Data Usage Contest

[SFGiants 2010]

Now that we'll all have unlimited LTE and free Mobile Hotspot, let's see who can do the most damage on the shiny new LTE network.

I have a 1 hour train ride from San Francisco to Palo Alto and back mon-fri and I plan to stream videos the whole way there and back Also I'll have MLB At Bat streaming every night from 7pm until 10pm in class when Baseball season starts

 

[DJBeanPole]

I'll be streaming pr0n 24/7. You will not survive.

 

[Astromech]

R2D2 is hot.

 

[ASLgeek]

Can we stream Hulu yet?

 

[Forgetful]

Yay lets abuse the network, that way we're assured there will be strict tiered pricing and data caps/throttling in the near future.

 

[Geeksy]

8 devices, right? Yeah, I live in a male dorm. You guys shouldn't even try.

 

[DJBeanPole]

Yay lets abuse the network, that way we're assured there will be strict tiered pricing and data caps/throttling in the near future.

That is inevitable. The abuse... is satisfying.

 

[DJBeanPole]

8 devices, right? Yeah, I live in a male dorm. You guys shouldn't even try.

O rly? Well I live in a brothel. ZING!

 

[Geeksy]

O rly? Well I live in a brothel. ZING!

Therefore there's no need for your pr0n. Zing, zonged!

 

[DJBeanPole]

Therefore there's no need for your pr0n. Zing, zonged!

Aaaaargggghhhhh!

 

[rigorx]

You do realize there is a 2GB a month limit to mobile hotspot devices ? You only get unlimited LTE to the phone itself.

 

[Geeksy]

You do realize there is a 2GB a month limit to mobile hotspot devices ? You only get unlimited LTE to the phone itself.

Mobile Hotspot allows users to connect up to eight Wi-Fi-enabled devices to the nation?s fastest wireless network via an application available on the ThunderBolt by HTC. Mobile Hotspot will be included through May 15 for no additional charge.

I'm not sure where you're getting that 2GB cap.

 

[jmsdvs]

I will be streaming Jtv to test the speeds. The network will be bohhed up no matter what so might as well join in

 

[rigorx]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/67954-thunderbolt-thursday-waiting-room-here.html

"After May 15, customers may choose to activate Mobile Hotspot for $20 for 2 GB of data per month"

Unless I'm taking that the wrong way, it means you'd be able to route up to 2GB of data to other devices. And I assume it's not per connected device. I'll let you guys go for it and test it out. I'd rather keep my ESN clean and not in trouble, nor receive some crazy overage charges on my bill, for no real good reason. I assume VZW has thought out abuse of mobile hotspot prior to launching it.

EDIT: Maybe mobile hotspot will be wide open unlimited until May 15th ?

 

[DJBeanPole]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/67954-thunderbolt-thursday-waiting-room-here.html

"After May 15, customers may choose to activate Mobile Hotspot for $20 for 2 GB of data per month"

Unless I'm taking that the wrong way, it means you'd be able to route up to 2GB of data to other devices. And I assume it's not per connected device. I'll let you guys go for it and test it out. I'd rather keep my ESN clean and not in trouble, nor receive some crazy overage charges on my bill, for no real good reason. I assume VZW has thought out abuse of mobile hotspot prior to launching it.

That also makes it seems like you choose to turn it ON. Not turn it OFF... aka you won't have a surprise on your bill. But thats just how i read it.

 

[Geeksy]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-thunderbolt/67954-thunderbolt-thursday-waiting-room-here.html

"After May 15, customers may choose to activate Mobile Hotspot for $20 for 2 GB of data per month"

Yeah, but for 2 months it's going to be pure, unadulterated, 4G bliss.

 

[ASLgeek]

Won't you still be able to do that special trick to get free hotspot anyways?

 

[rigorx]

Yeah, but for 2 months it's going to be pure, unadulterated, 4G bliss.

We'll see. Again, I'm assuming they aren't dumb enough to leave it THAT wide open till May

 

[Geeksy]

We'll see. Again, I'm assuming they aren't dumb enough to leave it THAT wide open till May

Like they weren't dumb enough to tell BB that they'd sell it on Valentine's Day.

 

[rigorx]

Like they weren't dumb enough to tell BB that they'd sell it on Valentine's Day.

Way different situations. Anyway, good luck to all who want to be sucking up massive data.