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Unlimited Data Subscribers: What apps are you using more now that you have LTE?

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DylPickle85

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Unlimited Data Subscribers: What apps are you using more now that you have LTE?

With Unlimited data on Verizon, I have seen my usage charges on the Verizon website go up by about 1.5 GB since having the phone Friday night / Sat morning (normally use 30 mb in the same amount of time when using my 4S on 3G).

That said, I have been using the following apps for crunching my LTE bandwidth:
speedtest (obviously)
App Store (obviously)
Live webstreams on youtube
Hulu in HD
Netflix in HD

What about you?
 
greytmom

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I'm using all of the same apps that I did before.

Now that you mention it though, I streamed the IHeartRadio concert last night on wifi. Should have tried it with LTE.
 
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Peligroso

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Personally I think the focus for the telecommunication companies right now should be beefing up the infrastructure to accommodate unlimited data, instead of making available speeds that while nice are also a little too much.
 
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lordofthereef

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Peligroso said:
Personally I think the focus for the telecommunication companies right now should be beefing up the infrastructure to accommodate unlimited data, instead of making available speeds that while nice are also a little too much.
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While I agree with you I don't think this will ever happen unless we get government intervention (not saying I WANT that to happen... a free market is good). If they can get away with charging per data package, they certainly will. We went from Unlimited data for $30/mo to 5GB data costing nearly twice that. I doubt we will sway back towards unlimited any time soon.
 
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jbromer

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Just out of curiosity

Just to try, I used AirMediaCenter on my iMac and streamed a 1080p movie over LTE to my iPhone through the App. Smooth as silk, not even a stutter. So, I will definitely be using that. Also, youtube etc.

I have unlimited hotspot too for verizon. Will be using that for my laptops whenever I travel, or at work in a few spots where wifi isn't so good.
 
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apierrec

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Big.Mac.Daddy said:
ABSOLUTELY NOT using streaming apps on LTE, are you nuts? :confused:
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Those paying per GB are nuts. :D

Those who have unlimited will be / are enjoying streaming Netflix on HD - we are nuts if we don't use it ... (Until I'll get throttled lol) :D
 
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DylPickle85

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Currently streaming a live concert by Metric on Youtube right now...smooth as silk
 
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DylPickle85

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Been using my phone pretty much every day to watch ESPN and Hulu shows. Anyone else?

At 8 GB of usage for this past month with another 10 days to go on my bill cycle! So glad I have unlimited data right now
 
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articulatefool

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DylPickle85 said:
Unlimited Data Subscribers: What apps are you using more now that you have LTE?

With Unlimited data on Verizon, I have seen my usage charges on the Verizon website go up by about 1.5 GB since having the phone Friday night / Sat morning (normally use 30 mb in the same amount of time when using my 4S on 3G).

That said, I have been using the following apps for crunching my LTE bandwidth:
speedtest (obviously)
App Store (obviously)
Live webstreams on youtube
Hulu in HD
Netflix in HD

What about you?
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So you're saying your productivity at work has plummeted since the incorporation of unlimited LTE in your life? :D
 
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DylPickle85

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articulatefool said:
So you're saying your productivity at work has plummeted since the incorporation of unlimited LTE in your life? :D
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Haha no, I am just trying to get a feel for what other apps would be nice to use now that we have this awesome bandwidth at our disposal
 
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sou1 so1di3r

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I still don't think I would ever use my iPhone to watch netflix.

If I'm gonna watch TV/Movies, I'm gonna do it on my 47" LED TV.

Not a phone
 
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mattopotamus

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I would imagine verizon would probably implement a throttle soon. People are going to be raping their network with LTE and no throttle.
 
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erratikmind

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My data usage has not change since I got LTE a couple of weeks ago. I have had unlimited data since 2007. I rarely exceed 2gb per month. Most of my heavy usage is performed on wi-fi. Even then, it's either on my iPad or MBP.
 
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DylPickle85

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erratikmind said:
My data usage has not change since I got LTE a couple of weeks ago. I have had unlimited data since 2007. I rarely exceed 2gb per month. Most of my heavy usage is performed on wi-fi. Even then, it's either on my iPad or MBP.
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Yeah I was in the same boat when I had previous generation iPhone. Now that LTE is even faster than my home Wi-Fi, I never even turn Wi-Fi on!
 
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evilrt

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sirius
nfl network
hd pod casts
youtube
real racing 2 online (while streaming sirius)
man, the phone gets warm when i do that!
 
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