DID I BREAK THE RECORD? mobile data via android handset

[Raptor]

That's the exact reason that AT&T puts a cap on their usage... And the same reason that Sprint will follow.

Yes indeed! A while back I was hassled for wanting a larger uSD card to hold my music with the argument that I don't need to have the music on my phone because I should be streaming. Why eat bandwidth when you don't have to.

Sooner or later we will all be paying for the data we use (metered billing) and it can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. If everyone or even a goodly number of people ate data like the OP then phone service would totaling suck because the bandwidth hogs would bog the system to a crawl. Streaming music is the most obvious thing that eats data for no particular good. If you own the music why not bring it with you and NOT eat bandwidth streaming.

Movie and TV shows will be another HUGE bandwidth eater and I don't see any good way around that short of dramatically increasing the storage on your phone to 100's of GB.

We need fewer people bragging about how much bandwidth they are eating!


Brian

 

[illwood]

Yes indeed! A while back I was hassled for wanting a larger uSD card to hold my music with the argument that I don't need to have the music on my phone because I should be streaming. Why eat bandwidth when you don't have to.

Sooner or later we will all be paying for the data we use (metered billing) and it can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. If everyone or even a goodly number of people ate data like the OP then phone service would totaling suck because the bandwidth hogs would bog the system to a crawl. Streaming music is the most obvious thing that eats data for no particular good. If you own the music why not bring it with you and NOT eat bandwidth streaming.

Movie and TV shows will be another HUGE bandwidth eater and I don't see any good way around that short of dramatically increasing the storage on your phone to 100's of GB.

We need fewer people bragging about how much bandwidth they are eating!


Brian

I understand your point, but the phone companies aren't saints either. . .

I remember seeing a calculation done looking at text message pricing (without a text inclusive plan) and for the 10 cents a message of only 160 characters, the $/byte was more than it costs NASA to download data from the Hubble telescope in outer space.

I would also say that without demand, infrastructure wouldn't be updated.

 

[Darth Mo]

Yes indeed! A while back I was hassled for wanting a larger uSD card to hold my music with the argument that I don't need to have the music on my phone because I should be streaming. Why eat bandwidth when you don't have to.

Sooner or later we will all be paying for the data we use (metered billing) and it can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned. If everyone or even a goodly number of people ate data like the OP then phone service would totaling suck because the bandwidth hogs would bog the system to a crawl. Streaming music is the most obvious thing that eats data for no particular good. If you own the music why not bring it with you and NOT eat bandwidth streaming.

Movie and TV shows will be another HUGE bandwidth eater and I don't see any good way around that short of dramatically increasing the storage on your phone to 100's of GB.

We need fewer people bragging about how much bandwidth they are eating!


Brian

You do realize that if you don't use gobs and gobs of data, metered billing is going to be better for you cost standpoint?

While it's nice to never have to worry about how much data you're using, am I the only one that is slightly irked that I have to pay the same amount for data as someone that uses 15-20 (I average around 1.5 GB/mo) times as much? Doesn't seem fair to me.

And nothing against the OP, it's unlimited so have at it. But I would much prefer to be charged for what I use, not what I could theoretically use.

Before anyone says it, I do use the crap out of my phone, I just happen to be in a WiFi range 80% of the time.

 

[KSmithInNY]

This sounds like a challenge!!!!!!!

I'm calling Sprint now to sign up j/k I'm not BUT i think it would be a great idea for some people who are actually paying for the wifi hotspot feature (NOT ROOT USERS ON BARNICLE OR WIFI TETHER) to ring out in this thread and let us know how much data you're using.

Oh, and no fibbing. Pictures or it didn't happen!

 

[81]

that's a **** ton of data. the gf typically runs right around 2 gigs with alot of streaming radio.

i typically run 1-1.5 gigs.

 

[d3xn2o]

Damn This is making my 25gigs so far seem so insignificant


I'll Hit between 32 - 35 before the month is out but geez dude...


LETS GO FOR 50!!!!

