[geeks] Smart phone data usage

Phil Stracchino alaric at metrocast.net
Wed Jul 6 16:35:30 CDT 2011


On 07/06/11 16:17, Michael Parson wrote:
> I've got a G2 via T-Mobile.
> 
> I don't do a LOT of navigation, but I do use it more than I thought I
> would, pretty much any time I'm headed somewhere I've never been before,
> even if in town.  I also use it whenever I'm traveling to visit family
> out of town, it gives me a nice ETA on the screen, which helps keep the
> kiddo quiet in the back seat, and it gives me the ability to answer that
> question quickly enough when my mom calls for the 8th time on the trip
> asking when I'll be there.
> 
> I do watch some streaming video, but not a whole lot, some youtube, the
> occassional link-up to my Slingbox, and if I'm somewhere w/o free wi-fi,
> I'll tether my laptop to the phone so I can get some work done, or turn
> on wi-fi tethering so my kiddo can watch stuff on the android tablet
> (Archos 70) while we're driving around.
> 
> And I have K-9 checking my mail on 6 different accounts.
> 
> T-Mobile only lets me go back 3 months to see what my data usage has
> been, the last 3 billing cycles show I used .3468 gig, .2386, and .3024.


Great solid data.  Exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks   :)


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