T-Mobile currently has the 4g plan for 10 dollars. Is it possible for me to use that plan on my vibrant? I'm currently paying 30 a month. I'm also locked on a 2 year contract.
Thanks.
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yes you can, but you only get 150mb or 250mb per month, so its basically useless for me. i use 4-6gb per month..
It's a good plan if you don't use a lot of data. As in no Youtube or Pandora. My wife has that plan and it works for email and maps every once in a while. For me it's no good I use closer to a 1G a month.
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yes you can, but you only get 150mb or 250mb per month, so its basically useless for me. i use 4-6gb per month..
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Its 200 mb a month. Pretty much useless.
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Like everyone above has said, if you use more then 1GB a month, don't get it.
I hit the 5GB cap about every month (but usually a day or 2 before a new bill cycle) with how much data I use.
So it really depends on how much data you use.
I agree.
Ive been wondering if leaving my wifi active all the time and using a 3g/2g switch would do 2 things: obviously decrease my data use on the tmo network and also increase my battery life (seems to me 3g always consumes more than wifi).
My contract recently expired and I am looking to upgrade. My question is, is the 2gb Data plan enough to support the Infuse, Atrix, or Inspire? I have read the other thread on this question, however all the responses were about getting unlimited data. I would get it but, being in school, i cant justify/afford the cost of buying an iPhone 2g. I have been looking for a fellow friend or developer in my area to lend me theirs but I am looking to get the new phone in a week or two.
So, in general, is the 2gb plan enough?
My day during the year, 8-3, classes, no major usage, mabey 30 mins internet.
4-10 moderate usage, mabey up to 1 hour usage. Internet, mabey an app or two, and possible Pandora a day or two a month. Tethering mabey 20 mins max 3 days a week or less. weekends, moderate usage, internet sparingly all day, mabey 1:00 max. Summer is similar to weekends.
What is the general opinion? Or personal experience.
2gb plan will be more than enough. Also, just jump on wifi when possible and u will be set.
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2gb plan will be more than enough. Also, just jump on wifi when possible and u will be set.
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I agree, I have the 2G plan and never go over my usage. I surf the internet and listen to pandora and iheart radio several hours a day. Once in a while, if it looks like I am getting close to going over 2G, I just try to maximize any nearby wifi connections.
Watch out with the 2gb plans.
I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I use it a lot.
In Austin I average around 6-7 m/bit download rates and I find I average around 1 gb a day with around 35gb a month.
I run Pandora, Google music beta, and Netflix all the time and also I transfer movies and tv shows from uTorrent remote.
I think you need to be cautious about signing a 2 year plan with only 2gb a month as with the new uses for android coming out the average data consumed will continue to rise. When signing those contracts you need to be aware about what you are going to do not just now but in one year and two years from now.
If you can, I recommend trying to find a way to get on an unlimited plan.
I've heard that 2GB of data roughly translates to about 2 hours of audio streaming per day. AT&T willl send text messages when you reach 1/2 your usage. If you go over, they just tack another $10 for an extra GB.
35gb is ridiculous. I have unlimited but on day 23 of 31 ive only used 960 mb. I use the gps pretty often and stream pandora for about 1.5 hours a day. push email on 3 accounts and facebook about once an hour. update apps and what not whenever they pop up. id say im an average user. 2gb seems reasonable.
Though if you are currently with att and your contact is about to expire, you can renew your contract and get a discounted phone and it will keep your grandfathered plan. But if you are with another provider and are signing up for ATT, no such luck.
I have used under 2GBs/month since I have bot the Atrix. (currently 600 mg usage with 6 days left in my month) I stream either Slacker or Pandora all the time in the vehicle. The rub is streaming video. If you are going to do that all the time over the H+ you will go over.
I do use lots of data on the lapdock. But I don't have tethering and I am using wifi. I use the lapdock to surf the web, watch you tube, dowload, etc. In my current month I have used (per Netcounter) 6GB of data on wifi.
I did the iPhone unlimited data deal only because I was looking down the road to Netflix on Gingerbread (hoping).
Bottom line is if you can avoid video or have access to wifi when you stream then you can stay under...
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I've heard that 2GB of data roughly translates to about 2 hours of audio streaming per day. AT&T willl send text messages when you reach 1/2 your usage. If you go over, they just tack another $10 for an extra GB.
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A tad high...att has a usage estimator on their website. Also, they will send u a text at 60% 80% and even 90% I believe.
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boltcrank25 said:
Watch out with the 2gb plans.
I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I use it a lot.
In Austin I average around 6-7 m/bit download rates and I find I average around 1 gb a day with around 35gb a month.
I run Pandora, Google music beta, and Netflix all the time and also I transfer movies and tv shows from uTorrent remote.
I think you need to be cautious about signing a 2 year plan with only 2gb a month as with the new uses for android coming out the average data consumed will continue to rise. When signing those contracts you need to be aware about what you are going to do not just now but in one year and two years from now.
If you can, I recommend trying to find a way to get on an unlimited plan.
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That's an absolutely ridiculous amount of data. Many residential internet customers at home don't even use that much data.
