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Would 2GB's on Verizon be enough?
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With the 5, I don't think you can do it without paying right now. There isn't a JB.
Personally I pay for it since I use a lot of data. 30-80GB/mo. I have no desire to not pay for the tethering as I know I'm a heavy user.
If you have a grandfathered 4G account, you can add 4G unlimited tethering. If you have a tiered plan or a 3G unlimited plan, you cannot.
It is just too bad it takes the whole day to download that 1GB+
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Thats funny, because I used 2+GB in a span of about 4 hours. Its LTE you tool. 20mbps. Stop trying to be funny and enjoy your tiered data Lol #FAIL
Wow.
If you use ABC data late month and use ABC data this month, the USAGE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.
I can not believe somebody really asked this quesiton.
MANY people have asked this question. Many people have discussed this topic. And many people have said that indeed, usage has gone up.
Is that accurate? I dont know. But lots of folks have talked about it.
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To the OP:
I'm sharing 2GB with my husband.
It really depends on your habits and how much you're on wifi. (we have it at work and home)
When I went from 3g to LTE, my usage went through the roof - from 1gb to about 4gb. Its like taking a shower with a dripping hose versus a fire hydrant. Since everything is sped up dramatically, you end up using it a lot more - it changes your behavior.
Don't misunderstand the purpose of my post. I am not trying to say you shouldn't use the data. It isn't your fault Verizon/ATT sold you unilimited and you intend to use as much as you can/need. I am just saying that people that use way more then 5 GB in a month are the reason that those plans don't exist anymore. If every used 5 GB of data a month or less unlimited would still be around. Granted given the greed of wireless companies we might still have tiered plans either way.
Agreed, BUT.. I was replying to this poster that SAID he was going to keep the same data habits. LTE itself will result in the exact same usage. If you like the speed and therefore CHANGE your data habits, it will of course go up.
I'm in the exact same boat (except we have two IP5's and an iPad 3 on the 4GB Verizon plan) and we've only used ~1GB of data combined since launch day.
Very well may be bumping down to the 2GB plan and saving $10/mo. If this trend continues.
Back to usuage. Just looked at an iphone of a relation today. She got the phone for Christmas. Has never reset her cellular usage. Total in and out data since last December is 900mb. So, that comes to about 100mb a month.
Sure, the plan might still be around. But it would be the same as tiered at that point. So what difference does it make?
I'm not a heavy user, on my iPhone 4 I would be between 400mb-650mb per month but on the iPhone 5 I'm a little over 1gb right now. I got my iPhone on launch day and sure I may have used it initally a little more than I normally would have but I'm almost double what my usage at it's highest point was and it hasn't even been a full month yet. I'm guessing this has to do with LTE (it is live in my area and I always show I'm connected to it) as my usage has not changed. Mainly checking email about once an hour when I get a notification, text messages, facebook, checking twitter and maybe surfing a few sites for about a total of 30 minutes. I don't stream anything, I do have push notifications on for weather, phone, texts, calendar, facebook, mycalendar, share widget and twitter (I had these on for my previous iPhone as well). I'm grandfathered on unlimited data so I don't have anything to worry about but I was surprised when I saw the stats.