How much data do people actually use?

[Almeuit]

Wow. How does someone go through that much data on a phone?

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Easy. Live video.

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[Nibs]

Great 4g signal in my appt. No need for internet service so I just tether. I still have unlimited so I'm safe. Movies and YouTube I'm guessing are the reasons for the high data use

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[ki11ak3nn]

I use between 5-8 GB. Mainly streaming music/videos. Browsing the Web. I try to use wifi as much as I can.

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[FaisDogg]

3-5 GB/unlimited

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[Raptor007]

Average month
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/10/4a6a5a8a.jpg

WTF and HOLY SH!T, what are you doing on that phone, wait don't tell me you are playing D&D on it

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[Google_Superuser]

I actually tried to use a lot of data this last month but still only managed about 600mb. I guess prevalent wifi makes it easy to keep data usage down.

 

[Linh321]

with all of this being discussed, is there a way to get the carrier from throttling you after you reached your data cap limit?

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[Raptor007]

If you are unlimited, you are unlimited. On Verizon though they are not as nasty about unlimited as say Sprint or T-Mo, ATT. Still the best way is to log out and log back in to whatever you were doing so you initiate a new connection if it suddenly starts to lag.

 

[Almeuit]

If you are unlimited, you are unlimited. On Verizon though they are not as nasty about unlimited as say Sprint or T-Mo, ATT. Still the best way is to log out and log back in to whatever you were doing so you initiate a new connection if it suddenly starts to lag.

T-Mobile is nasty about unlimited? How so? I am lost on that one .

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[karsdroid]

T-Mobile is nasty about unlimited? How so? I am lost on that one .

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thought i read where tmo throttles speeds after a certain gb on unlimited, or something like that.

update: checked tmo website, says no throttling, but caps tethering at 2.5gb.

 

[Almeuit]

thought i read where tmo throttles speeds after a certain gb on unlimited, or something like that.

On the old old plans yes. Their unlimited was throttled. They now have 3 tiers.



Tier 1 - 500 MB of data then throttled down to slow speeds. No overages ($) on data.

Tier 2 - 2.5 GB of data then throttled down to slow speeds. No overages ($) on data.

Tier 3 - Unlimited data. No throttle and no overages ($).

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[Central n ohios best]

Tier 3 ftw

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[mysticmeg]

I'm in the UK on 3uk with all you can eat data up to 1000gig. This is nothing as all this data was 'consumed' over a 3g network. Getting 4g this month in the city where I'm moving back to. Look forward to me hitting data levels of around 90 gig!

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[mysticmeg]

Average month
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/10/4a6a5a8a.jpg



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You make my average month look like peanuts

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[eawortman]

I typically land under 500mb per month without paying any attention to it. I have to go out of my way to get beyond that.

 

[Maria Esponoza]

Heres mine. Im up to 30 GB so far this month. I use LTE exclusively. I play games, wi-fi tether, etc.
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[Raptor007]

thought i read where tmo throttles speeds after a certain gb on unlimited, or something like that.

update: checked tmo website, says no throttling, but caps tethering at 2.5gb.

That is what I have heard as well. Once you hit a glass ceiling, they slow you down. You can still get all you want, you just can' use a big shovel to do it.

 

[Almeuit]

Not anymore if you choose Tier 3 Raptor007 .

1st pic is from a previous cycle no slow down.

2nd / 3rd pic is today's data (new cycle) so far.. One from phone and one from T-Mobile's count...

4th is a HSPA test from within a store. No slow down .


I can snag a LTE test soon.. Going to be in an area that has it here in Jacksonville. :beer:

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[mweba]

I have a US Cellular unlimited 4g plan. 4g is truly unlimited but let's say I go over 20gig, they throttle my 3g..... As if that makes sense. My whole area is 4g though.

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[wanted198]

I only worry with the people using three figures, it's going to **** up the networks and make data cost more...