Smart phone data usage

Further information -- I can't use WiFi at work, and I'd use the phone for navigation driving and riding (which I've heard uses data streaming pretty quickly).

The question: is AT&T capable of serving that much data? 

You would need to stream or download 6,666 songs, averaging 300KB each, a month to get to use 2GB.

I have ATT and i'm also grandfathered in, my advice don't change, it is not worth it to give it up for 5 dollars a month

I don't know what type of phone do you have know but if you ever get a Droid or an Iphone those things will use the 2GB and you won't even know how.  I have a droid Inspire 4G and i dont stream videos or do most of the stuff people do, i mostly use facebook, bt, some gps, email and web browsing and have most of the automatic updates turned off and last month i spend almost 4GB.

pitt83 - 2011-06-10 8:24 AM

Cuetoy - 2011-06-10 8:17 AM

I have ATT and i'm also grandfathered in, my advice don't change, it is not worth it to give it up for 5 dollars a month

I don't know what type of phone do you have know but if you ever get a Droid or an Iphone those things will use the 2GB and you won't even know how.  I have a droid Inspire 4G and i dont stream videos or do most of the stuff people do, i mostly use facebook, bt, some gps, email and web browsing and have most of the automatic updates turned off and last month i spend almost 4GB.

facebook HAS to be the answer. She honestly believes her computer and phone are both simply Facebook machines (Like I believe about mine being BT-COJ portals only).

Make sure all her auto updates and applications that are not needed are off.  If you live a smart phone with the factory settings on, you won't even have to open the browser or facebook to go over 2GB.  If i wouldnt use my work computer for BT i would most likely get my plan cancelled by ATT

In my 18-month history, my highest monthly usage has been 765mb. I have a iphone 3Gs and use it throughout the day for web browsing. No wifi at work.

I have to thank you for posting this thread!  I decided to go look at my useage and like you the highest I've ever had is around 750mb.  However, I had for the first time gone over my texts last month and incurred extra charges.  Something tells me that will continue with my friends, especially through summer so for no cost total cost change I was able to 1000 text messages (gawd help me if I ever go over that) and reduce my data plan. 

Thanks. This is the type of thing I was wondering, and seemed to remember something about 3G/4G being data-usage hogs.

I"d be a bit worried as to why they are changing it,  note I'm on AT&T also and grandfathered in the same plan, I'm sure it's due to cut back on the data or collect more money from heavy uses.

what I'd be concerned about is..  maybe right now you are at 1gb,  but as phones get more advanced will the apps/data that you using also be larger or something new comes out that you use often that tips you over the limit on a constistant basis, then you can't go back.   At least that how I convice myself to not switch also 

That's weird.  I have an iPhone 4G that I use mostly for email, FB and web browsing and an occasional GPS.  And have averaged well below 700mb.  I have history back to November 2008.