2gb would be more than enough for most. In Canada most find that 500mb/month is sufficient, but I'd recommend trying to get at least 1gb to make sure you don't run into data overages.
If you have access to Wifi and Hotspots you'll be set.
All depends on your own usage patterns. Last month I was at 1.1gig of 2 on day 30. Since I signed up with att I have usually always been under 1 gig. Really my low usage is because of knowledge of limit. Before when I was on tmobile I would be up near 4 or 5 gigs.
Also being stuck on 2g a lot of the time near where I live helps.
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I did the iPhone unlimited data deal only because I was looking down the road to Netflix on Gingerbread (hoping).
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Some have Netflix working now though the colors are strange:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098494
boltcrank25 said:
Watch out with the 2gb plans.
I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I use it a lot.
In Austin I average around 6-7 m/bit download rates and I find I average around 1 gb a day with around 35gb a month.
I run Pandora, Google music beta, and Netflix all the time and also I transfer movies and tv shows from uTorrent remote.
I think you need to be cautious about signing a 2 year plan with only 2gb a month as with the new uses for android coming out the average data consumed will continue to rise. When signing those contracts you need to be aware about what you are going to do not just now but in one year and two years from now.
If you can, I recommend trying to find a way to get on an unlimited plan.
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How the HELL did you manage 35g a month w/o ATT throttling the hell out of you?
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2gb plan will be more than enough. Also, just jump on wifi when possible and u will be set.
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being on campus you should have wifi virtually everywhere, I'd imagine 2gigs would be plenty, I routinely go over 2gigs but don't have reliable wifi at home so that's my problem
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How the HELL did you manage 35g a month w/o ATT throttling the hell out of you?
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I don't know. I keep waiting for them to send me a letter or throttle my connection but neither happens.
I routinely download/stream TV shows from my home computer while I am away and each show averages around 250mb. Also I found that Google Music Beta uses a tonne of data when streaming my music collection. If I listen to 10 songs it is around 45-55mb. Also Google Music caches the whole song when I start playing it so if I jump around tracks in one hour I will use 200-250mb.
Also since H+ in Austin is faster than most free wifi hotspots I don't use wifi at all.
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That's an absolutely ridiculous amount of data. Many residential internet customers at home don't even use that much data.
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My network at home uses an average of 600-900 Gb a month.
(Steam, Hulu, Netflix, FTP, Video Conferencing, Remote Desktop, it all adds up fast plus I do not have cable tv)
Uploading my music collection to Google took 120gb alone.
I guess what my first reply was trying to say (but poorly) is if possible try to get an unlimited plan. Trust me the extra $5 a month in price difference on AT&T (vs. 2gb plan) is worth the peace of mind of not having to monitor your data usage.
However if you feel that you can manage 2gb or even 200mb and are willing to be diligent with data traffic monitors the cheaper plans could be for you. Especially if you spend most of your day in a Wifi area.
I have used 4gb so far this month with another week to go. This is no tethering, netflix or pandora for the month. Last month I used almost 8gb tethering and streaming music.
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I have wifi at work and home with the 200mb plan.
Actually looking back at my billing, I've never exceeded that with any of my past android phones..
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Watch out with the 2gb plans.
I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I use it a lot.
In Austin I average around 6-7 m/bit download rates and I find I average around 1 gb a day with around 35gb a month.
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I have unlimited also, but I thought AT&T had capped unlimited at 5GB and it's no longer truly unlimited.
Off to check on that.
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I feel restricted with my 2gb cap. I am always afraid to play a video or stream music for fear of going over my cap. It effects the way I use my phone and for that reason I hate bandwidth caps.
Without wifi, my average is 3-3.5 gb. For some reason my old winmo phone averaged 700-900 megs a month. Of course, the speed is faster, don't use opera mini no more, plenty of apps, etc...
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Given the data limits of the carriers here in the US, what is your opinion about 2 Gig of data per month? I have a tablet with Tmo with the 5 gig per month but I’ve discovered that the actual usage is less than 1 gig per month.
Cost wise it makes sense to pay less a month but I’m curious about the average usage of the members here and not I don’t stream music or videos just the regular stuff.
With regular surfing and app usage I doubt you would ever reach 2 gigs. It is probably possible if you are on the tablet all day every day but without streaming it would be difficult. You probably know this already but you can tether your tablet to make use of a bit more data use, not sure if that would be useful to you or not.
I would say lower your plan and save yourself $10 a month. If you do ever go over your speeds just slow down on T-Mobile and you can raise you plan back to 5 gigs if you need to then. Its a win win for you. I work for T-Mobile and have noticed the plans changing a lot lately so it might be a good idea to switch while the 2 gigs is still available and still no overage.
*Edit* I realized I forgot to answer your question. I don't have a tablet but use my phone like one and average about 2.5 gigs total a month. I have 3 email accounts and the android news and weather app all set to update every 30 minutes, with moderate surfing, moderate video streaming, about 45 minutes to an hour of slacker radio, and heavy app usage (Craigslist, xda, Facebook, and engadget are the main ones that use data.) If I take away my usage on wifi then it brings me down to about 1.5 gigs a month of actual usage.
