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[Closed] OT How much phone internet is 500MB?

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Hi

Im about to buy a fancy phone
Probably a HTC Hero but whatever.......

The deals Im looking at have 500MB bundled in the monthly payments but Im not sure how much surfage this equals on a phone

At home I use 4-5 Gigs a month including a bit of video like you do *cough*

Comments welcome

The phone wont be used for porn honest 🙂

And if you take it to Europe or the US occasionally which networks have better data charges?
(Ive heard O2 are pretty steep abroad)

Thanks


 
Posted : 21/09/2009 11:55 pm
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500 is a fair chunk, especially if like me, most of the time you're in an area with free (to you) wifi which the phone (if it's decent) will use automatically.


 
Posted : 22/09/2009 12:39 am
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Fine for normal on-handset use (email, mobile browsing, etc).

Marginal if you'll be making use of streaming services, internet radio and the like, away from wifi.

Unlikely to last more than a couple of days if you hook it up to your computer and use it as a 3G modem.

(I didn't realise how much data I put through my work phone that way until someone dropped all our contracts to 500Mb inclusive (from unlimited) without telling anyone).


 
Posted : 22/09/2009 12:53 am
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*Checks usage on iphone*

[code]Cellular Network Data
Sent 141MB
Received 4.7GB
[/code]
I've only had this one for a few months!
I do watch a LOT of frot though 😳


 
Posted : 22/09/2009 11:05 am