Data usage on a 4S

[SirStrumalot]

I'm with AT&T and on their 2GB plan. My data usage is mostly some light browsing, Facebook, email and streaming radio 2/3 times a week (for about an hour each time). That being said, I monitor my data usage very carefully. So this month like usual, as soon as I got to 2020MB (which was about 3 days before my billing cycle ended), I turned off cellular data on my phone.

The next day, I dialed *3282# (which is AT&T's text service for data usage) and got a text back saying I had used 2067MB all of a sudden. Thinking this was a glitch and that I would get it resolved once my bill was out, I let it go. A couple hours later (with data still off), I found that it went up to 2080MB. What's going on here? Has anybody else faced this?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

Maybe just delay in some data being collated.

Log into your AT&T wireless account, select "View Recent Usage", scroll down to the Data area and click "View Details". Filter on "Internet/MEdia Net" It will show by date/time what your usage is.

Right now the most recent data I see is from 11/12 - so none of my usage from yesterday or today is counted in that total. Even if I shut off cellular data right now, I expect that total to go up over the next couple of days because I listened to Pandora in the car yesterday and did some Facebook updates at lunch today when I was away from WiFi.

 

[Jordan921]

Not all your data was accounted for at the time you checked it. Do you have the alert setup for when you get close to your data cap?

 

[SirStrumalot]

Not all your data was accounted for at the time you checked it. Do you have the alert setup for when you get close to your data cap?

I do. Turns out it was a glitch; my data counter didn't even get reset once my billing cycle was over (and as a result, by the third day of my billing cycle, I had used up 2130/2048) and I called up AT&T. They took off all the overage charges and gave me a $20 credit on my account for the inconvenience