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How much Unlimited Data do you use monthly?

About 5 or 6 GB on average. I stream radio a lot, and always seem to be looking up something for someone lol.
 
Faustous said:
Here is what I have on my past usage:

2011
May: 9.4GB
June: 8.6GB
July: 4.6GB
August: 5.9GB
September: 6.7GB
October: 6.8GB

My wife used between 3.2GB and 4.5GB during that timeframe for each month.

We have the $30 grandfathered plan.

I am so happy I have unlimited :)

I commute 95mi to work; 190mi round trip. I stream podcasts and music for approx 4hr (commute), surf the web and check emails, some days I stream music at work as well.
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I really hope you get paid an amazing salary. 4 hour commute each day? I can't even drive 15 minutes without having to get out and stretch my legs.

In the last 12 days (since my plan reset (verizon always resets on the 15th of each month)) I've used just 236.9 MB, which is only 0.231 GB. I'm on wifi at the places I spend the most time at: work, school, and home, so my usage won't ever to be to high. I wouldn't have been to upset to not be grandfathered into unlimited data, but its nice not having to keep track of it.
 
We are half through our month, and we have 4 iPhones on the plan, and all of us total less than 1gig. My wife and I are grandfathered in on the $20 unlimited, and the other 2 are on the 2gig plan.

We are at 138 min on a 700 min plan, and have like 4300 rollover min.

I guess AT&T loves customers like us.
 
I have the grandfathered plan...and I have never went over .8gb a month....How the heck do you guys use so much??? I use Pandora all the time too...and MotionX GPS Drive. I check Facebook constantly, I check emails, etc. I don't see how people hit so high in the numbers...lol.
 
docgerrard said:
What do you guys use data for so much?
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Updating apps, YouTube a lot, twitter , web browsing, I have used 3gb so far and that's with the iPhone almost 14 days, the rest what's the evo 3d and I got 6 days left, might hit 4GB tho

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I don't have exact numbers, but I do know the numbers have been fluctuating. I believe that once I used more than 10 GB in one month, and I have a minimum of at least using 1 GB.
 
My cousin went from an original iPhone w/unlimited data to 4S and was given the option to retain her unlimited plan but her BlackBerry using boyfriend convinced her to save $5/mo by going to 2GB because "I've never hit 2GB and I'm a power user". I argued that things are different when you have a real phone and use lots of streaming services and youtube but lost out so I'm really wondering how possible it is to hit that 2GB or if the boyfriend was right.
 
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Unlimited data on Verizon and never go over a GB :)
 
2.5 to 3 gigs per month on average. Mostly from streaming podcasts and using Rdio. If I get on a Netflix kick on a given month it will go up by a couple gigs, like when I got hooked on Madmen and then later Breaking Bad. But since I can't watch Netflix while I drive I doubt I'll ever go over 5 gigs per month.
 
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I'm a few days away from the end of my billing cycle with AT&T. I am at 632MB used. Usually I am on WiFi which is why it's low.

Last month I was somewhere around 1.5GB. I was out of town for a few days and streaming Netflix at the hotel.
 
VydorScope said:
1 to 2gb a month, grandfathered under AT&T unlimited, considering letting it go for the 4gb that includes tethering.
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I wouldn't do that if I was you. Hold onto your unlimited plan for as long as you can, even if you don't use it. You may not use much data now, but I guarantee you in the future there are going to be apps that we haven't even imagined yet and 2GB-4GB isn't going to get you very far.

Imagine if in the early days of the internet the home broadband companies implemented a cap. Nobody would have complained because you don't use that much internet anyways, but down the road, things like instant streaming and huge downloads were happening and you were using a lot more and in turn, the broadband companies could have charged you a lot more. That's what's happening with mobile broadband now. In the future, everything is going to be digital and that's going to take data.
 
I average around .75-1 GB per month. My wife usually does around 350MB. At home and at work we are on wifi.

I have one of the old Alltel SmartChoice Plans.
500 minutes
Unlimited Data
Unlimited Messaging
10 Friends & Family Numbers
7pm Night & Weekends

89.99 for the first line, $40 for the second line. 129.99 total. Hard to beat for 2 iPhones.

Just about everyone we know uses Verizon, the rest we have in our F&F list, so while 500 minutes doesn't seem like a lot for 2 people, we never come close. Sorry, this post is about data :). Glad we have unlimited, but we would survive if capped at 2 GB.
 
I average about 7-8 GB a month, with my highest usage being 12 GB. No WiFi at work since it's restricted and I like to stream radio and Netflix while I work.
 
The wife and I are grandfathered on AT&T and our bill is ~ 150/mo (that's with a 19% FAN discount). She uses half a GB; I use a quarter at most. However we're not certain our usage patterns won't become more data-hungry in the future so, for the time being, we haven't considered switching to a capped plan.
 
Used 4.9GB last month. Cycle just started. I think it'll be about 3-4GB this month.
 
I still wish I had my unlimited plan, when I added my girlfriend to plan they made me remove it. Now I have so many overages a month, it's retarded and I'm on the 4GB tethering plan.

I wish we could have it back, I'd be willing to give up my tethering for it.
 
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