Unlimited Data Plans

[datoad]

According to ATT, the unlimited data plan was to expensive for some people and very few would use that much data.  Hence why they have the 2GB plan, but I feel they did that to make more money.  Do you guys think 2GB will be enough space per month?  

Can you please give feedback on your past data usage?

Thanks

[umd78]

I stream a lot of music and e-mail a lot each day. I will download apps if they are under 10 MB on 3g. The most I have used in one month is around 800 mb.

I would say save the 5 bucks and downgrade your account.

[josephz2va]

They should have just left it as it is, or make it $30 for 5GB instead of 2GB. Everyone else is $30 for 5GB.

2GB is the most I do nowadays. I don't have time to watch live stream videos as many don't either. MMO and Farm games are my top usage.

[datoad]

What's MMO and Farm?

When I talked to a lady @ ATT in Business support, she streams music all day and in her car too and told me that she rarely gets to 2Gb.

I do have the 200Mb plan as I don't want to spend more $$ then I need to.  I also have the unlimited TXT plan, which IMO is a farce.  It should be included in the data plan, but I know its uses the voice communication path way and not the data.  But I still feel my wallet is being r*ped. 

[WEDNESDAY-11-21…]

When I asked the sales person when I ordered my IPhone what he would recommend. I told him that I listed to radio stations on my phone. He suggested to keep my unlimited data plan. The cost is not that much more than the next lowest data plan is.

[umd78]

@Wednesday

I disagree. If you never reach any where near the 2 GB cap for the data plan with normal data usage, why would spend the extra 5 bucks? I have the last year of usage tracked and I haven't gone over 800 mb in a year. This leads me to believe that I never will go over 2 gb.

Its easy to find this information on your account.

[Virtual]

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datoad wrote:

What's MMO and Farm?

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MMO = Multiplayer Massive Online

Farm = Referred to farm games like Farmville from Facebook

[acuramimi]

my boyfriend used 3.5 GB in a year, that's plentiful

[dwill05]

I've been pretty consistent at between 500 - 600 MB / month.

[datoad]

500 - 600mb/month?

What do you do with your iPhone?  The difference is so great...  200MB or 2 GB...  Shouldn't be more like 500MB and 2GB?

To be honest, am I really making this a major concern?  Since Unlimited is not an option for me (new to the iPhone world) I don't want to send and extra $5 ($60/year) if I don't have to.  I'm already spending an additional $20 for unlimited txting.

[GeekBoy]

When I first heard the details of the data plan changes I was a little concerned, so I checked on my usage. I can only go back about 16 months into my 20 months of this contract but in that entire time I have used less than 6GB of data total. My largest single month was just under 800 MB usage. Granted, I don't stream a lot of audio, nor do I tend to watch lots of YouTube videos. I also leave my wifi on all the time to use that when possible to improve my performance. Still, with all my concerns, I don't think I have to worry about the 2GB limit, until I enable tethering and start using it, that is...

[datoad]

Being a newbie with the iPhone.  Can you leave Wi-Fi on all the time?  Will it automatically switch when there is no Wi-Fi available?  Also, how secure do you feel when you use other people's (not at home) Wi-Fi?

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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acuramimi wrote:

my boyfriend used 3.5 GB in a year, that's plentiful

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use that an more in a month, but primary use is business

[datoad]

What are you doing to use more then 3.5GB/month?  Must be a lot of emails and YouTube which you are flying around.

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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datoad wrote:

What are you doing to use more then 3.5GB/month?  Must be a lot of emails and YouTube which you are flying around.

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you tube has never been accessed on the phone, don;t waste data on something like that

WebEx meetings

Exchange email pushes for business w/ large attachments

Access to the corporate business site

Personal email pushes

Plus anytihng else I need to do to run my business when I am out of the office - and that is frequently. also that is only on the ATT line, I also carry smartphones from Sprint and Verizon depending on where in the country I am going to be at

[dwill05]

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datoad wrote:

Being a newbie with the iPhone.  Can you leave Wi-Fi on all the time?  Will it automatically switch when there is no Wi-Fi available?  Also, how secure do you feel when you use other people's (not at home) Wi-Fi?

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Yes, it will automatically use 3G when it's not connected to Wi-Fi.

[datoad]

Got it!  So I take it you have unlimited data?  Will that be grandfathered in if you already have it?