 

[sveilien]

i gotta admit i always look forward to whatever you gotta say. when i get up to jersey city sometime, we gotta hit a bar next few months from now hopefully

i dont think some people are doing what they are paying for and that is unlimited, look at explainthefee.com reply from sprint and BBB

Re: BBB Complaint #######, ----- ------
Sprint Nextel Account #########
Sprint Nextel Case ######

Dear BBB,

The inquiry referenced above has been forwarded for our review. We appreciate your assistance in bringing our customers' concerns to our attention.

In his correspondence, Mr. ******* expressed his dissatisfaction with Sprint Nextel's policy regarding the $10.00 premium data add-on associated with the new HTC EVO handset. According to Mr. *******, he feels it is an unfair business practice for Sprint Nextel to configure the aforementioned add-on associated with the HTC EVO if he is not even in a 4G coverage area to take advantage of coverage and service.
Please note that Sprint Nextel has reviewed Mr. *******'s concerns thoroughly and appreciates his feedback regarding the $10.00 premium data add-on associated with the HTC EVO. However, the $10.00 premium data add-on is not a charge for 4G service. The $10.00 premium data add-on is for unlimited data usage while in 3G/4G Sprint network area. The aforementioned add-on represents the rich data experience that HTC EVO 4G provides whether in 3G or 4G area on Sprint's network with applications such as QIK, Sprint's TeleNav, Google Maps and Sprint Football Live, in addition to updated websites like YouTube, ESPN and Google.com.
If Mr. ******* does not agree with the $10 premium data add-on associated with the HTC EVO, Sprint Nextel also offers handsets such as the HTC Hero, Samsung Moment, (with Android 2.1) Palm Pre, Samsung Instinct, Instinct S30, and the Instinct HD with one of our Simply Everything plans associated with data starting at $69.99 per month. Please be advised that the $10.00 premium data add-on is not associated with the aforementioned devices. Information regarding handsets, requirements, price plans, etc can be located at Cell Phones, Mobile Phones & Wireless Calling Plans from Sprint.

If I may be of further assistance with this matter, please contact us by calling the Sprint Executive & Regulatory Services Department toll-free at 1-###-###-#### or you can contact me directly at (###)###-####. We are available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central Time.

Sincerely,

*******
Executive Services Analyst

I had Unlimited Data on my Pre, so $10/mo extra is for super unlimited for my EVO? One way or another, there is devious marketing/business practices here.

 

[plainbrad]

This is why I switched to Sprint. No caps and no throttling.

 

[rizorith]

dude, you make me sound like a douchebag did you read my post?

i am paying for mobile hotspot, not like im using rooting to get my hotspot needs

i am using my phone and my laptop?

If you're paying for it and it's unlimited, I don't see anything wrong with taking advantage of it. For what it's worth, I think I used like 300 megs but just recently got a reason to get hotspot (first laptop, really!) so that is going to go up but not too much since it's just for mobile browsing and such.

 

[r-nice]

Ok.

 

[AdamC]

Awe. I've used 617,129kb this month. Take my money Sprint! lol. Is there an app or setting so I can see what my total in/out is including wifi?

 

[r-nice]

Sprint considering a move to tiered data plans

 

[seraphemz]

Sprint considering a move to tiered data plans

It makes sense for me to charge people that dont use that much data less a month than a person like me that uses a lot.

 

[KSmithInNY]

Sprint considering a move to tiered data plans

People who are paying a $70 a month bill, plus $10 a month premium data, plus $30 a month tethering package ($110 total) are certainly not costing them money.

What i take from that goes like this .......

"AT&T is doing it and turning a profit, VzW is going to do it and I'm sure will turn a similar profit, why shouldn't Sprint"

My answer would go like this

"AT&T has exclusivity on the most popular phone in US history, VzW has one of the most loyal customer service bases you'll ever find for a mobile provider, and Sprint ..... well you've just begun to stop bleeding customers. You've sold all your towers. You have so many MVNO spin-offs it would take a math major to count them. Don't do it Dan "

 

[Pure87]

I say go on and continue to enjoy yourself. You are using what you paid for and you don't need to explain yourself to anyone on the internet.

That said, Holy GBs Batman!

