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How do data plans for smartphones work? Or more specifically, how is the data calculated? I'm on AT&T, and I plan to have the 200 MB for $15 a month plan. It says: •For Web surfing, sending email, and social networking •65% of AT&T smartphone customers use less than 200 MB per month •If you go over, you'll get an additional 200 MB automatically for $15 So my questions are: 1) If I do anything besides Web, email, and social networks, will I be charged extra? 2) If most of thier customers use less than 200MB, do you think it will be enough? I fairly computer literate, and would like to be able to use my phone to the fullest extent. 3) What phone activities would most likely push me beyond 200MB? |
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The only thing that will bring you even close to 200mb is HD video from something like youtube. I have a 2 gig plan, and I frequently push the limit, but only because I watch a lot of youtube on it. With only email and social networks, you'd be hard pressed to push it to 200 mb. I once used up my whole data allowance from just a few webpages on at&t and there wasn't any video so either their rates have changed drastically since I was on at&t or your underestimating data usage per content. Nope, I use AT&T, if you used up your whole data allowance from a few webpages, where they each like 100mb? Did you sit there for 10 minutes waiting for them to load? I think you must be mistaken I don't know how much data each page used and they loaded in a few seconds. Your cell must be much faster than a fully functioning wired desktop computer then! **I'm trying to say nicely that you're wrong Actually the speed of the cell phone has nothing to do with it because it was a webpage made for cell phone access. **As am I, you yes, the data rate has everything to do with it, as 3g speeds cannot download a large file, such as a page which is 100mb, in only a few seconds. You didn't max out your data plan by visiting a few pages unless your data plan was 5mb I wasn't talking about the data rate, I was talking about speed but I think it was a 5mb plan. why are you even arguing zman? just giving my view and standing by it your view is irrelevant here, as we're talking about 200mb plans, not 5 mb ones forget it I haven't used my cell phone for web access in years so this is all irrelevant to me
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Zepplinne is absolutely right. Another thing that uses it up a lot is if you play multiplayer games over 3G. |
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If you want to use it to the fullest extent, get a higher plan |
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It depends on the phone OS and what you want to do. I would agree with AT&T that 65% of wbe users don't use more than that. Are you think, Android, iPhone, WP7, BlackBerry, etc.? Android phones seem to be heavy data compared to other because the apps don't seem (to me) to be as light weight as other phones. |