[datoad]

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dwill05 wrote:

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datoad wrote:

Being a newbie with the iPhone.  Can you leave Wi-Fi on all the time?  Will it automatically switch when there is no Wi-Fi available?  Also, how secure do you feel when you use other people's (not at home) Wi-Fi?

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Yes, it will automatically use 3G when it's not connected to Wi-Fi.

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How secure is Wi-Fi?  Do you do your banking and other personal things via Wi-Fi?  Ever had any problems?

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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datoad wrote:

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dwill05 wrote:

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datoad wrote:

Being a newbie with the iPhone.  Can you leave Wi-Fi on all the time?  Will it automatically switch when there is no Wi-Fi available?  Also, how secure do you feel when you use other people's (not at home) Wi-Fi?

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Yes, it will automatically use 3G when it's not connected to Wi-Fi.

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How secure is Wi-Fi?  Do you do your banking and other personal things via Wi-Fi?  Ever had any problems?

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Personally would not use any wifi that is not wpa2 encrypted for anything other then reading the news sites

[datoad]

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wingrider01 wrote:

How secure is Wi-Fi?  Do you do your banking and other personal things via Wi-Fi?  Ever had any problems?

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Personally would not use any wifi that is not wpa2 encrypted for anything other then reading the news sites

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How do you know what encryption you are receiving? Let's say you're at a Starbucks or Airport.

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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datoad wrote:

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wingrider01 wrote:

How secure is Wi-Fi?  Do you do your banking and other personal things via Wi-Fi?  Ever had any problems?

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Personally would not use any wifi that is not wpa2 encrypted for anything other then reading the news sites

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How do you know what encryption you are receiving? Let's say you're at a Starbucks or Airport.

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without look at the access point it is hard to determine which security format it is using. A secure network will have a lock icon near the name and request a password to join. I rarely joing public wifi's like the airport,starbucks or mcdonalds unless I know I am not going to have to access the corporate web

[datoad]

So in other words, don't do personal things on a "free" hot spot.

[wingrider01 ACE - Expert]

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datoad wrote:

So in other words, don't do personal things on a "free" hot spot.

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got it in one

[josie_glausier]

As for the usage question, I'm sticking with my unlimited data plan that I currently have on my smartphone.  I can't risk the data overage charges.  I work in a call-center based help desk, there are times where I can go up to an hour without a call, so my employer allows employees to use their cell phones for internet access or gaming, as long as it's not on their network.  I have hit 3GB in one month, and average between 1.8GB and 2.5GB a month.  I just play around a lot, and that's not even with an iPhone.  I imagine with my iPhone, I'll easily average about 3-4GB/mo.  What can I say, I get bored, LOL.  When I can't find a new book, I'll be spending my time Farming, playing AquaMoto Racer, or on Chess.com....  I can't play them on my iPod touch now because no WIFI, but I do play a lot of games on my touch.  Now I'll have the benefit of not needing to get on WIFI to check on my farm, LOL

[thegreatone3]

I'm going to hang onto my unlimited plan for now. I want to see if I end up burning through more data with the iPhone 4. And I also think it might be wise to keep an unlimited plan in anticipation of AT&T's 4G/LTE network. I imagine you could burn through some serious data with 4G speeds. Not saying that there is any guarantee that AT&T will continue to grandfather unlimited plans, but we know for sure that once you switch - there is no going back.

[datoad]

I would like an unlimited plan but as I'm new to the iPhone world I have to start at the beginning. 

[WEDNESDAY-11-21…]

I am looking at my bill now. Last month I used 2,239,589 KB which to me translates in to roughly 2.2 MB over 2MB. One month a few back I used 2,799,755KB or 2.8MB. So the sales persons suggestion to me is correct.

[datoad]

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WEDNESDAY-11-21-2007 wrote:

I am looking at my bill now. Last month I used 2,239,589 KB which to me translates in to roughly 2.2 MB over 2MB. One month a few back I used 2,799,755KB or 28MB. So the sales persons suggestion to me is correct.

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But WEDNESDAY, your usage just like mine will be and as well as everyone else's are different. LOL!  But I do appreciate your input. =)  Also, 2MB one month and 28MB another month is a HUGE swing, don't you think?

[WEDNESDAY-11-21…]

Remember this if you change from the current unlimited data plan you can not get back on the unlimited plan. That is in the details of the new plan.

[datoad]

I a new customer for data, I been with AT&T for a while but never needed data.  So this is why I'm asking.  To bad I didn't have data with my old phone.  ShuckS!