 

[deaofly]

Well at least I'm NOT the only person who pays for the mobile hotspots feature. I feel its great and well worth the service. I have a tapped up box to my back room window, when I put my Evo in there with the charger, it gets 2 bars of 4g. I get about 4-5mbs with 1 - 2 bars of 4G service. I use it to stream HD movies to my Netflix roku box, and i play online with no problems on my PS3. I don't know how much i have used for Data but we both are good examples of Sprints 4g and hotspots feature to show we use it to the best of our advantage.

 

[jonathanlc2005]

I say go on and continue to enjoy yourself. You are using what you paid for and you don't need to explain yourself to anyone on the internet.

That said, Holy GBs Batman!

thank you! i think i explain myself because of 5 years of sprint sales

but with hesse saying tier data, then they really arent allowing the evolution of the PDA to co-exist. carriers are implimenting unlimited data which made the PDA market BOOM within 2006 to now. when the mogul came out, i was loving that and slingbox made me the tech savy that i am.

now the days of android, iphone, and soon to come windows 7... they want to stop unlimited data to make a profit, however say to BBB about unlimited data is included with the premium data fee. if they do end up going tiered then they are essentially breaking thier word with the BBB about the 10 dollar fee and is a breach in contract. they are also shooting themselves in the foot like att just did. if it wasnt for the iphone, im not sure what att would have became. but to be scared about tiered data is not on my watch because i have the everything shared, and PAY FOR 10+30 HOTSPOT with 4 lines of all PDAs (2 evos, 1 pixi, and 1 tour) for a total bill of nearly 300 a month. if they decided to say well 30 dollar hotspot is 5gb, then its a laughable mistake because then everyone would root including me. they are in the corner on this one like verizon because they could end up charging people like the evo, cancel unlimited and tier data but would end the PDA market, or just charge higher rates to make up losses. if sprint is worried about losing money from me, then they need to check the amount of profit i made them for 5 years and needs to check the low prices they charge for people on boost and virgin mobile. no way does it make sense for unlimited aircard data on virgin for 40 a month but you want to tier data on your main customer line.

sprint has evdo and 4g and started the PDA boom, just admit you didnt expect it to be this must data and accept your losses. 4g is slowly evolving anyways so lets wait and see till then but i doubt theres anything they can do for evo and epic users with that 10 dollar fee we have to pay.

but if your a webos, windows, blackberry, or palmos tether'er then your charging the company since your paying less then we are with more data.

heck, i remember when the pre came out some 50 year old guy said to me hes not sure he would buy it unless he could use PDAnet on his pre, i apploaded him for that one

 

[bnob99]

It makes sense for me to charge people that dont use that much data less a month than a person like me that uses a lot.

It would make sense if the carriers would still keep an unlimited option. Unfortunately we know how this game will play out just by looking at AT&T's pricing. If the carriers were really concerned about being fair then there would still be an unlimited option at AT&T instead they just want the extra cash.

I will leave Sprint in a heartbeat if they go to a tiered pricing structure similar to the other big boys. There would be no incentive to stay at that point. Might as well go to Verizon who has alot better coverage than Sprint if I'm paying the same. Their data prices are the ONLY reason I'm with them. Hopefully Sprint realizes how bad of a move that would be.

 

[Raptor]

Providing bandwidth cost the carriers money -- providing more bandwidth costs more -- that's just the way it is. So, as more and more people move to smart phones and then to more powerful smart phones the data use per customer will continue to increase.

SOOO, sooner or later the carriers will all switch to metered billing and everyone that's gotten comfortable streaming music and TV shows and downloading huge binaries of midget trany gangbang porno will find there monthly bill pushing well past $200 and maybe even 2X that. Better to NOT train yourself into bad and ultimately expensive habits now so you don't have to pay for it later.

Remember, there will be no way to root around the increased cost for metered billing and the heavy data users of today will be the ones that force the carriers to move to metered billing sooner. I do not wish to call the OP names, that's not my point, it is just that when I have to pay for someone else's heavy data use AND suffer reduced phone responsiveness I can't say the data hogs make me happy!


Brian

 

[deaofly]

I think they should have 2 options. Limited and unlimited if they went the way of atnt. I myself use a good bit, but others who dont can save a few bucks and just get limited.