Data plan, do I really even need it?

[Norwood]

Most of the time I am either connected to the wireless network here at work or my wireless network at home.

The only time I am using 3G is when I'm in the car driving from one place to the other...or if I'm at a store looking something up.

I wonder if I really need to be pumping Verizon with $30 a month on top of everything else.

I don't know if I'm a heavy data user, I installed the Verizon app that tells me my data usage, but it doesn't work while connected to a wi-fi spot.

I checked it's output, and I had apparently used quite a bit of data, but I don't think that's differentiating between what I do on 3G or Wi-Fi.

So I'm torn, do I drop this data plan or just keep it so that I don't get charged 400 billion dollars because some app is using constant internet usage. An occasional Facebook post, lots of text and/or SMS messages, and most of my usage outside of work and home is shopping. I collect comic books and figures, so I'm always using the barcode scanner and amazon search to see what things are selling for. That's about it as far I can recall.

So, has anyone dropped their dataplan and relied on Wi-Fi for most of their usage and been successful? Do you find yourself scaling back?

 

[RHChan84]

VZW will not allow you to have a Smartphone without a data plan. But you can lower your data plan to a $15/month data plan.

 

[keepnitreel]

VZW will not allow you to have a Smartphone without a data plan. But you can lower your data plan to a $15/month data plan.

The $15 data plan is no longer available for smartphones. it was a limited time offer that ended on 1/31/11.

Sent from my D1!

 

[RHChan84]

Ah, just like the $10 you save for adding a line if it's a smartphone.

 

[Super_Mario]

Doesn't matter if you want it or not, it's required. If you don't want to pay for it, time to get a non-smartphone.

 

[Menno]

If you have a smartphone, you need the data plan. the only choice for smartphone data (currently) is $30/mo

as for the widget, I'm pretty sure it only shows data trasmitted over 3g

 

[RHChan84]

Yup, only 3g only. Also it's not up to date. Sometimes it can take up to 24 hours to see it on your data usage amount.

 

[Norwood]

Well, so much for that!

Thanks for the info, folks. See ya out there!

 

[afbar1114]

Most of the time I am either connected to the wireless network here at work or my wireless network at home.

The only time I am using 3G is when I'm in the car driving from one place to the other...or if I'm at a store looking something up.

I wonder if I really need to be pumping Verizon with $30 a month on top of everything else.

I don't know if I'm a heavy data user, I installed the Verizon app that tells me my data usage, but it doesn't work while connected to a wi-fi spot.

I checked it's output, and I had apparently used quite a bit of data, but I don't think that's differentiating between what I do on 3G or Wi-Fi.

So I'm torn, do I drop this data plan or just keep it so that I don't get charged 400 billion dollars because some app is using constant internet usage. An occasional Facebook post, lots of text and/or SMS messages, and most of my usage outside of work and home is shopping. I collect comic books and figures, so I'm always using the barcode scanner and amazon search to see what things are selling for. That's about it as far I can recall.

So, has anyone dropped their dataplan and relied on Wi-Fi for most of their usage and been successful? Do you find yourself scaling back?

yo deff want the data pkg because if your n ot around wifi and want to `check your email u can and not have to worry about going over. also when you use google maps or the navi app it uses ur 3g a bit as well.

 

[afbar1114]

Yup, only 3g only. Also it's not up to date. Sometimes it can take up to 24 hours to see it on your data usage amount.

if i recall the new update that came down for the my verzion app as updated that issue and i think is current. if i am wrong let me know but check the change log.