm not in danger of being in that top 5%

edit: i'm on wifi @ home, so that's cushioning my impact. but now that i've got TVShowsStream back on my phone, i'm sure i'll be raising my usage while on lunch breaks

**paintdrinkingpete** · 05-31-2011, 12:23 PM

I was shocked to see mine was over 1GB, mainly because I'm on wifi >85% of the time.

I guess I'm not using it to the full potential!

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by paintdrinkingpete

I was shocked to see mine was over 1GB, mainly because I'm on wifi >85% of the time.

I guess I'm not using it to the full potential!

Hehe, I'm making sure to use the phone and the LTE network to it's full potential, plus I'm one who has slower internet than LTE, I dont consider 13GB bad for LTE maybe on 3G I could see it but since LTE is a whole lot faster it should be able to handle a bigger network load. (In my opinion)

**zog1977** · 05-31-2011, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by kalopsia

i was more or less singling out the 20gb-30gb ppl. that just seems like so much!

5gb isn't bad. 10gb is a little bad. 15gb is starting to get pretty bad. 20gb is just bad. 30gb is GET OFF THE PHONE!

and we wonder why verizon wont give us hotspot for free.

people just plain abuse it. there is no reason someone should use 30 gig a month with a smartphone.

**Raiden619** · 05-31-2011, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by zog1977

and we wonder why verizon wont give us hotspot for free.

people just plain abuse it. there is no reason someone should use 30 gig a month with a smartphone.

30 GB can be easily be obtainable with Netflix, if the standard movie is 2GB, it'll only take 15Movies to get that much.
Which can be a movie a day.. I see this possible..

**pennywise** · 05-31-2011, 01:09 PM

in 8 days I used 8GB. I don't have internet access at work so during my breaks I watch TV, HBO go and netflix on my Ipad. Once the mobile hotspot is gone my GB's will be going down because I wont be paying extra for that service.

**Rem** · 05-31-2011, 01:16 PM

Originally Posted by WebDevAnalyst

I don't get even close to double digits in data, but I'm noticing now that I have a phone and a connection that is actually capable of doing almost the same stuff as my computer I don't even get on the computer when I'm at home unless I absolutely positively need to. It's so much easier to just grab my phone.

The only reason I end up with about 5GB instead of 10 or more is because I turn on WiFi while I'm at home since I have 20Mbps internet at home.

I'm the complete opposite - if I'm at home and wanna stream video/music or do anything beyond, say, posting to Twitter or checking email, I jump on my laptop. I also turn wifi on while at home. Maybe this would change if I were in a 4G area? But yeah, here we are three weeks into my billing cycle and I haven't even hit 1gb.

**CaptDigB** · 05-31-2011, 01:20 PM

15gb with 22 days left in cycle but I won't use much when I get home in a day . I work 3 week away from home so I use a lot data for 3 weeks then hardly any for 3weeks.

**VideoEngineerAJS** · 05-31-2011, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by Raiden619

Hehe, I'm making sure to use the phone and the LTE network to it's full potential, plus I'm one who has slower internet than LTE, I dont consider 13GB bad for LTE maybe on 3G I could see it but since LTE is a whole lot faster it should be able to handle a bigger network load. (In my opinion)

I only have faster internet than LTE when it comes to the location of my house. I get LTE and decent speeds at home 5Mbps-7Mbps down, but not as fast as my home internet. When I am out and about I get faster than 20Mbps so I never use WiFi beyond my house.

Originally Posted by Rem

I'm the complete opposite - if I'm at home and wanna stream video/music or do anything beyond, say, posting to Twitter or checking email, I jump on my laptop. I also turn wifi on while at home. Maybe this would change if I were in a 4G area? But yeah, here we are three weeks into my billing cycle and I haven't even hit 1gb.

Well I'm staring at a computer all day when I'm at work, so I really don't like being tied to my laptop when I'm at home. I used to be on my computer all the time at home, but now that my living is made on a computer I usually just get on the boards or I may get on YouTube on my phone when I'm at home.

**Rem** · 05-31-2011, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by WebDevAnalyst

Well I'm staring at a computer all day when I'm at work, so I really don't like being tied to my laptop when I'm at home. I used to be on my computer all the time at home, but now that my living is made on a computer I usually just get on the boards or I may get on YouTube on my phone when I'm at home.

That part I understand - I sit in front of a computer for work all day, too. There are just certain things I'd rather do on a 13" screen than a 4.3" one, if the option's there. I am considering leaving the laptop behind when I go on vacation in a few weeks, though. Wonder how much of a spike that'll cause.