Data using up more GB then in the past

[theKHMERboy]

I don't know if anyone is noticing or it's just me.. I have been using a smartphone since the first blackberry pearl have been released and I got to say so much have changed.. My one main thing is the data usage of smartphones.. Back in the days when I had my first smartphone I use to have a 500mb plan and that would last me seeing that I would use under 500 per month.. As the years go by and seeing my usage now it is getting ridiculous how much plans are now and how much gb someone can consume in a month.. I can say I have a good plan giving me 6gb a month to use and I am not really a heavy user just use Facebook n Instagram here and there don't really post and I play games and surf the net when I need to.. But I don't understand how sometimes I can go over 6gb or get close cause I don't use wifi thinking I have more then enough. But now I don't think I have enough.. How come data usage is so much now? Anyone else agree? Let me know your thoughts please

 

[kch50428]

Streaming audio and video on your cellular connection and not wifi is probably the culprit... streaming a high def tv show that's about 45 minutes long is up to 1.5GB of data, and the LTE speeds make it possible...

 

[eve6er69]

Streaming audio and video on your cellular connection and not wifi is probably the culprit... streaming a high def tv show that's about 45 minutes long is up to 1.5GB of data, and the LTE speeds make it possible...

Yeah they tease us with these speeds but we can't use them. I can't wait for the carriers to adjust their data infrastructure so mobile can be used as mobile again

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[anon(4698833)]

LTE does not use more data than 3G/4G connections did under the same scenarios...it just does it faster. Like others have said, with faster speeds comes more usage, thus your data plans get eaten up quicker. Unfortunately this was known to carriers, which is why as soon as LTE capable devices hit the market, they all jumped ship on normal, unlimited data plans because they knew there was a lot of money to be made.

 

[BlackBerry Guy]

Your useage has probably changed a little over time. If you used any of the old BBOS BlackBerries, you probably weren't doing much web browsing on them since the browsers were so horrible, nor were there much in the way of apps to suck down data. Also, any data you are using was going through the BIS, which compresses the data.

 

[solitude1984]

Also, any data you are using was going through the BIS, which compresses the data.

You took the words right out of my mouth.

I find I use less data than I did even a year ago because so many places have wifi now. I share a 1 GB plan with my husband and we have never gone over. That being said, I also take care not to stream much while on data. No games that use data either (the "with friends" games for example) because those can suck up a lot!



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[eve6er69]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

I find I use less data than I did even a year ago because so many places have wifi now. I share a 1 GB plan with my husband and we have never gone over. That being said, I also take care not to stream much while on data. No games that use data either (the "with friends" games for example) because those can suck up a lot!



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Wow share a 1gb plan. That's nuts! I can use that in 4 days if I try. Lol

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[theKHMERboy]

Wow share a 1gb plan. That's nuts! I can use that in 4 days if I try. Lol

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That's exactly my point.. That's why I have a 6gb plan but never go on wifi and sometimes I do go over which I find hard to believe

 

[eve6er69]

Wow. 6gb is Alot. I know I could go through that if I really wanted to. I hope they start doing things like they used to do with minutes. Free nights and weekends. Lol

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[theKHMERboy]

That's interesting to have unlimited internet on evening and weekends? Lol

 

[solitude1984]

Haha that would be awesome!!


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[eve6er69]

Well they're starting to treat data now like they used to treat minutes. Basing plans around data usage rather than minutes so I hope this happens at one point. Lol

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