Assuming you somehow use up your original data cap in… Let’s say one incredibly data intensive day somehow. That leaves you with (30 days * 24 hrs/day) * 3600 seconds/hr * 256,000 bps = roughly 660 gigabytes. So I guess that’s probably the limit? Plus your original cap.
I highly doubt random websites are eating your data, it’s much more likely your videos and whatnot. I browse a lot on my phone and I generally use 1-2GB in a month. If I watch video, that’s gone in an hour.
It’s not uncommon for a single web page to use 5-10MB. Shopping and social media sites are the some of the worst since they have lots of javascript libraries and pictures. It’s not hard to use a couple GB in a day without streaming anything.
I have 50GB with the possibility to get 5G (but we mostly have 4G infrastructure) at 25€.
Just by talking to a sales rep on the phone and discussing what’s possible to retain me as a customer.
A lot of my coworkers get unlimited, but when I ask about actual use, they don’t get close to even a lower tier. My SO wanted unlimited because they hit their previous cap (5GB), but we agreed to try the 15GB cap and they’ve been happy, not hitting the cap. We save a bit of money and they don’t need to worry about data caps anymore.
Everyone is different obviously, but I feel like a lot of people get unlimited when they don’t actually need unlimited.
That’s nuts. Our total internet usage for our house internet connection is about 100GB for the week, and that includes a lot of video streaming. You almost use as much as my household, but on your phone.
Most months I use <1GB because I mostly just browse the web when I’m not at work.
On the other hand though I limit myself at 480p streaming when I watch Twitch (which I do a lot) so potentially I could top your family’s total usage 😂
Lol. But yeah, if it’s your primary internet source, that makes sense. I imagine most people have a dedicated internet line at home, so you’re absolutely an outlier.
That’s higher than my household’s entire internet usage, and we’re not particularly light on the video streaming (I often have YT in the background when I WFH).
I can see 10-20GB/month for a single person being fairly reasonable if they steam music or something a lot while out and about.
That’s a lot of data…
That’s not an unlimited amount of data.
Is it technically unlimited, just very very slow?
Limited to 256 kbps aka unlimited
Assuming you somehow use up your original data cap in… Let’s say one incredibly data intensive day somehow. That leaves you with (30 days * 24 hrs/day) * 3600 seconds/hr * 256,000 bps = roughly 660 gigabytes. So I guess that’s probably the limit? Plus your original cap.
Correct. But it’s a lot of data.
Modern websites are excessively bloated. That data goes fast.
I highly doubt random websites are eating your data, it’s much more likely your videos and whatnot. I browse a lot on my phone and I generally use 1-2GB in a month. If I watch video, that’s gone in an hour.
It’s not uncommon for a single web page to use 5-10MB. Shopping and social media sites are the some of the worst since they have lots of javascript libraries and pictures. It’s not hard to use a couple GB in a day without streaming anything.
I have 50GB with the possibility to get 5G (but we mostly have 4G infrastructure) at 25€.
Just by talking to a sales rep on the phone and discussing what’s possible to retain me as a customer.
How much of that data cap do you use?
A lot of my coworkers get unlimited, but when I ask about actual use, they don’t get close to even a lower tier. My SO wanted unlimited because they hit their previous cap (5GB), but we agreed to try the 15GB cap and they’ve been happy, not hitting the cap. We save a bit of money and they don’t need to worry about data caps anymore.
Everyone is different obviously, but I feel like a lot of people get unlimited when they don’t actually need unlimited.
Its not really, I just checked and mine is 23gb usage a month and I work from home.
Well, I use 250/300 GB a month
Exactly, imagine your speeds drop to sub dsl speeds after 30gb. Nonsense
That’s nuts. Our total internet usage for our house internet connection is about 100GB for the week, and that includes a lot of video streaming. You almost use as much as my household, but on your phone.
Most months I use <1GB because I mostly just browse the web when I’m not at work.
No that’s obviously my total usage, because I only have a mobile data plan and I use my phone’s hotspot when I’m at home
On the other hand though I limit myself at 480p streaming when I watch Twitch (which I do a lot) so potentially I could top your family’s total usage 😂
Lol. But yeah, if it’s your primary internet source, that makes sense. I imagine most people have a dedicated internet line at home, so you’re absolutely an outlier.
That still seems kind of high. Are you constantly streaming video/audio when not at home?
My household usage is well over 2TB/mo. It’s not unrealistic to expect individual usage to be fairly high outside of the house.
That’s higher than my household’s entire internet usage, and we’re not particularly light on the video streaming (I often have YT in the background when I WFH).
I can see 10-20GB/month for a single person being fairly reasonable if they steam music or something a lot while out and about.