Whats Your Monthly Mobile Data Use
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Close to 0. I only use mobile data on rare occasions, to look up directions or check for an urgent email or the like. I don't see how to use 10+GB unless you're streaming video or something. I don't see any reason to use mobile data for something like podcasts. The original concept of a podcast (the name derives from "ipod" which was originally a portable audio player with an internal hard drive and no network connectivity) was that you downloaded the file from your computer onto your portable player at home, then listened to the portable on the train or whatever. I have a non-networked (non-ipod) portable player with enough good music in its local flash storage that I don't see any need to stream anything to it. I'm content to occasionally put new stuff on it at home.
I have the t-mobile $2/day plan for my ancient smartphone, which means if I use the phone any particular day, it costs $2 for that day til midnight (unlimited usage), but if I don't use it, it costs $0. So I don't use it unless getting online that minute is worth $2, which is maybe once every few months. Otherwise I use wifi if I can find it, or wait til I get home.
I use a separate dumbphone with no data plan for most voice calls and SMS. My total expenditures for both phones are less than $10 a month most of the time. Both are prepaid.
I have the t-mobile $2/day plan for my ancient smartphone, which means if I use the phone any particular day, it costs $2 for that day til midnight (unlimited usage), but if I don't use it, it costs $0. So I don't use it unless getting online that minute is worth $2, which is maybe once every few months. Otherwise I use wifi if I can find it, or wait til I get home.
I use a separate dumbphone with no data plan for most voice calls and SMS. My total expenditures for both phones are less than $10 a month most of the time. Both are prepaid.
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Since July 22, 2014, or about 3 months, 13.7GB. But I was on the road for 4 weeks of that period and was relying on my hotspot, which was 6GB of that.
If my employer didn't pay for my phone and I had to buy my own phone, I wouldn't pay for mobile data. About the only thing that I really need while not in wifi is maps/directions, and I could get by without that (I did for 40 years before the iPhone came along!)
Everything else is nice but not worth paying for.
If my employer didn't pay for my phone and I had to buy my own phone, I wouldn't pay for mobile data. About the only thing that I really need while not in wifi is maps/directions, and I could get by without that (I did for 40 years before the iPhone came along!)
Everything else is nice but not worth paying for.
I use approximately 700-900MB in a typical month, on my 6GB 4G/LTE plan.
Hmm my primary internet connection is LTE (which is you know mobile data from your telco). It does use a modem / router.
We contantly max out the 2mbps allocation- with my little kid watching youtubes most of the time and 720p at that. There are a lot of times where the bandwidth is allowed to go way above 2mbps.
So 5gb a day is quite small for our usage.
It costs 1000pesos / about 25usd by the way
We contantly max out the 2mbps allocation- with my little kid watching youtubes most of the time and 720p at that. There are a lot of times where the bandwidth is allowed to go way above 2mbps.
So 5gb a day is quite small for our usage.
It costs 1000pesos / about 25usd by the way
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Yea, similar to as we have
http://imgur.com/0DQNjQN,ODUEP8i
Mobile i use around 2GB monthly with Spotify and iCloud.
http://imgur.com/0DQNjQN,ODUEP8i
Mobile i use around 2GB monthly with Spotify and iCloud.
Yeah RW! Forgive me though, I pay $25/mo (more like $27/mo with taxes) how did you get data for $20? Or were you an original user who got the beta discount?
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I use a my mobile phone a lot when out and about and I have "all you can eat data" from ThreeUK, but I use about 1.19GB from 26th Oct - 1st Nov. But 1.03GB of that is from Hook (app) which I use for my ChelseaTV streaming.
Average about 5GB, used to be 100GB+ with tethering, but got wifi at work/home etc