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*Edit* I realized I forgot to answer your question. I don't have a tablet but use my phone like one and average about 2.5 gigs total a month. I have 3 email accounts and the android news and weather app all set to update every 30 minutes, with moderate surfing, moderate video streaming, about 45 minutes to an hour of slacker radio, and heavy app usage (Craigslist, xda, Facebook, and engadget are the main ones that use data.) If I take away my usage on wifi then it brings me down to about 1.5 gigs a month of actual usage.
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Actually you did, I forgot to mention that my plan is to use a Smartphone for the first time instead of the tablet, (maybe teether to the tablet ) thank you
Meanwhile I’ve been lurking here in order to learn as much as possible about this phone. And I’m completely undecided about which one the Galaxy S 4G (already several months old or the one discussed in this forum.
Well in my opinion if you aren't worried too much about the cost then I would wait for the Galaxy S II. If you want to save money on the phone then the Galaxy S 4g is a great phone. I expect the S II to be about $250 or $300 after a $50 mail in rebate when it is released with a new line on a classic plan or a full upgrade, $550 or $600 with no upgrade discount or a new line on a value plan.
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I'm just wondering how slow they make the connection?
I'm moving and canceled dsl a little early so I've been using my un limited data to stream Netflix the past week, got a text saying I was in top 5 after ten gigs, which I didn't think was that much.
Does anyone else think with faster speeds should come more data? Especially with a phone like a computer.
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I'm just wondering how slow they make the connection?
I'm moving and canceled dsl a little early so I've been using my un limited data to stream Netflix the past week, got a text saying I was in top 5 after ten gigs, which I didn't think was that much.
Does anyone else think with faster speeds should come more data? Especially with a phone like a computer.
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10gigs? I've gotten the top 5 text last month when i passed 2 gigs. The month before I got the text after 4 gigs. lol
As for your original question on speed... sorry i didn't really keep track and do anything after the msgs that required a lot of speed.
i use my home wifi all the time
i have a 2 gig data plan never went over
only got 1 text msg the first month said i had used 60% of my data plan
i think there watching me
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I got slowed down to 10 KBps -> about 100 kbps
What is the "top 5"? Top 5 what?
I average about twelve to fifteen gigs a month with streaming netflix and pandora all the time, but still never got served...
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Hey guys, I've been downloading apps to my note since i got it on Saturday. Apparently i used around 2.1 gb of data. This morning i woke up and my data speeds on "LTE" were around 0.11-0.16 mbps. It has been throttle same all day long. Have i been throttled without Warning?
I called at&t and they said i wasn't throttled. They had to put me through some tech support that didn't help at all. No change. My sisters iphone 4s gets 2.1mbps downloads...
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2 gigs in two days? I hope you did get throttled
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Haha yeah
Just switched over from windows phone. Had to take advantage of the fact i didn't have to download games over wifi
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Data usage on this device is shocking. According to AT&T I've used more data (800mb) in 2 days than I use in a typical month on my Sprint qHD android phone. Some of is probably setup - downloading emails from IMAP and exchange for the first time, etc. And obviously as a pocket tablet this device is so useful I haven't touched my real tablet since Friday.
But if you're on a datapro plan they have no reason the throttle you...you just pay the extra $10/GB...so I would try some more speed tests in various locations and keep records of what you find.
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Might want to try HSPA and see if it helps
I forced hspa with apn and speeds look normal. I want my lte back lol
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Data usage on this device is shocking. According to AT&T I've used more data (800mb) in 2 days than I use in a typical month on my Sprint qHD android phone. Some of is probably setup - downloading emails from IMAP and exchange for the first time, etc. And obviously as a pocket tablet this device is so useful I haven't touched my real tablet since Friday.
But if you're on a datapro plan they have no reason the throttle you...you just pay the extra $10/GB...so I would try some more speed tests in various locations and keep records of what you find.
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lol, I'm setting up on WiFi
hausman said:
Data usage on this device is shocking. According to AT&T I've used more data (800mb) in 2 days than I use in a typical month on my Sprint qHD android phone. Some of is probably setup - downloading emails from IMAP and exchange for the first time, etc. And obviously as a pocket tablet this device is so useful I haven't touched my real tablet since Friday.
But if you're on a datapro plan they have no reason the throttle you...you just pay the extra $10/GB...so I would try some more speed tests in various locations and keep records of what you find.
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Not to mention all the speed tests! Someone told me it is 20MB a pop! The first month I had LTE, I think half my data was speed test from showing my buddies with iphones what LTE speeds were like! lol! I did one with my Gnote just to make sure it was up to speed! The rest of the set up was wifi!
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Data usage on this device is shocking. According to AT&T I've used more data (800mb) in 2 days than I use in a typical month on my Sprint qHD android phone. Some of is probably setup - downloading emails from IMAP and exchange for the first time, etc. And obviously as a pocket tablet this device is so useful I haven't touched my real tablet since Friday.
But if you're on a datapro plan they have no reason the throttle you...you just pay the extra $10/GB...so I would try some more speed tests in various locations and keep records of what you find.
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AT&T throttles even unlimited plan holders; trust me, I know.
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